By MELISSA MEEHAN
THEY’RE nuts about chestnuts.
Mount Dandenong pre-schoolers visited a local chestnut farm in Olinda last week to collect chestnuts for the annual Kalorama Chestnut Festival.
In the lead up to the Festival, the kinder community comes together to harvest fresh chestnuts from local farms which they then sell roasted, fresh or transformed into something yummy like chest nut truffles or chestnut soup.
Organiser Alanna Ford said each year the festival had about 4000 visitors.
“Each year we try and add in something a little new and different,” Ms Ford said.
“This year we are unearthing some really unusual and delicious new chestnut recipes, a new kid’s adventure space including an enormous tee pee and there will also be camel rides.”
The Kalorama Chestnut Festival is held on Sunday 4 May at the Kalorama Reserve.
