adminOctober has been a very active month for the Ivanhoe Garden Club with a number of excellent events.
October 13 – A wonderful Bus Trip was conducted. This sold out excursion traveled to Kuranga Native Nursery in Mt Evelyn and the Rhododendron Garden at Olinda where the Chelsea Australian Garden is on display. The bus trip ended with a visit to Peter Haeusler’s garden where everyone was thrilled to see his many clivias, rhododendron and hellebores. It was a great day!
October 22 – Our regular Monthly Meeting was an excellent get together with a very good talk on Chrysanthemum by Peter Oppenheim, Vice-President of the Chrysanthemum Society of Victoria. We learnt a great deal form his generous talk. Members enjoyed the beautiful display on the show bench – it smelled particularly delicious due to the sweet pea and roses exhibited. The trading table and club library were very busy.
October 26 – Club Walk – Thank you to Anna for once again organising an excellent walk for members. This time we were in the Eaglemont area with a focus on the planting of natives in public areas by local volunteers. As usual the walk was followed by an excellent morning tea, this time hosted at the home of our president Jeff Leaney. It was a pleasure to see his lovely garden at the conclusion of the walk.
October 30 – Maintenance at the Ivanhoe Park Bicentennial Rose Garden – a number of members came together on this lovely Spring morning to spread fertiliser, tidy and dead head the many beautiful roses in bloom at this wonderful rose garden. It was looking rather spectacular!
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What a very busy month at the Ivanhoe Garden Club!
