News Wattle Bank Farm, a Sustainable Heaven

What do you get when you cross mushroom growers with horse lovers, sustainability enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers? You get Wattle Bank Farm, a little patch of sustainable heaven, 10 minutes from Inverloch.

Here, you can go on a farm tour and wander through the citrus orchard, mushroom growing facility and vegetable gardens, all based on principles of permaculture and regeneration. Take a natural horsemanship lesson, saddle up for a trail ride, then round out your visit with a browse of the shop for some take-home goodies.

We can't blame you if you never want to leave this idyllic farming lifestyle. Thankfully, you can stay a little longer and soak up the tranquility from the tiny-house accommodation on the farm.

Wattle Bank is best known for producing gourmet oyster mushrooms. You might spot the fan-shaped caps with their delicate pink and grey gills throughout Gippsland and Melbourne restaurants, delis and grocers.

The farm is cared for by passionate people living in tune with the land. Those people are passionate husband and wife duo Pete Bland and Beatrice Imbert.

Pete’s farming experience goes back to his family’s beef and sheep farms in Macedon, Noosa and King Island. Although, farming isn’t his only origin story... Ask him about that time he was the first Australian to walk to the North and South Magnetic Poles. True story.

Meanwhile, Beatrice’s passion is collaboration, storytelling and creating beauty. This passion comes through the workshops and retreats she runs, which deliberately engage all your senses, as you wander through fragrant gardens and the citrus orchard to the background sounds of horses whinnying.

Pete and Beatrice share a passion for the outdoors, whether through horse-riding, growing organically, harvesting honey or putting on a feast from farm-sourced ingredients. They first connected over a love of creating experiences for people in the outdoors, and this is exactly what they deliver through Wattle Bank Farm. After a visit, you can’t help but feel you’ve been invited to be part of the farm’s story.