GUEST SPEAKERS

2021 GUEST SPEAKERS

1 June 2021 Tuesday - Dr. Linda Corkery, Landscape Architect - Topic: Greening Our Spaces

4 May 2021 Tuesday - Ross Boswell, of Bloomin' Greenery Nursery- Topic: Begonias in the Shade 

6 April 2021 Tuesday - Linda Macauley - Plant Passions - Bromeliads

2 March 2021 Tuesday - Christine Shale - Growing Fuchsias in Sydney

2 February 2021 Tuesday - Jeremy Critchley, The Green Gallery Wholesale Nursery, Topic - Trendy Indoor Plants
Venue: St. Johns Church Hall, cnr Beecroft Rd & Chapman Av 


2020 GUEST SPEAKERS

Friday 6 November - James Carrick
Wednesday 7 OCTOBER - Meredith Kirton
Friday 4 SEPTEMBER - Philippa Gordon
Tuesday 7 AUGUST - Simon Leake, Soil Scientist
Tuesday 3 rd MARCH - Steve Falcioni, Horticulturist
Tuesday 4 th FEBRUARY -  Sonja Cameron 


2019 GUEST SPEAKERS

1st FEBRUARY - Stuart Pittendrigh, Landscape Architect/ Arborist & Horticulturist - 'The Creation of the Gardens at Barangaroo'
1st MARCH - George Hoad, President - Garden Clubs of Australia Topic - 'The GCA and Inspirational Gardens'
5th APRIL - Ross Rapmund, Hornsby Council Community Nursery Coordinator, 'Indigenous Plant Propagation Techniques'
3rd MAY - Sonja Cameron from Cameron's Nursery at Arcadia. Sonja will present 'Jobs to do in Winter' and 'Colourful Flowering Plants for the Winter Garden'.
7th JUNE - James Carrick, Arborist, Topic 'Getting to know your Trees'
5th JULY - 3 of our Garden Club Members present their own stories of gardening, AGM and Plant Sale

2nd AUGUST - Judy Horton, OAM, Registered Horticulturist, 'Great Gardens Around the World'
6th SEPTEMBER - Peter Hey, Topic 'Just Clivias and Rare Things'
4th OCTOBER - Adam Pearce, Cumberland State Forest Nursery Plants Plus
1st NOVEMBER - Mark Massey of Mother Earth Nursery
12th DECEMBER - Christmas Party





2018 GUEST SPEAKERS
FEBRUARY - Dr Yvonne McMaster, Strategies for Prolonging our Gardening Activities
MARCH - Brian Roach, Growing Native Plants in Pots, Courtyards and Small Gardens
APRIL - Kathy Bradfield, Living in Harmony with Wildlife and Identifying Noxious Weeds
MAY - Chantelle Leenstra, Spring Blossoms in Japan
JUNE - Keith & Maureene Smith, Propagating with Softwood Cuttings
JULY - AGM and "Bring and Buy" Event: Potted plants, clean garden bric-a-brac and cakes, jams, biscuits, slices.
AUGUST - Gina Plate, Australian Garden History Society - Historic Gardens and Grounds, Yasmar, Haberfield
SEPTEMBER - Linda Ross, Gardening Presenter TV and Radio, Topic "10 Garden Hacks I wish I had known 10 years ago"
OCTOBER - Norm Webb, Award-winning Apiarist will present a talk on Honey Bees. Jars of honey for sale.
NOVEMBER - Craig & Julie Hulbert - owners of "Perennial Hill" show garden and nursery in Mittagong, Southern Highlands. Topic - how they developed their garden Perennial Hill, their horticultural background and special plants they love. Plants for Sale! 

2017 GUEST SPEAKERS

FEBRUARY - Club Patron, Dr William Greenhalgh
MARCH - Ross Rapmund, Running the Hornsby Shire Community Nursery
APRIL - Chantelle Leenstra - Landscape Architect, Horticulturist and Writer, Japanese Street Gardens and Autumn in Japan
MAY - Ross Bolwell from Bloom' Greenery Pty Ltd, Begonias (plants available for sale)
JUNE - Club members, Stepping Back in Time - plants I remember from my Grandmother's Garden 
JULY - Annual General Meeting followed by Bring and Buy Sale
AUGUST- Ian Hemphill from Herbies Herbs, Spices, the plants that change the world (Books available for sale)
SEPTEMBER - Stuart Read from The Australian Garden History Society, 35 years of Historic Gardens
OCTOBER - Norm Webb, Apriatrist, European Honey Bees in Your Garden (Jars of honey for sale)
NOVEMBER - Elizabeth Swane, Hydrangeas, their care and maintenance (Hydrangea plants propagated by club members for sale)

2016 GUEST SPEAKERS

FEBRUARY - Club Patron Dr Bill Greenhalgh
MARCH - Steve Falcioni from Organic Crop Protectants - Eco garden products - herbicides, pesticides, etc.
APRIL - Angus Stewart from Gardening Australia
MAY - Dick Gall - Nutcote Management Trust - house and garden of Australian childrens' author May Gibbs.
JUNE - Marianne Farrar, Karen Gray and Travis Darroch from University of Western Sydney talk about "The Secret Garden & Nursery", University's programme of teaching disabled students about horticulture.
JULY - Annual General Meeting - Bring And Buy Sale
AUGUST - John Fisher - Plant Breeder who breeds and hybridises salvias.                   
SEPTEMBER - Angie Thomas, Horticultural Communications Manager for Yates - what's happening in the industry
OCTOBER - Sonja Cameron from Cameron's Nursery, a specialist perennial nursery - new and exciting plants to provide essential elements in our gardens
NOVEMBER - Jim Brydie, a member of the Orchid Society of NSW - "Orchids for Beginners", particularly soft cane Dendrobium orchids