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What a year we have had, with only a February outing. It was lovely to meet new members then. Hopefully you will be back in 2021. To our (old) members it will be great to see everyone again. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, stay safe Gwen Photos - Gwen Turner :"Early morning, Benalla" and "My Hollyhock hits the rooftop"
With Mother Nature at her best this spring, Benalla’s roses are looking fantastic. A must see are the roses at Rambling Rose café’s car park garden and Benalla’s Rose Gardens. With the end of year coming up we can look forward to next year. Hopefully we can visit many lovely gardens once again. I have missed meeting up with you all. Happy Gardening! Gwen Turner Benalla Gardens are looking beautiful, roses and trees back in leaf and the last of the flowering cherries and crab apples are putting n a show. Shirley Kearney and I were walking past the new Splash Park and had to stop to look it over. Loved the big red poppies, families will have lots of fun there. Three ducks happened to be in the Lake waiting to have their photo taken. I have been gardening around the Church garden with Chris, have started a new garden in front of the Parish Centre (Old Court House) just with plants from my garden with the help of some Magpies. Hope you have time to visit family and friends. Happy gardening! Gwen Turner Hello everyone! Spring is here 😄, rain, sunshine, beautiful daffodils flowering, pears, pretty annuals and much more.
Gardens are great way to make us feel happy as they are forever changing, we can dream in them, dig and move plants, weed, walk around, exercise, read, water and feed, and sit while in our Garden.
Stay safe, keep your glass half full. Gwen Turner As I am writing the sun is out following a frosty morning. The photos are of Shirley and Dan Kearney’s lovely sunny courtyard, great place to have a cuppa or read the paper, we all should have one of these spots in our garden. Pink weeping flowering tree is on the drive. St. Joseph’s Village is so well landscaped. Roses, Camelia, Daphne, Gardenia. Beautifully performed blooms all year round and a group of mixed Citrus trees add interest.
Stay safe and happy.
Gwen Turner
Gwen Turner
What a wonderful Autumn. We had rain, sun and colour in our trees. Winter is time to buy roses, fruit trees and plant seedlings. Getting ready for Spring, the jobs to do include cleaning and sharpening our garden tools, oil wooden handles. Roses are best to prune in late July with a good feed, leave Salvias until after the frost. Cyclamen like a cold spot, the ones in the photo sit on a table outside, they get a bit of sun in the mornings, they belong to a friend of mine, the one on the left is 3 years old.  Stay happy and healthy.
Gwen Turner Hello fellow gardeners! I trust you are enjoying Autumn in your own patches. Shirley Kearney and I have been using our daily walking exercise to appreciate some really beautiful gardens in Benalla. There are neat ones, cottage and native ones, some very modern designs with fabulous garden sculptures on display. All are a credit to our locals. The lakeside garden area is a picture with its ever-changing colours, shadows and mist. We hadn’t taken much notice of until we started our early morning exercise. We do miss our family and friends, coffee mornings and afternoons at the Northo. I’ve been doing lots of gardening, reading and Shirley has been knitting. Hope to see you all soon. Stay safe and healthy. Cheers, Gwen Turner 0438627010 /57627017.
March 26th
Meet at U3A car park at 9.30 a.m. We are travelling to Shepparton to visit two nurseries
April yet to be announced. May 28th Coach trip with Benalla Coach Lines to Botanical Gardens Cranbourne. $40 per person includes coach, travel and morning tea. Lunch at own cost at Café in Gardens. Please book early. Pay by April 23rd or before. These gardens are well worth the visit. For those who have trouble walking a ride around the gardens in a motorised vehicle is available. Gwen Turner Our first Garden Appreciation for 2020 is on the 27th February. We will meet at Gwen Turner’s home at Unit 2, 67 Arundel Street at 9.30 a.m. Tea/coffee and milk will be provided, but a plate of morning tea to share would be appreciated. From Gwen’s we move onto Cath Marriott’s home and garden at 17 McConnan Street. Lunch will be at the Golf Club, numbers are needed for lunch so please phone Gwen on 5762 7017 or 0438627010.
Convenor: Gwen Turner We visited lovely gardens large and small during 2019. Thank you to all who open their gardens for us and to Geraldine for being my backstop.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and safe and healthy New Year. Our first outing in 2020 will be on Thursday February 27th. Gwen Turner 0438627010 or 5762 7017 October 24th - Beechworth
Meet at U3A car park at 9.30 a.m. A quick morning tea at our room before we head off to Beechworth to visit Peter Rucins garden at 13 Spring Street Beechworth. We then have a second garden to visit, that of Paul West 4 Fleury Court Beechworth. There is a $5 entry for this garden. Lunch will be at the Hibernian Hotel 36 Camp Street Beechworth at your own cost. November 28th - Benalla Meet at U3A car park at 9.30. Morning tea and our first garden will be at Bill and Helen Squires, 15 McNulty Drive 57626334. Tea, coffee and hot water supplied bring a plate to share. We will drop into Wilma and Kevin Green’s garden to see Kevin’s garden art on our way to Geraldine and Garry McCorkell’s farm garden for lunch. Our lunch will be catered for, by Helen Kerekes at a cost of $12 per person. Please advise me if you are coming and any dietary requirements. Gwen 0438627010 or 5762 7017. Gwen Turner September 26th
Meet at U3A car park at 9.30. We are going to Julie Wells farm garden, 52 Box Hill Lane Upotipotpon. Julie’s phone number is 0402213052. Please bring morning tea to share, milk, tea and coffee, hot water will be provided. Lunch at Violet Town Hotel, 16 Cowslip Street Violet Town (own cost). October 24th Meet at U3A Cark park at 9.30. Morning tea at our rooms before we leave. We are heading off to Beechworth to visit Peter Rucins' garden at 13 Spring Street Beechworth. Lunch to be arranged. Please advise me if you are coming and if you have any dietary requirements. Gwen 5762 7017 or Mobile 0438627010 Gwen Turner August is our Winter break, so no Garden Appreciation
September 26th Meet at U3A car park at 9.30. We will be going to Julie Wells farm garden at 52 Box Hill Lane Upotipotpon. Please bring morning tea to share. Milk, tea, coffee and hot water will be provided. Lunch will be at Violet Town Hotel, 16 Cowslip Street Violet Town. This will be at your own cost. Gwen Turner 0438 627 010 JUNE 27th
Meet in the U3A room at 10.00 a.m. Guest speaker will be Vicki Wight from Samaria Rose Farm. Vicki explains growing 2000 Damask Roses for the purpose of making Rosewater and Essential Oil. Come for the beautiful scent of Roses. Vicki will also have some product for sale. Bring a plate to share for morning tea. JULY 25TH Meet in the U3A room at 10.00 a.m. This will be a swap day, bring some plants, seeds, cuttings, books and bulbs etc. or just come for a cuppa and a chat about gardens. AUGUST There will be no Garden Appreciation in August, this is our winter break. We will gather again in September for a Spring garden somewhere around us. Gwen Turner |
About the Garden Appreciation Group
Meeting Times4th Thursday. All day (approx 9.30 - 3.00). Meet at the Seniors Car Park at 9.30 unless otherwise advised by Gwen - check Newsletter for further details.
Convenor and contact DetailsGwen Turner 5762 7017
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