Marion Murray’s garden at Coonamble.
Forbes Garden Club held their monthly meeting on 27th of August at the home of Colleen Liebich, 22 Koala Place, where 38 members were in attendance.
The Friendship day luncheon at Young was the topic of discussion. The day is being held on the 13th October at Clifton Gardens and a cost of $60 includes the luncheon and a tour of the gardens. Members who are wishing to attend please bring your money along to the September meeting.
Colleen gave a brief talk on how she and her late husband Jeff started with a bare block of land, building the house and in the development application they had to include a layout of their planned garden. The garden is an easy care garden.Marlene Huff thanked Colleen for having members to her home for the monthly meeting.
Our special speaker was Marion Murray, our very own member who earlier this year retired to live in Forbes coming from Coonamble. Marion gave a vast talk on her life on the land, her childhood days, moving from place to place and establishing gardens. Marion has purchased a little home near our beautiful Lake and is enjoying meeting new people, forming friendships and once again establishing a garden.
Our Forbes show has once again concluded with a good display of flowers. To the members who took time to make an entry, well done.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday 24th September, 2pm at 16 Reymond Street. A trading table will once again be in operation, and don’t forget to bring your entries for flower of the month.
By Elvy Quirk