Forbes Garden Club held their April meeting at the home of Neil and Jane Gilmour with a great attendance of 38 members and apologies from ten. President Marg Dent welcomed all, with birthday wishes extended. Secretary Robin Lyall read the minutes of the previous meeting with Treasurer Lloyd Gerdes informing us of the financial situation. A big thank you was given to Elvy Quirk for making the Anzac Day wreath that was laid by Marg.
Guest Speaker at the April meeting was Kylie Matthews who spoke on Dynamics.
She had everybody amazed at some of her methods to improve the soil on her property at Wirrinya using cow horns and manure buried as rich fertiliser, watered down and spread on the pastures with the use of Bio products, she has visibly noticed the difference this has made to her farm. Robyn Mattiske presented a gift of thanks to Kylie.
Host Neil Gilmour then spoke on the preparation he had to do to his property to establish a healthy lawn with trailer loads of manure from the farm.
Flower of the month winners were 1st Marie Langfield Alec Red Rose, 2nd Elvy Quirk (Magenta), equal 3rd Joy Hocking (Petunia), John Browne (Pope Paul Rose), and David Sanderson (Yellow Gerbera). The raffle was won by Pam Baass, 2nd place went to Meg Butler and 3rd place to John Browne.
Forbes Garden Club’s next meeting will be at 34 Wambat Street on Tuesday 26May at 2pm. Please bring a chair, a hat and cup and also a flower for the competition. The guest speaker will be Tony McManus who is an Arbourist.