Monthly Meetings

Designing a Garden for Life

Chris Larkin

Chris Larkin is a member of the Australian Plants Society and she has an interest in garden design with Australian plants. Her presentation is titled, ‘Designing a Garden for Life’.  Kate introduced the guest speaker, Chris Larkin, who spoke on ‘Gardens for Life’. Chris is a member of the...

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My Creekside Garden

Ana McCloskey

Club member, Wilma, suggested inviting Ana as our speaker, after Wilma visited Ana’s garden, as part of the Open Garden Scheme in 2025. Ana McCloskey is a local resident whose garden, called Creekside, backs on to South Surrey Park above the creek. The garden spreads across two properties. While...

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RegenEdible Gardening

Craig Castree

Kate introduced guest speaker, Craig Castree and thanked Craig for his second visit to speak to the Club. Craig explained how he grew about 85% of his own food on his small suburban garden in an area of 120 square metres. He emphasised:  Feed the soil not the plants so microbes in a healthy...

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Repotting Orchids

Peter Moskovic

Peter Moskovic, Secretary of the North East Melbourne Orchid Society (NEMOS), was introduced by Kate. Peter provided a very useful and informative demonstration on how to repot orchids. Peter also included when to repot, how to repot, pot sizes for transfer and potting mixture to use. Peter also...

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2026 Program

2026 PROGRAM OF TRIPS AND SPEAKERS: Thursdays 12 Feb - Repotting Orchids (Peter Moskovic) 12 Mar - RegenEdible Gardening (Craig Castree) 25 Mar - 29 Mar - MELB. INTERNATIONAL FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW 09 Apr - My Creekside Garden in Surrey Hills (Ana McCloskey) 16 Apr - YARRA VALLEY TRIP 14...

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