Please download the flyer for our wonderful 2017 FESTA!
Garden Show A4 flyer 2017-1vdpesm
FESTA 2017 – what’s Happening?
Plants in an Unusual Container Competition at FESTA 2017
Everyone has a plant in a strange container. Enter it at our FESTA to join in the fun or come along and see what others have created – 29th October 2017. Download flyer here.
FESTA 2017
Our wonderful FESTA is here again. Join us on October 29th at the Bellfield Community Centre. Plant sales, seedlings, white elephant, devonshire teas.
Great Speaker at our Upcoming July Meeting
Speaker for July, 2017: Andrew Raper
Andrew Raper has been propagating plants ever since he can remember — and he knew from an early age that camellias were his thing. His parents, Alan and Barbara Raper, started Rhodo Glen Nurseries in 1953 at The Patch on the edge of Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Rhododendrons were Alan’s prime passion. He was a member of the Rhododendron Society, where people worked hard to promote the shrub. Alan would often be found at the kitchen table after dinner, propagating his plants.
But as a teenager Andrew knew he preferred camellias, and when he took over the business in 1994 he started growing them with his wife, Lisa, sister Carolyn and her husband Tony Gainger.“We’re all into camellias,” he said. Andrew has served two terms on the Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria and Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show boards and as president of the Camellia Society. (from The Weekly Times, 29.04.14)
Ivanhoe Garden Club is taking a stand for our planet!
Why? It’s estimated that 500 billion coffee cups are produced globally each year, and if placed end to end, they’d circumnavigate the globe 1360 times! Planet Ark says that about 60,000 kilograms of plastic waste from coffee cups is directed to landfill each year in Australia, where it can take about 50 years to break down.
Using your own mug will lead to:
– 36-47$ reduction in greenhouse gas
– 85% reduction in water use
– 91-92% reduction in landfill
From our June meeting, and thereafter, we ask you to bring your own mug/cup to the meeting and take it home again if you wish to have a cup of tea or coffee with supper. This is one significant contribution we can each make for the future health of our planet.
Our Progressive Garden Party – A Member’s Reflection
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)
Progressive Garden Party 2017
All welcome contact the Club Secretary for details.
April 2017 – Bus Trip Report
The bus trip was blessed with good weather and the days activities did not disappoint. A wonderful private garden, Country Dahlias in Winchelsea and a visit to the Roraima Nursery in Lara filled the day with flowers, plants and inspiring ideas.
Amazing Private Garden on our April 2017 Bus Trip
Stunning Display at Country Dahlias, Winchelsea
Roraima Nursery, Lara
Upcoming IGC Events in April
Autumn Bus Trip: Sunday 2nd April
The first stop, for morning tea, will be opposite the Medlyn’s garden in a small hilltop park. Then we can wander across the road and into their garden. It has been developed over many years, with hedge, trees and shrubs to moderate the exposed situation. An enormous range of dry climate plants can be found in the garden, many in pots of all shapes, sizes and designs. Australian dendrobium orchids and other highly desirable plants provide colour and interest at different times of the year.
Then we will proceed to Country Dahlias near Winchelsea to see a huge range of these again popular plants, and to have our BYO lunch. Tea and coffee will be available. On our way back we call into the Roirama Nursery at Lara, with its abundance of unusual plants, particularly succulents and similar species, and increasing display beds. It’s a good time of year to purchase one or more new plants for any gaps in our gardens.
Bookings and payment of $35 per person may be made at the March meeting, or by arrangement, pay on the day. Please encourage friends, neighbours, relatives to come if they’re interested, and enjoy a very pleasant day out.
Progressive Garden Party: Sunday 23rd April
Gardens in Heidelberg, Eaglemont and Alphington, starting at 10.30am. Entry by way of program, $15, At each garden there will be a course in our progressive garden party – entree at the first, main meal at the second and coffee and cake at the third. Enjoy a leisurely look at three beautiful gardens, food and the company of other gardeners.
Contact the club for details.