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Upcoming MEMBER only Event

As a thank you for your support of the Circles exhibition
Friends of Brisbane Botanic Gardens and Sherwood Arboretum invite the volunteers, members and guides for a farewell drinks afternoon tea at the close of the exhibition at the Richard Randall Studio

RSVP to Mary Jo Katter at  mjkatter@bigpond.com

Richard Randall Studio Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens 
February 25^th Feb from 4.30 pm to 7 pm
Our raffle will be drawn at 5pm
Mary Jo Katter      mjkatter@bigpond.com
Cool drinks wine and nibbles will be served.

‘Hidden Treasures’

Wander this beautiful garden of

Michael and Kim Rabbidge

Open Garden – Last Chance Visit

Monday, October 16th, 2017.

BUY TICKETS HERE

General Public WELCOME

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Featured on ABC Gardening Australia TV,

GA magazine, Queensland Homes magazines.

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What’s hidden in this treasure of a garden

You and your friends are invited to

Tea and Cake in the relaxed Norman Park garden

of Michael and Kim Rabbidge.

Developed over twelve years, the front section features a vegie garden, lawn,

hedging and two tropical birch trees.

In the secluded northern section terraced walls painted a deep navy

create the ideal backdrop to various subtropical plantings.

There are several nooks for relaxing over a cup of tea or coffee.

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Cost: $10 – pre-purchase tickets by Wednesday 11th October

BUY TICKETS HERE

For more information, email: info@ffbgsa.org.au or phone Julie Lumsdale on 0455 412 302

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When: Monday 16th October

Where: 100 Railway Parade Norman Park

Time: 10am – 11am

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This is a FBBGSA fundraising event for the benefits of The Friends activities and various supporting garden projects. 

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Summer Vegie Gardening

National Gardening Week Talk

The Friends invite all members & guides
to a morning with

Arno King

Registered Horticulturist,
Registered Landscape Architect

at the

Kitchen Garden

Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha

8th October 2017
10 am to 12 noon – come at 9.30am for a cuppa.

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Arno will talk about:

How to prepare the vegetable garden to maximise summer production;
The importance of seasonal produce;
The right vegies and right varieties to suit the season;
Top crops to grow over the summer;
Seasonal issues to address;
& Q & A session

Vegies in pots will be available to purchase on the day –

All proceeds go The Friends to support the various projects and activities  

Cost : Tickets $5.00 for Friends and Guides
Tickets collected at venue

Bookings : info@fbbgsa.org.au

Contact: Julie Lumsdale 0455 512 302

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The natural history art exhibition – reFraming Nature 2017 – will be run by the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens (FRBG) in Melbourne from October 7-22.  The exhibition covers a vast array of topics from birds to frogs, ferns to fungi, beetles to penguins, so there will be something for everyone.

This year, we have some special visitors – a parade of penguins will be joining us to help lead the way to the gallery.  The penguins have been painted and dressed by some of our artists and include Pierre, our artist penguin painted by Dianne Emery and is shown on our poster.  Before the exhibition begins, the penguins will be visiting various landmarks around Melbourne so be sure to follow their travels on our facebook page and social media sites.

All the paintings and drawings exhibited aim to be as scientifically accurate as possible while expressing at the same time artistic vision and creative individuality.  All works are for sale including unframed original works and prints, along with artists’ cards.

Highlights of the exhibition include artist in residence, the ever-popular people’s choice award and children’s colouring in.  We will be running an artists’ market on October 21-22 to coincide with the Royal Botanic Gardens Plant Sale and Rare Plant Fair.

reFraming Nature 2017 will be held in Domain House Gallery, Dallas Brooks Drive, located behind the Shrine of Remembrance – just look for the penguins.  The exhibition opens from 10am to 4pm daily.

reFraming Nature 2017 at a glance:

Date: 7-22 October

Where: Domain House Gallery, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne 3004 (Behind the Shrine of Remembrance – look for the penguins)

Times: 10am – 4pm daily

Admission: free (although a gold coin donation will help with our charitable fundraising efforts)

Brisbane’s Friends set to Flourish at Ekka 2017

by Jo Roberts

Yippee! At last – there’s a renewed focus on ornamental Horticulture at the Ekka, rivalling the excitement I remember well from years ago. Horticulture has great new exposure at the Old Museum, to be enlivened by visits from ABC’s Costa with his enormous personality effervescing everywhere (not to mention his devoted media). And there’s improved access ensuring visitor numbers will be well up. Ekka 2017 will be good for Horticulture. This is wonderful news for the Friends! We’re aiming to attract people both to visit and love our Gardens and to join FBBGSA. There are also Horticulture competitions to enter (see below), talks to enjoy across the 11 days of the Show and the Friends’ display to support in whatever way you can.

We have an excellent position in the Old Museum and have a roster of Friends attending our stand throughout the Ekka. We want to create a buzz of enthusiasm around our stand so PLEASE visit for a chat and PLEASE if possible do a stint on the stand. It’s all fun! Maybe we can we aim to entrap Costa for as long as possible for photo opportunities and the exposure he creates! Encourage him to join!

Our display will showcase Natives and Kitchen garden plants, linked together with Bush Tucker plants and some of the animals that call the Gardens home. Here’s where we’re at: Friends are already potting up kitchen garden species, Rob Percy of Aspley Nursery has generously offered to lend advanced sized native/other plants, and Queensland Museum is lending animal specimens of the sort Gardens visitors encounter. Our display will be quite different from those of the neighbouring Garden Clubs – we really can’t compete with them for sheer floral “eye-candy” – but we can be attention-getting, informative, a bit surprising and very welcoming.

Can you help with any of the following?

•  Do you have any potted unusual local native plants? Plants which are “Bush Tucker”? The Samford N.P.Q group will lend us a few specimens but we’ll need as many examples as possible. (See list of suggestions)
•  Can you please check Julie’s roster and consider doing a stint on the display? Otherwise please just visit the stand and help generate a real buzz of interest and good cheer.

Can you contribute to the 2017 horticulture buzz by entering Ekka Horticulture competitions?

•  potted plant competition [still open! Closes 4th August]
•  temporary verge display garden – 3m x 1.5m – around the Old Museum [closed 30th June]

These competitions are sponsored by the Nursery & Garden Industry Association Queensland and Rocky Point Mulching. There are prizes! 

ACTION!

•  Check with Julie Lumsdale to put yourself on the Friends’ Ekka roster (free entry to Ekka!!!)
•  Go to the Ekka website to check out competition details: https://www.ekka.com.au/competitions/categories/flower-and-garden#verge-garden-and-displays
•  Check your potted plants or garden specimens for Native/Bush Tucker examples – a few suggested species are appended.

 

We’re looking forward to a productive and thoroughly enjoyable Ekka. If you can help please phone Julie Lumsdale on 0455 512 302 or email her jlumsdal24@bigpond.com.

Hope to see you there.

Cheers, Jo Roberts

jo.roberts@yahoo.com.au