October 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 …
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 …
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 …
FESTA 2017 – what’s Happening?
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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. Unusual Container Competition flyer 2017-22pvfgz
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 …