Monthly Meetings

Bonsai

Sally Christmas

 Sally Christmas spoke about Bonsai. She belongs to several clubs, her interest beginning in the late 1990s, when she bought her first small plant and attended classes by Tom Poynton.In 2003 Sally's club hosted the AABC Masters from Germany.Sally particularly likes working with flowering natives,...

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Golden Seal Herbs

Tony Hosemans

Our guest speaker for the October meeting was Tony Hosemans. Before speaking about his experiences with rare medicinal plants, Tony gave a brief outline of his diverse life before horticulture became his primary occupation. He worked at the National Bank and for the stockbrokers ECW Baillieu,...

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Daffodils

Graham Brumley

Our guest speaker was Graham Brumley who has been growing daffodils for 20 years on two large blocks at Leongatha.Graham spoke with great detail about his experiences and the knowledge he has accumulated, illustrated by many beautiful slides of the different divisions of daffodils. We were all...

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AGM and 35th Birthday lunch at Box Hill Golf Club

Don't forget our AGM is on 14th August and we will be going to the Box Hill Golf Club afterwards to celebrate our 35th Birthday.Please consider taking up a position on the Committee to enrich your gardening experience. Nominations will be taken on the day.

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Iris

Shirley and Terry Nisbet

Terry started by explaining that the plural of iris is iris. The flower is named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow. They come in every colour of the rainbow except for red which is a genetic impossibility.These flowers have been cultivated for nearly 8000 years, there are pictures of them in...

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Salvias

Lyndi Garnett

Lyndi explained that the Salvia Society is an offshoot of the Herb Society and was established in 1989.  They have their own website:  www.salvias.org.au, they issuea regular magazine and offer a wealth of information about identifying and growing salvias.They also have a display garden at Nobelius...

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Royal Botanic Gardens

Brian O'Halloran

Our guest speaker was Bryan O’Halloran, a volunteer from the Royal Botanic Gardens.  Bryan hosts free walks through the gardens at 11.00am and 2pm each day except Monday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and ANZAC Day. The layout and topography of the gardens allow a huge range of plants to thrive in...

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Vertical Gardens

Carole Pemberton

Carol showed us a very interesting presentation on vertical gardens in all their various forms.

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The Queen Charlotte Track, New Zealand

Anne-Marie Power and Julianne stoyles

Our President, Julianne and Secretary, Anne-Marie had recently been to New Zealand to hike the Queen Charlotte Track and visit the Wellington Botanic Gardens. They showed members slide presentation of their trip.Some of the photos from the trip can be found on our Facebook page.

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African Violets

Annette Kennedy

Annette has been growing African Violets for nearly 18 years. She had a display of plants of many colours including maroon to show us.They originate from East Africa and Tanzania, near the Equator with equal light day and night. They grow in free draining soil under a canopy of trees. The original...

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