Stephen Todd from Southern Cross Nutrients was the guest speaker at the Forbes Garden Club’s May meeting.
The May meeting of the Forbes Garden Club was held at the home of Mel and Anita Sinclair with 27 members and 6 apologies.
President Marg Dent welcomed all, and introduced the guest speaker Stephen Todd. Stephen spoke about a new local business – Southern Cross Nutrients that manufacture granules to add to broadacre farming fertilizer to boost production. The granules are made from green bin compost and will aid in the way of reducing green waste to landfill. Stephen also had samples for the Garden Club members in attendance. Michelle Mahlo thanked Stephen for his interesting talk.
Claire Haley spoke on the recent and very successful bus outing that saw 29 members and friends enjoy a day visiting the Olive Grove and lunch at the Bogan Gate Hotel followed by visits to three different gardens at Parkes. A big thank you to Denise Thurston for organising the day.
Mel gave a short talk on his garden which was planted during the Covid years and enabled him plenty of time to establish Roses, Agapanthus, Manchurian Pear and a Fig tree all only five years ago. Elvy Quirk thanked the hosts for making their home available and presented them with a small gift.
The Flower of the Month winner was first Denise Thurston (Amaranthus), second John Browne (Hakea) and third Noel Hocking (Chrysanthemum). The raffle was won by Evelyn Mahlo.
The next meeting will take place at the Men’s Shed on Tuesday 24 June at 2pm and the guest speaker will be Kate Nixon who will be speaking about using natives in the garden. Everyone is welcome to attend the next meeting, we hope to see you all there in a warm and cosy room. Please make sure to bring along a cup and chair.
Enquiries can be made by calling 0428 540 272 or by emailing forbesgardenclub@gmail.com
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