Nestled in the quiet Windellama country side lies the lovely home of
Marjorie and our meeting place for September. Built up on the side of a hill, the house and gardens feature
stunning and uninterrupted views all the way to the mountains while still offering
the tranquil privacy of it's bush setting.
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| Ahh, how's the serenity.... |
Perfect weather greeted us and we arrived and waited
patiently while the boys spent some time putting together our seating
arrangements, then we drank tea, ate cake and soaked up the glorious morning sun on the
front veranda while we held our meeting.
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| Caroline, Maria and Ni prepare the feast. |
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| Tom and Alan discuss the finer points of deck chair construction. |
Apart from the ever present (and persistent) weeds there were few problems to solve this month, but
now that our gardens now beginning to wake up after winter
we were reminded that it is time to mulch and feed our fruit trees and not to
forget to spray stone fruit trees with lime sulphate just before they bloom to
prevent curly leaf.
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| One of Marjorie's fruit tree's putting on a lovely display. |
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| The group ponders a not-so-Claret Ash. |
A walk around the garden proved that despite challenging soil conditions Marjorie has still managed to
create several successful garden spaces containing a variety of shrubs and flowering plants as well as a substantial
orchard of various fruit trees just beginning to burst with beautiful blossoms.
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| Denise gives Meg a few planting pointers. |
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A rather unusual garden gnome...
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One of the wonderful things about garden club is that we have the opportunity to share a variety of cuttings and baby plants with each other, this month was no exception! Spring coaxing us back into the garden meant an abundant collection of freebies ranging from the beautiful Snowball viburnum to the old favourite chrysanthemums.
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| Freebies! |
An altogether relaxing day in the sun was had by most of us,
unfortunately we received an unwanted visit from one of the world’s seven
wonders, luckily Victorias’ fall was
minor and she is recovering well with only a few bumps and bruises.
Our next meeting will be held at 10am, Tuesday 2nd of October at Maria and Peter's place in Lake Bathurst, the full address will be available in the October issue of Windellama News or Tarago Times. Please bring your own chair and a small plate to share.
