To celebrate Spring, and the wonderful fulfillment and joy we all find in our gardens, Ivanhoe Garden Club members have been asked to share photos of their gardens at this special time.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions.
Rita’s Garden
Jeff’s Garden
Denise’s Garden
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Julie’s Garden
Pam’s Garden
Susan’s Garden
Alan & Judy’s Garden
Gwenda’s Garden
Elizabeth’s Garden
The first event for 2018 is a summer picnic at Del Cavanagh’s beautiful home on Sunday 28th January. This is always a lovely informal start to the year a chance to catch up and enjoy a garden together.
Members will be notified of the details in the first Cuttings newsletter for the year
The Club Garden Party
One of my favourite things about this event is the surprise of the gardens. Erica’s struck me with both longing and guilt: she had invited me a year earlier and I had yet to visit. Erica, regardless, greeted me with open arms saying she was glad I had come… and ‘do go and see how that cutting of yours is going’ – the deep maroon chrysanthemum. The terrific idea of the wire surround helps blooms stand tall with straight stems for your vase. Erica had also invited members to bring secateurs and a plastic bag to take cuttings, delightful. Any gardener I know would not miss such an opportunity! Salvias, geraniums and more will be enjoyed by many in time to come and we will be able to say they came from Erica’s.
Jane and Peter welcomed us to wander meandering paths, enjoy original elm and numerous other mature trees and share the extensive views across to the Yarra Valley from Chadwick House. How I would love to have a camellia this size! The house was built by Desbrowe-Annear just after the turn of the century and epitomised the Arts and Crafts Movement. Interesting small hedges, a mix of exotic and more recently added natives and multitudes of clivia are found throughout the garden; there is also a clever planting of hellebores on a steep slope so the flowers can be seen from below. Lunch was served on the terrace where learnt about the architecture, the variety of birds that visit the garden and the small pond built especially for the local brown tree frog.
An IGC member – RV (taken from May Cuttings 2017)
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This image is of the beautiful Dahlia ‘Clarion’ at Geoff’s. The colour enhanced by the purple Salvia in the background.
This second image from Geoff’s shows the Salvia ‘Africana’ thriving on his nature strip.
These photos are of enormous and beautiful sunflowers in Alan’s garden.
