Glenorie Fairy Forest
Inspired by a visit to Bateau Bay Fairy Forest with my children, I turned to the local community Facebook page to float the idea of creating something similar in Glenorie. The overwhelming response triggered a beautifully collaborative effort, and Glenorie Fairy Forest was born. Glenorie Creek runs through town and collects stormwater from most of […]
The Glenorie Growers Market
We have two local monthly markets. The original Glenorie Growers Market on the 4th Sunday of each month and the new Dural Growers Market on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Dural Markets are back and bigger this February! Grab a fresh coffee or enjoy a cold beer in the Presidential Gardens while you feast […]
Warrah Society
Reflecting on the highlights of 2018, the principal feelings are of gratitude for all the support we get from our community, and of pride in the work that we do to serve and support both our Farm Shop customers and our clients living with disabilities. This year we undertook a major project to renovate the […]
Absolutely Blooming – Roxborough Rose Garden
Roxborough Park Rose Garden is in bloom. The rose garden, located in Baulkham Hills, draws people from far and wide for picnics, family outings, weddings, formals and some even visit the park for the picture-perfect selfie. There are more than 6000 roses and 80 different species which have been carefully manicured into the Alice in […]
Galston Garden Club
Nine wonderful gardens, 3 beautiful days, many friendly faces & 100’s of visitors, our garden owners did a magnificent job of presenting their gardens. Through the difficulties of drought for months prior to the Open Gardens Weekend, then torrential rain the week before & threat of more torrential rain on the Sunday – which thankfully […]
BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
Opportunity to Buy Beautiful Bromeliads for Christmas The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their final meeting for the year on Saturday, 8 December at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground with plant sales commencing at 11am with members of the public welcome, prior to the meeting at 12.30pm. Access is via the new Showground […]
Budgerigar Society of N S W Inc. Hills Branch
Last month was the annual Night at the Flicks, for Hills Branch. Nola and Bruce Bradford (Budgerigar Society Photographer ), came along to the branch with a visual presentation of the 2018 National Title birds. Members and visitors had the opportunity to appraise these birds, along with past years National Winning Birds. Know the Variety; […]
Still Creek Landcare
How healthy is your creek water? Want your creek water tested? Still Creek Landcare group checks the quality of the water in our local waterways. We do a variety of physical, chemical and biological testing every month in three creek places. This is part of the Streamwatch program, involving a couple of hundred people at […]
BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
Guest Speaker – Susan Lewis – Pressed Flower Designs The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 10 November with plant sales commencing at 11am prior to the meeting. Access is via Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill with plenty of parking on […]
Galston Garden Club
With all the preparations for the October Open Gardens weekend, club members still found time for a couple of rambles. It was an early start as members boarded a bus to visit the Illawarra Grevillea Gardens. This proved to be a popular trip and filled up very quickly as members put their names down to […]
