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State Rose Garden, Werribee

20 October 2022 The forecast all week had been for wet weather, but we were lucky and our trip day was a perfect blue sky spring day. About 30 members headed down the freeway to Werribee to visit the State Rose Garden, where we had morning tea in the picnic ground. The garden was very green, thanks to the...

Geelong Botanic Gardens

15 September 2022 30 members travelled to the Geelong Botanic Gardens via the West Gate Bridge and the Geelong Freeway. It was a slow trip but we eventually arrived at the Gardens and were met by two volunteers from The Friends of the Gardens who kindly gave us a guided tour. The Geelong...

CMGC Fun in a Flower Pot Competition

01 September 2022 Update: The CMGC Flower in a Pot competition had 11 entries and 9 delightful entry pots were on display with the winners judged by popular vote. Participants who bought their pot along received a Bunnings voucher. See photo for the 3 winning entries. Dear Camberwell Morning Garden Club Financial...

2022 Program

06 August 2022 Please find attached our program for the rest of the year.Lots of interesting speakers and trips ahead.

Mystery Trip - Silvan, Monbulk and Mt Evelyn

23 June 2022 26 members set off on our Mystery Trip leaving Camberwell at 9.30am. The early time indicated we were travelling some distance. We headed towards the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges and this kept us guessing as to where we were going. Our first stop was morning tea...

Broughton Hall, Jindivik

19 May 2022 On a cold damp Autumn morning 24 members set out early to go by bus to Jindivick, Gippsland (85km) to visit The Garden at Broughton Hall, the garden and home of David Musker, a former art teacher, landscape designer who runs a rare plants nursery and Philip Hunter, a physiotherapist and gardener....

Cruden Farm, Langwarrin

21 April 2022 So fabulous to finally be able to do a trip again, and especially to the gorgeous Cruden Farm in Langwarrin. It was a very cool and wet moring as 24 of us set off, but luckily it cleared before too long and we were able to leave our umbrellas in the bus! Arriving at Cruden Farm along a driveway...

Winners of the CMGC Flower In A Pot Competition Announced

10 March 2022 Here are the winning entries of our Flower in a Pot Competition. Judging was done by Jennifer Rickerby from the Royal Horticultural Society, Victoria See link at the very bottom of this post for photos of the lovely winning pots! ____________________________________ Dear Camberwell...

AGM

09 December 2021 We are busy planning our 42nd AGM for our club meeting on Thursday 9th December 2021, with a fully catered basket lunch (and special celebratory gift) for all financial members. At the AGM, Bee, Kylie, Rosalie & Heather will step down from the committee. Should you have an interest in...

Welcome Back Morning Tea

03 June 2021 Hello All Members The 3rd Jun Welcome Back Morning Tea unfortunately has to be postponed due to the present Covid Lockdown. There will be a meeting on: 8th Jul 2021 Speaker: Jill BryantTopic: Herb TreesMorning Tea will commence from 9.30am Take...

newsletter - February 2021

18 February 2021 Dear Members, Please find attached the last newsletter to be produced by me for the club. If I thought that life in lockdown was difficult, trying to move interstate in a pandemic is impossible. It has got to the stage that when we see an opportunity we shall just go, as trying to plan...

NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2020

10 December 2020 Hi All, Well what a year we have lived through, but we are still here to tell the story, just! At the start of the year, I had great plans to recruit a new committee for our club, as many of our long serving committee members would like to stand down. Covid put an end to that. I know for a fact...

NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2020

12 November 2020 Dear Members, Last night was so hot that I couldn’t sleep, so I ended up listening to the radio. Part of the chatter was about the size and quantity of the rose blooms this year and I have to agree that they really are magnificent. So we have devoted the front cover of our November newsletter to...

NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2020

08 October 2020 Dear Members, This is our 6th CMGC newsletter which means that we have now been in lockdown for 6 months! I hope that you have been enjoying these missives and that they have helped you to feel connected to our wonderful club and its members. If I hadn’t been doing this newsletter or getting...

Newsletter - September 2020

10 September 2020 Dear Member, Another month, another newsletter, another CMGC meeting missed and another extension to lockdown. Isn’t life fun?? At least Spring has arrived. The other day I was sent an email outlining what clubs and organisations need to do to be Covid safe at meetings after lockdown. Quite frankly...

NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2020

13 August 2020 Dear CMGC member, Another month and another meeting today that we have missed. How we wish we could bring you some good tidings as to when we might meet again, but sadly that’s not to be. So what we can bring you in the attached newsletter is some gorgeous colour, some interest and hopefully...

NEWSLETTER - JULY 2020

09 July 2020 Dear Members, No, we have not forgotten you and there is a newsletter this month which you will find attached. Truth be told, just when we were starting to see light at the end of the tunnel and were making plans as to how to re-ignite our club, we went back into lockdown. Like many others, this...

NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2020

11 June 2020 Dear Members, My best intentions to get the newsletter out to you at the time of the scheduled monthly meeting this morning failed this month, so I do apologise for that. But at least I have got it out on the day. When the cold weather really hit us, the aches and pains in my hip multiplied and I...

Newsletter - May 2020

14 May 2020 Dear Members, At 10 am this morning we should be socialising with each other and getting ready to start our meeting. But here we are at home in the second month of lockdown. Our guest speaker would have been Andrew Roper, giving us an insight into Rhododendrons. I will be in touch with him to try...

Newsletter - April 2020

24 April 2020 Welcome to our first Newsletter. Please enjoy.

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