Message from our President, Jeff Leaney: The committee has recently decided to move our meetings to a new venue. Our new home will be the Ivanhoe Bowling Club. The venue was visited by our committee who found it fitted out with modern utilities, obviously well managed and clean with good parking options. As a result, …
Autumn Bus Trip 2024
The recent Ivanhoe Garden Club bus trip was an excellent day, enjoyed by everyone. A full bus left Ivanhoe around 9.15am with members from our own club and guests from Preston and Doncaster Garden Clubs. We traveled to the Lilydale area and had a lovely morning tea at a covered area …
March IGC Garden Club Walk
Our wonderful walks leader, Anna, took us on a fantastic local walk on March 23rd. We walked some of Darebin Parklands entering from Ivanhoe under the bridge starting at the small historic area of Sparks Reserve. Many of us had walked through Darebin Parklands before but Anna did an excellent job of showing us the …
New Meeting Venue for 2024
For our first meeting of 2024 the club will meet at its new venue – the East Ivanhoe Bowling Club. The speaker for the meeting will be Su Laird on Perennials and the meeting will include the usual sales table, raffle, show bench and club library. About the new venue, President Jeff Leaney said – …
Club Garden Walk – Cherry Blossom!
Our Ivanhoe Garden Club Walk coordinator, Anna, recently organised a September walk in Banksia Park to celebrate the beautiful cherry blossom. The group also took the opportunity to to explore the lovely kitchen garden at Heidi and enjoy a welcome morning tea. Thank you for all of your organisation Anna! Below – Garden club members …
Rose Pruning at Ivanhoe Park
A wonderful turnout for the recent rose pruning demonstration and practice session at the Rose Garden at Ivanhoe Park. This beautiful garden is maintained by the Ivanhoe Garden Club and offers members a chance to watch the experts prune and practice their skills. The work was followed by cakes and a cuppa provided by Alan …
Creative Supper at May IGC Meeting
We always have excellent suppers at our club meetings (and great speakers too!) but at the most recent meeting in May we had very appropriately decorated cup cakes created by the children of one of our members to add to the wonderful spread of food. How lucky are we!
Show Bench April 2023 Meeting
At the most recent meeting of the Ivanhoe Garden Club the Show Bench showcased a wonderful array of different entries. Everything from Jam Melons and giant Dahlias to Autumn foliage. Wonderful to see such excellent examples of the plants, flowers and produce in member’s gardens. Everyone enjoyed the colourful display and a few of …
Garden Club Walk – Banyule Flats
Our walk group at the Banyule Flats Cattle Yards On Saturday April 1st, our wonderful walks leader, Anna Burley, organised a walk for us at the Banyule Flats. Anna also organised the most stunning weather for us with the rain only beginning to threaten as we were leaving. For many …
New Venue for Ivanhoe Garden Club!
The first meeting of 2023 will be on Tuesday 28 February at the new Bellfield Community Hub in Perkins Ave, off Oriel Rd (just one street north of Banksia St) which is easily seen from our old meeting venue at Bellfield Community Centre. By member request, meetings will commence at 7.30 pm. There is a …