It was a pleasure to be invited this week to visit the Centre Bentleigh Garden Club and give a talk on growing winter vegies. I knew I had found the place when I saw this sign on the door. Once inside, I was welcomed by a lovely bunch of people and some very keen gardeners.
Garden clubs are a great way to communicate with fellow local gardeners and you always leave having learnt something new.
You don’t need to be an expert with incredible plant knowledge. You just need to have a positive outlook about your garden.
Many of the clubs have competitions to see who has grown the best plants. This is really a bit of fun, although sometimes can get taken very seriously. Often there are trained judges within the club, or all the members vote by placing a cardboad token next to the display they like the best in each category. This was the case here at Bentleigh.
You always get ideas on colour combinations and you see some classic little vases that visually enhance the presentation.
I thought the standard of entries at Bentleigh were of a very high standard and I am pleased to show you some pictures in the gallery below……….and why don’t you check out your local garden club – even if it is just as a visitor, or become a fully fledged member.
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