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GALSTON DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB MEETING

Garden Club meeting

Unfortunately our Garden Club meeting are still suspended while the COVID19 restrictions on members being able to attend. The restriction being ‘one person per four square metre rule for indoor gatherings’. Meanwhile our members are enjoying the rain and jobs in the garden, lots of pruning and dead heading. We love the Wattles, Camellias, Rhododendrons […]

GALSTON DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB

Garden Club

With the shorter days and chilly mornings there is no denying that winter is with us. With the long, hot days of summer now in distant memory, you might be surprised how some of those gardening jobs that seem like a chore in summer can be actually enjoyable in winter. We assume that our gardens […]

HIDDEN IN THE HILLS CLIMBERS AND SCRAMBLERS

There are a number of scramblers or climbers that twine and climb their way up and over other shrubs and bushes. One such climbing plant is Apple Berry Dumpling (Billardiera scandens). Not uncommon, but not easily identified as it twines its way around its supporting plant which grows in the understorey. Its branches have been […]

STILL CREEK LANDCARE – OUR INVITATION TO OUR COMMUNITY

STILL CREEK LANDCARE

Have weeds you want to get rid of? Want to know your weeds and how best to destroy them? Want to know which weeds are the biggest worry? Want to know the best natives to plant at your place to replace weeds? Your local landcare group has been running working bees at our properties for […]

STILL CREEK LANDCARE – RELAX ON YOUR PATCH

Locally, Mother Nature is finally giving us a breather from her drought, fierce unrelenting heat, bushfire stress and devastating storms. Globally, nature has given us more in the form of a pandemic that’s resulted in an increased social isolation. Feel relaxed yet? Well, we think we have a cure for the stress, anxiety and helplessness […]

BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA – MEET BOB AND PATRICIA SHARPLEY

While the Bromeliad Society of Australia meetings are on hold, we thought we would introduce you to some of the Society’s most passionate members. Bob and Pat Sharpley’s love of bromeliads started when their son bought his first house, from an older couple approx 10 years ago. The overgrown garden had a delapidated shade house […]

GALSTON GARDEN CLUB

Thousands of clubs of different interests have been impacted by the Covid-10 pandemic, and the Galston District Garden Club is no different, having to postpone yet another monthly meeting. While most of us have found solutions for other parts of our lives in isolation (home office work, online shopping and Zoom catch-ups with friends and […]

GLENORIE RURAL FIRE THE EARTH HEALS – THE COMMUNITY COMBINES

You cannot help but notice the improving bush-health with the rain of the last few months. Looking to the west, the cleaner air enables sights of the Blue Mountains which are sharper than ever, proving that postbushfires, Nature continues its long-established cycles of healing and regeneration. However, you may have noted a few hazy days […]

STILL CREEK LANDCARE OUR LOCAL CREEKS: ARE THEY HEALTHY?

Curtesy of Ann-Marie Sieve a local waterfall.

Recently the Covid-19 virus has disrupted many lives in many countries around the world, with tens of thousands of deaths. But a few years ago around the world, there were over a million children dying each year due to diarrhea from unhealthy water supplies. No such problems in Australia, although plenty of urban waterways are […]

GALSTON GARDEN CLUB

It has been a month since the Galston District Garden Clubs last meeting and during that time the Executive decided to postpone the April meeting. We did think our last supper of wrapped biscuits instead of our usual sticky bun slices might have been a good reason to cancel the next meeting. Then came the […]