The gorgeous Flowering Gum Dwarf Orange tree produces huge heads of bright orange blossoms. The birds and the bees love the orange flowers during the summer months....
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Snippets from 2023 meetings :
Tuesday, February 14
Guest Speaker: Tom Hazell: Weeding, Garden Escapes, Native Gardens Bush Regeneration
Tuesday March 14
Floral Art theme ‘World Pride’
Guest Speakers: Jethro and Friends Hard Pruning to revitalize your Garden and Henry’s Honey Bee keeping talk.
Tuesday April 11
Floral Art Display Theme: Autumn Inspiration’
Guest Speaker: Bernard Chapman: Gardening tips and tricks. The Plant Whisperer
Tuesday May 9
Guest Speaker: Mary Tang: “My Garden on Gardening Australia”.
Tuesday June 11
Guest Speaker: Ann Goth The Native Brush Turkey
Guest Speaker: Bernard Chapman
Tuesday September 12
Floral Art Theme : “Springtime Gems’
(later in Sep) 80th Birthday Celebration: Special Guest……. a suprise.
Tuesday October 10
Guest Speaker: Peter Hey: Just Clivias
Tuesday November 14
Guest Speaker: Holly Parsons : Bird Life Australia. Powerful Owls in Mosman
Report from June 2022 meeting
At our June meeting…
1. The special resolution to change the audit requirement in our MGC Constitution was passed with the requisite majority.
2. Guest presenter Cecily Rodgers took us through the ‘ins and outs’ of making floral competition entries look their best, sharing presentation tips and tricks in her usual entertaining and humorous fashion and with the qualification that unless members are entering state or national competitions, individual clubs can decide for themselves how freely or otherwise formal guidelines are regarded.
Our thoughts were very much with our President, Libby, who was taken to hospital that morning, so the lovely arrangement that Cecily rustled up from her left-overs from the night found a very deserving recipient. Libby is now, thankfully, on the road back to wellness.
3. After finalisng details of our Coal Loader outing on the night we were blessed with lovely weather the next day to investigate this impressive area and enjoy a lovely lunch together. Many thanks Jane E. for organizing us!
Report from from May 2022 meeting…
At our May meeting…
We were most enjoyably entertained and informed by Taylor Harrison from Active Seniors Health Centre which has the goal of helping over 55s enjoy their senior years with good health and energy.
Taylor’s presentation ‘Fit for Gardening’ focused on a menu of 10 fairly gentle stretches that we gardeners could choose from after a hard day in the garden that support maintenance of balance and mobility.
He suggests just picking 1 exercise that you find helpful to start with. To jog the memories of those who were present, here is a rough list of the 10 exercises:
1 Feet - roll bare soles over ball
2 Ankle rotations - as in DVT exercises on aeroplanes
3 Calf raises - toe to heel (with back to wall)
4 Thighs - Hip hinges - sit slowly or
5 Thighs - whilst sitting - point toe to squeeze thigh muscle
6 Leg swings - to loosen hip flexor - fwd & back and side to side
7 Lower Back - the ‘Yes, No, Maybe manoeuvre!
8 Neck - also the ‘Yes, No, Maybe manoeuvre
9 Upper back and shoulders - with heels and shoulders square to wall and palms facing out - slide arms slowly up and back
10 Hands - splay fingers widely then slowly push fingers (not palms) together. Finish by opening and closing hands a few times.
Taylor is so committed to keeping us all fit and active that he also has a series of videos on his website listed above if you need further reminders.
Thanks to those who purchased copies of Taylor’s book, Active Seniors, proceeds of which go to Alzheimers research.
Some highlights from our recent April 2022 meeting…
New members were welcomed, forth-coming business and an outing flagged (put Wednesday 15 June in your diaries for outing and lunch at the Coal Loader), and encouragement given to all to consider attending the Garden Clubs of Australia National Convention to be held this year in Townsville from 11-16 September. There is an educational and fun packed program and opportunities to extend your stay and take advantage of many optional extras that the region has to offer at reduced prices for conference attendees.
Our judges deliberated and entertained us with their positive and often funny comments about the plant / flower pecimen presentations that members had brought along.
Marg W. amazed us with an interesting talk and beautiful photos as you can see below, of the many and varied beautiful gardens to be found in the Marlborough area of New Zealand’s South Island. Who knew!
And, after a tea, coffee and ‘nibble’ break, lots of options from pent up propagation at the plant table where you’ll always find something special from our members’ gardens. An informative interesting and fun evening as always.
Looking forward to our next meeting on Tuesday 10th May.
July 2021 Meeting
May 2021 Meeting
It was a double treat to be able to meet again at Mosman Seniors Centre in May and to have local horticulturalist Barbara Schreiner, from Mosman Mitre10 Nursery, as our most entertaining and informative guest speaker. Barbara is so passionate about ecological sustainable gardening that it was impossible not to get caught up in her enthusiasm and tips, gleaned from many years of horticultural practice and experience. Her most salient messages were encapsulated in an amusing skit voiced by some of our members: Take the time to observe and reflect on what is happening in your garden (at an ecological level)
Use what is there as much as possible to harness the natural ‘eco-cycle’ in your garden.
It’s an approach that requires minimal digging, maintains natural environmental cycles and is low cost, if a little messy at times.
March Meeting 2021
Last Tuesday evening, March 9th, was our first indoor meeting for over a year. It was a great (socially-distanced) success with excellent attendance. We heard a most entertaining and informative presentation about frangipanis from Anthony Grassi, President of the Frangipani Society of Australian. He was very happy to take the many questions from the audience and left us with smiles on our faces and confidence to deal with our frangipani issues. Anthony kindly left us with his Top Ten Gardening Tips which will be reproduced with his permission in the April bulletin. As well there were the usual raffle and lucky door prizes and the plant sales table which was well-supported by both contributors and patrons. All went home feeling like winners. Many thanks to all involved! It was great to be able to get together in this way once again.
Taylor’s presentation ‘Fit for Gardening’ is a reminder to all gardeners about the importance of keeping fit so that we can enjoy gardening with little or no aches and pain.,
Suggested fitness exercise routine
