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GALSTON GARDEN CLUB

Garden Club

Christmas seems so long ago already, Club members celebrated Christmas together at the Galston Community Centre and as usual members out did themselves with all the delicious food that was brought to celebrate another successful year for the Club. Wow! Can these people cook as well as garden! It was a great evening to relax, […]

AUSTRALIAN PLANTS SOCIETY

The first meeting of the Australian Plants Society- North Shore Group for 2020 will be held on Friday, 14 February 2020 at 7-45 pm at the Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby. Our guest speaker is Simon Leake. His topic is: The soils and vegetation of Barangaroo Headland Park Simon will describe […]

BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA FEBRUARY MEETING

The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at the George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 8 February with plant sales commencing at 11am followed by the meeting at 12noon. Access is via the Showground entrance off Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill, with plenty of parking on site. At […]

STILL CREEK LANDCARE: MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER BEFORE

Still Creek Landcare: Hotspots Fire Project

Landcare is unique grass-roots movement that was started to tackle the degradation of farmland, public land and waterways. The movement has expanded and evolved over the years. It’s developed expertise across a variety of landscapes on best-practice sustainable agriculture and expert management of natural assets such as soil, water and native vegetation. Caring for the […]

Galston Garden Club

By the time you read this the gates will be closed and Garden owners will be taking a well-deserved break after preparing their beautiful gardens for the Galston Garden Club’s Open Gardens Weekend. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the garden owners for all their hard work and for their generosity in allowing […]

Weed Identification, come see us at the Arcadia Market Day

Turkey Rhubarb Tuber weighing in at 530 Grams

Still Creek Landcare will be setting up an information stall at Arcadia School’s Market Day on Saturday. November 16th. This year we will be putting together a selection of Weeds commonly found in our area to help you identify the problem plants in your patch. If you want to have a plant identified bring along […]

Australian Plants Society North Shore Group

The monthly meeting of the Australian Plants Society-North Shore Group will be held in the Willow Park Community Hall, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby at 7:45 pm on Friday, November 8th. The guest speaker will be Robin Buchanan. Her topic is “Restoring Natural Areas.” Visitors welcome. Bush regenerators; Just weeders or ecosystem managers? A look […]

BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

Crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis) by the very talented Stephen Mahony

November Guest Speaker – Kathy Potter The Importance of Frogs and Tadpoles The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold its next meeting at George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 9th November with plant sales commencing at 11am followed by the meeting at 12noon. Access is via the Showground entrance off Showground Road into […]

BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

OCTOBER MEETING George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill, Showgrounds 12 October sales from 11.30am. October Meeting – George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground – from 11.30am.The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at George Bell Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 12 October with plant sales commencing at 11.30 followed by the meeting […]

Chanticleer Gardens

When Grada and Peter bought their property ‘Chanticleer Gardens’, they already had a desire to create a special garden. The couple, both widowers, had met and married in 2002. Grada came from a working rose farm, with a one acre cold climate garden and Peter came from suburbia. This was their compromise and dream to […]