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To create Gardivalia as the premier garden 10 c GARDIVALIAfestival in Victoria, to promote tourism & the ∑ c gardens of West Gippsland. Y A YEAR R A N S N I EWelcomeR to the Festival of Gardens KEY TO FACILITIES V ctober in West Gippsland is Gardivalia month. c Tea & coffee All Gardens are open Our festival features open gardens, food gardens and 10am to 4pm events. Learn to grow seedlings or visit a farmers’ Open garden l4 Omarket. Immerse yourself in a creative workshop, reflect at for five gardens an exhibition or join a tree walk. Enjoy Gardivalia and all that m Toilets $20 per adult beautiful West Gippsland has to offer. ^ Off-street parking $5 single garden C Food per adult Gardivalia Launch at Lillico Gardens ô Wheelchair accessible garden Where to get Tickets 2pm Sunday 2 October ` Dogs on leads • At the garden gate on the day Official opening by guest speaker, stroll welcome • Baw Baw Home & Garden around the gardens, plus the opening of BBSN Food Expo 8 & 9 Oct A Floral or Two Exhibition by Warragul Arts Garden Warragul Regional Newspapers Group in the Gallery. Refreshments served. This is a free event.

Thankyou Warragul & Drouin Gazette Lillico Glass Studio, 243 Lillico Road, Lillico to Major Neerim District Community Bendigo Bank Branch Exhibition open Wed - Sun 10am-5pm throughout sponsors Baw Baw Shire Council October. Phone 5623 1592

Our range of buses works out to be WARRAGULWARRAGUL HIREHIRE && DRIVEDRIVE a cost effective • Bus way to get your • Truck group to Open • Van Gardens warragulhiredrive.com.au Geoffrey Micah: 0438 692 582 Garden Gardens open midweek Open Calendar groups only (8+ people) Gardens 4 Open Gardens contact garden directly 5 by date l food gardens l ornamental gardens sat 15th sun 16th Mon 17th tues 18th wed 19th THU 20th FRI 21st sat 22ndsun 23rd 1 Meander Icy Creek l l l l l l l 2 Tall Timbers Piedmont l l l l l l l 3 Country Farm Perennials Nayook l l l l l l l l l 4 Whispering Boulders Neerim North l l l l 5 Laurie Collins Sculpture Jindivick l l l l l l l l l 6 Nyumba Yaffe Jindivick l l l l 7 Monkey Gully Neerim Sth l l 1 Meander 2 Tall Timbers 8 Citriadora Crossover l l l l l l l l l 1875 Mount Baw Baw Tourist Road 3560 Yarra Junction-Noojee Road 9 Jex & Jessie’s Garden Buln Buln l l l l l l Icy Creek Piedmont 10 Wombat Hollow Lillico l l Jo and Tony Olwyn and Manfred Phone: 5621 0106 Phone: 5628 9559 11 Lillico Gardens Lillico l l l l l l l Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 Open Sun 16 & 23 l l l l l l l 12 Lillico Siding Lillico Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17, Wed 19 Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 - Fri 21 13 Darley Grange Nilma North l l l l l & Fri 21 ô ^ m 14 Tranquility Warragul l l l l l l l ^ ` 15 Eastern Park Community Warragul l l l l l A garden in a natural bush setting with 16 Dawn’s Garden Warragul l l This developing garden rambles over additional plantings of many exotic 17 Tessa’s Garden Warragul l seven acres. Rare trees and shrubs, trees and shrubs around water features 18 Coromandel Arboretum Warragul l l l l l rockery and ponds feature against a such as a creek, cascade and ponds. 19 Wild Dog Boardwalk Warragul l l l l l l l l l backdrop of mountains. From Noojee Sale of jams and musical performance. 20 Nilma PS Kitchen Garden Nilma l l l l l l drive 13km towards Mt Baw Baw. Located on Main Yarra Junction-Noojee Garden is 1km on left from the Icy 21 Gumview Darnum l l l l l Road C425 between Nayook turn- off Creek phone box. and Main Neerim Rd C425/C426. 22 Witham Yarragon l l l l l l l 23 REstore Yarragon l l l l l l l 24 Allambee Gardens Allambee l 25 Eurabbie Yarragon Sth l l l l l l BBSN Food Gardens 26 Around the Mulberry Tree Trafalgar l l These are the gardens marked with the Baw Baw Sustainability l l l l l l l l Network logo. Vegetables, fruit & nuts, berries, chickens, bees and 27 Kurinda Rose Garden Warragul much more are produced in these gardens. You can learn about 28 Tennessee Lardner l l l l composting and propagating. Many follow 29 Janet’s Garden Drouin l l l l permaculture principles. These gardeners love to grow 30 Eloura Drouin l l their own food and have local experience and ideas to share. www.bbsn.org.au 31 Peppermint Ridge Tynong l l food cangardens be messy! Open Open Gardens Gardens 6 7

3 Country Farm Perennials A large country garden set in 2.5 acres 4 Whispering Boulders 5 Laurie Collins 96 Laings Road featuring an outstanding collection of 105 Old Fumina Road, Sculpture Garden Nayook perennial flowers. Nursery specialising Neerim North 420 Main Jindivick Road, David and Merryle in dry hardy perennials and newly David & Mariola Jindivick Phone: 5628 4202 imported plants. From M1 take Neerim Phone: 0413 992 550 Marian and Laurie Open Sat/Sun 15 &16, 22 & 23 Sth/Drouin exit. Follow signs to Neerim Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 Phone: 5628 5224 Open Midweek: Mon 17 - Fri 21 Sth continue 10km to Neerim Junction, ` ^ m c Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 Free entry turn left and travel 2.5km to Nayook. Open Midweek: Mon 17 - Fri 21 ô ^ m ` C Enjoy our glorious views, forest tracks, Donation only sweeping lawns, native plants, fruit ô ^ m ` trees, ornamental ponds, sculptures, fun and more set on 3 acres. Turn left Metal sculptures spread throughout into Neerim Nth Rd just past Neerim an acre of trees, shrubs and roses. OUNTRY FARM PERENNIALS Junction heading north. After 4km turn Browse Nicole Smith’s exhibition in GARDEN & NURSERY OPEN left onto Old Fumina Road, we’re 1km the Red Tree Gallery. Look for the C on the north side. fence with the dragons, fairies and the Vast range of dry hardy & shade loving F.J. Holden. From Main Neerim Road n perennials for those difficult garden spots. take Main Jindivick Road. We also present quality tours GARDEN OPEN - PLANT SALE to private gardens th nd The

in Europe, England Sat 15 Oct till Wed 2 Nov 2016 & Americas. arrots’ n arrots’ 10am - 4pm FREE ENTRY PP Nest 96 Laings Rd, Nayook 3832 Mountain Hideaway Bed & Breakfast Ph/Fax; 03 5628 4202 Email; [email protected] NOOJEE Plant Catalogue; www.countryfarmperennials.com.au Email: [email protected] Bookinparrotsnesthideawaygs & Enquiries (03) 5628 9602 0409 484 570 [email protected] Open8 Open Gardens Open Gardens Gardens 8 9

6 Nyumba Yaffe 7 Monkey Gully 8 Citriodora 9 Jex & Jessie’s Garden 1006 Jacksons Track 700 McDougal Road 711 Old Telegraph Road East, 64 Platts Road, Jindivick Neerim South Crossover Buln Buln Rosalie and Philip Helen and Mark Noeleen Phone: 5626 7045 Phone: 0466 014 251 Phone: 5626 6468 Phone: 0418 553 304 Open Sun 23 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 - Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+: Wed 19 - Thu 20 ^ m Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 - Fri 21 ô m ^ ` ^ Well planned and productive one Unique setting adjoining state forest. Rambling Edna Walling style three acre has kitchen garden, small scale Cottage garden with over 200 roses, Features views, vegetable garden, acre garden surrounding period style market garden and native beds using enclosed orchard and sixty or more chickens, orchard, with various fruiting homestead, features bulbs, irises, permaculture principles. Fruit trees, clematises and many other garden plants using permaculture principles, trees, fountain and mountain views. chookhouse masterpiece, compost species. Also leadlight display. From and espalier. WGRLC will host a Flower arranging demonstration on system, bees and glasshouse provide Jindi Store travel 0.5km west on gardening-themed pop-up library. From Sunday 16 at 11am. From M1 freeway ample food for the household with Jacksons Track, to opposite North M1 take Nilma exit onto Bloomfield take Nilma exit and travel 13km north excess sold at the farm gate. At Nilma Jindivick Road. Park at the bottom Rd. Right at Old Sale Rd. Next left into on Bloomfield Rd, turn right into Old turn onto Bloomfield Rd, travel 8.7km. entrance. Mizpah Settlement Rd. This runs into Telegraph Road East, 2.9 km on left. Turn left onto Old Sale Rd for 2.2 km McDougal Rd. Travel 6.7km. Turn right onto Platts Road.

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10 Wombat Hollow 11 Lillico Gardens 12 Lillico Siding 13 Darley Grange 60 Roberts Road, 243 Lillico Road, 234 Lillico Road, 701 Bloomfield Road Lillico Lillico Lillico Nilma North Sue Cathy & Haydn Jenny Joyce Phone: 0403 063 426 Phone: 5623 1592 Phone: 0419 317 591 Phone: 5626 8237 Open Sat 22 & Sun 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, 22 & 23 ^ ` Midweek groups 8+: Wed 19 - Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17- Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+: Wed 21 ^ ô m ^ m c ô ^ m ` Three acres of garden based around 30 year old trees. Garden rooms with Beautiful features of this rambling Roses abound throughout the cottage Joyce has been maintaining this themes. Wombat Hollow continues to garden include a century old pear style plantings at Lillico Siding, which garden for almost 40 years. The front grow and develop. Leaving Warragul tree, archways, rose arbour, dry is an evolving eight year old garden garden features a very old and large heading north on Brandy Creek Road creek bed, pond and an eclectic mix featuring a rose arbour walk leading to Irish strawberry tree. From the M1 turn right into Lillico Road. After 1.5km of plants, trees and zany garden a pretty fountain and pond. Historically travel 7km north on Bloomfield Rd. turn left onto Christies Road. Take ornaments. From Brandy Creek Road this property was the site of the Lillico Darley Grange is on the left after the first left onto Roberts Road. Wombat travel 2.5km down Lillico Road. Railway siding and remnants are still electricity high tension line. Hollow is 2km on the right. visible. From Brandy Creek Road travel 2.5km down Lillico Road.

WARRAGUL SELF-CONTAINED 2 & 3 BEDROOM COTTAGES Lillico glass studio camelliacottage.info a unique experience... valleyviewcottage.info Gallery - unique glass art, jewellery... Call Suellen Produce Store, morning & afternoon teas, Groups welcome, garden tours 0418 882 804 Open Wed- Sun 10am-5pm Phone 5623 1592 www.lillicoglassstudio.com.au Camellia Cottage & Valley View Cottage Two central locations to visit the gardens of the region 12Open Open Gardens Open Gardens Gardens 12 13

14 Tranquillity 15 Eastern Park Community 16 Dawn’s garden 17 Tessa’s Garden 53 Princess Street, Garden Warragul 2/26 Witton Street, 7 Brooks Court, Warragul Enter from carpark off Cambridge Warragul Warragul Jean Drive, Warragul Phone: 0409 192 802 Phone: 5622 0453 Phone: 5622 1547 Donna 0407 873 681 Open Sun 16 & 23 Open Sat 22 Open Sun 16 & 23, Open Sun 16 & Sun 23 m ^ ` m Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 & Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+:Tues 18 - Thurs 20 ô ô m ` ^ c An excellent example of a small An informal food garden for wildlife manageable garden if you are thinking and humans containing vegetables, Immaculate garden with a large variety A half acre sustainable and organic of downsizing.This compact three- fruit trees, chooks, natives and more. of flowers & shrubs, water feature and garden built by volunteers two years sided garden fits around a town unit From the large roundabout south of ornamental fernery. Garden sculpture ago. This garden brings many schools, and still manages to catch the sun. the freeway near the hospital, turn up and furniture by artist Ryan Parsons. groups together to learn new skills, From M1 take the main shopping Bona Vista Road, take first left onto Ryan will be talking to visitors at 11am share knowledge, grow, harvest, centre exit over the railway line, Rulemont Rd, second right into Cason & 2pm on his ideas and how he makes prepare and share in fresh fruit and Victoria St, left at Alfred Street, left Cres, then third right into Brooks the sculptures. Travel up Normanby vegetables and experience the joy of into Witton St. Parking at the back of Court. Street to the last turn on the left before growing your own. From Normandy the Warragul Library off Trumpy Lane. Stoddart’s Road. Follow signs. Street, follow signs.

S Visit a unique garden full of inspiration + S & tranquility garden tours art groups wedding photos [email protected] www.countrygardentours.com.au PHONE 0417 034 300 14Open Open Gardens Open Gardens Gardens 14 15

18 Coromandel Arboretum 19 Wild Dog Winery Boardwalk 20 Nilma Primary School 21 Gumview 426 East West Road, Warragul-Korumburra Road Kitchen Garden 43 Gaul Avenue, Warragul Warragul 76 Bloomfield Road Darnum Jan Gary and Judy Nilma Irene Phone 0408 318 429 Phone: 5623 2211 Phone: 0447 557 216 Phone: 5627 8310 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, and 22 & 23 Open Sun 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 & 16, and 22 & 23 Open Midweek: Wed 19 - Fri 21 Open midweek: Mon 17 - Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+:Mon 17 - Fri 21 Midweek groups 8+: Wed 19 ` C c Donation only ^ m ô ^ m ` C This garden has over sixty different Edible forest garden and sustainable Created by students this garden peonies with many magnolias, maples food forest on 5 acres. Largest A unique natural fern lined boardwalk provides seasonal produce for their camellias and hellebores. Flowering Australian oak collection, ancient as part of a wetlands trail. View cooking classes. They harvest, bulbs including galanthus, cyclamen eucalypts, labyrinth and peace vineyards, olive grove and bush prepare and share the food as part hederafolium planted over large pole, tours at 11am & 3pm. See tucker garden. Collect brochure and of the inspiring Stephanie Alexander areas. Large clivia collection. After events section for extra happenings. maps from the cellar door. Produce for Kitchen Garden Program. The garden coming off M1 continue down main From Warragul-Korumburra Road sale. Restaurant and café. Winery is boasts compost, chooks, worm farm, street towards and past hotel. Turn left roundabout travel 1.7km towards 3km south of Warragul-Korumburra Rd fruit trees and herbs. Take Nilma exit into Gaul Ave. Korumburra, turn left into East West Rd roundabout. off M1. Turn right into Bloomfield Rd.

1ST PRIZE 2ND PRIZE Boutique self catering accommodation Gardivalia Wheelbarrow & garden goodies Country Farm Perennials RAFFLE valued at $500 sponsored by plants or put towards a www.lantilly.com Neerim South Hardware Garden Holiday Tour to the The perfect base to TICKETS Raffle & Garden Supplies value of $250 $2 explore the gardens of at gardens 3RD PRIZE 4TH PRIZE 5TH PRIZE West Gippsland Raglan B&B Kurinda Rose Nursery Outpost Retreat accommodation to the plants to the value of dinner for 2 valued value of $210 $100 at $60 DRAWN 14 NOV at Warragul Gazette WIN LantillyHouse3 Toorak Avenue, Warragul. Contact Kevin on 0411 772 176 Tanjil River West Branch fTo Yarra IVA Junction 1 RD LI A A C 2 d G R e je o N o N a - h y t N

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22 Witham Garden 23 REstore 24 Allambee Gardens 25 Eurabbie 2 Hazeldean Road Permaculture Garden 981 Leongatha-Yarragon Road, 52 Earls Road, Yarragon 79 Princes Highway, Allambee Yarragon South Elizabeth Yarragon Valentina & Stephen Wendy Phone: 0428 342 330 Phone: 0428 422 461 Phone: 5634 4222 Phone: 0428 422 461 Open Sat/Sun 15 &16 www.bbsn.org.au Open Sun 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 &16 Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 - Fri 21 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 ô ^ Midweek groups 8+: Mon 17 - Thur 20 Open Midweek: Mon 17 - Fri 21 ô m ` Established town garden with mature ô m ` C Large country garden with great views. trees and garden beds with some Over thirty raised veggie beds with Spacious garden with a view to the quirky features. Turn off M1 into This four year old community garden new orchard. Tank water used as well Baw Baws. Organic vegetable garden Hazeldean Road in Yarragon, second has a wide variety of edible plants, as some permaculture principles. based on permaculture principles with house with large peppermint gum on chickens and worm farms, compost Vines and chooks, beds with maple mature trees, shrubs and flowers. nature strip. and aquaponic system. Plants for tree shade; plants for sale. On M1 from Plants for sale. From Warragul on sale. REstore is at the east end of Warragul, turn right at the lights onto Princes Highway turn right at Roberts the Yarragon shops. Look for the Rollo St, turn left at the church onto Rd. Turn left into Yarragon South lovely multi-coloured picket fence and Campbell St, this becomes Leongatha Road. After 5km turn left into Earls Fozigobbles Café. -Yarragon Rd. Head up the hill for 10kms. Road.

Geoff’s Mowers for quality garden needs Brushcutters • hedgetrimmers Blowers • mowers • chainsaws Garden tools & RIde ons come and see Geoff & Judy 83 Burke St, Warragul geoffsmowers.com.au 5623 4931 Open Open Gardens Gardens 20 21

26 Around the Mulberry Tree 27 Kurinda Rose Garden 28 Tennessee 29 Janet’s Garden Rear of 51 Princes Highway, 404 Warragul-Lardner Road 1445 Lardners Track 12 Railway Ave Trafalgar Warragul Lardner Drouin Maree & Geoff Stan and Marjolijn Michael & Kristie Phone: 0418 599 965 Phone: 0429 148 208 Phone: 0435 651 543 Phone: 0434 797 858 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 &16, 22 & 23 Open Sat/Sun 15 &16, 22 & 23 Midweek groups 8+: Tues 18 & Wed 19 ô Open midweek: Tues 18 - Fri 21 ô ^ c Donation only Front garden full of herbs and fruit New food garden set amid established ô ^ m ` A verdant and fruitful 109 acre dairy, trees for the birds, insects and trees. Sustainable management sheep and rare breed chicken farm. reptiles. Permaculture principles practices including vegetable wicking Country garden featuring hundreds of Rustic vegetable beds and elegant are used in the back yard for the beds, fruit trees (inc espaliers) berry roses with ornamental trees, shrubs blooms. Children’s adventure garden, vegetables, fruit trees, chooks and a house, chooks, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetable garden. Also rose established ornamentals. Pruning rambling relaxed flower garden. composting, worm farm and nursery and garden gift shop. Turn workshops both Saturdays 2pm. Farm From Princes Hwy turn at the Police greenhouse.Next to Shell Service into Lardners Track from Princes sourced produce and baby animals. Station into The Viaduct. Turn left into Station. Entry to garden from Lady Highway over rail crossing.Travel 4 From M1 freeway take Lardner Park/ Railway Avenue immediately after the Hamilton Lane at rear of house. km. Turn left into Warragul-Lardner Warragul exit. At Lardners track traffic railway bridge. Parking at Foodworks Supermarket. Road. lights turn right over rail line, travel 10km. Kurinda Rose Nursery • GROWERS OF QUALITY 2 YEAR ROSE PLANTS • POTTED ROSES AND GARDEN GIFT SHOP 404 Warragul-Lardner Rd, Warragul (Corner Lardners Track) Open Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm Baw Baw & most weekends best enjoyed on weekends Phone 5623 6827 www.visitbawbaw.com.au Rokeby Market Open Event Gardens Page 22 23

A Spring Palette Endangered Exhibition Terracotta Dragon

A Spring Palette Endangered A Floral or Two 1 - 31 October Exhibition Exhibition 30 Eloura 31 Peppermint Ridge Farm Daily 10:00am - 5:00pm 76 Church Street Australian Native Food Garden 1 Oct - 6 Nov 2-30 Oct Town & Country Gallery Drouin 540 Tynong North Road, The Serigraph Gallery Lillico Glass Studio 111 Princes Highway, Colleen Tynong North 157 Main Road, 243 Lillico Road, Lillico Yarragon Phone: 0419 329 983 Julie & Anthony Neerim South Phone: 5623 1592 As you meander the trail Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Phone: 5942 8580 Phone: 5628 1519 Open Wed-Sun of beautiful open-gardens, ô Open Sat/Sun 22 & 23 Open Weekends 10:00am-5:00pm ^ m C take some time to enjoy our 10:00am-5:00pm Free entry c ever-changing exhibition Town block with multi function informal Free entry Warragul Art Group has of enchanting artworks outdoor areas providing spaces to Our garden showcases over thirty Sensitivity to our natural many gardeners in its midst. capturing the colour, grow vegetables, flowers and fruit, Australian native food plants as part of world and conserving its Over summer they visit each contrasts and drama of play and relax. From Princes Hwy turn an established kitchen garden. Their many innate beautys is others gardens and paint the magnificent gardens of at the Police Station into the viaduct. unique flavours will feature in the explored using different a collection of colourful art Gippsland. Featuring quality Travel under the railway bridge, turn refreshments available in our café. mediums by invited artists. works full of light and shade. contemporary paintings left onto Church St at T intersection. Plant stall, morning/afternoon tea and Also open by appointment. Official opening 2pm Sun 2 by local artists in a diverse lunch. From the M1 freeway take the serigraphgallery.com at the Gardivalia launch. range of media. Tynong North Road and travel 5.4km. townandcountrygallery.com.au Miniature Fairy Terracotta Dragon & Farm is on the right, signpost at gate. Garden Gargoyle sculpting Trafalgar Arts Sat 1 October Sun 2 October Market 1:00 - 3:00pm Time:10:00am - 3:00pm Sat 1 Oct Trafalgar Railway Station 64 Platts Road 9:00 - 1:00pm Cost: $10 Cost: $120 Trafalgar Railway Station Bookings required: Bookings: Jessie 5626 7045 Wendy 0407 710 180 Prue 0417 500 244 Create a whimsical dragon free event Create a garden with a or gargoyle for your garden, Handmade artisan goods: fairy house, path and brickwall or entrance. All pottery, beads, original surrounding forest to materials, tools and firing paintings and textiles. entice fairies to visit. provided. Event Event Page Page 24 25

Floral reflections Linocut Workshop Origami Flowers A Floral or two Tree Walks of Drouin

Baw Baw Shire Council Garden World Linocut Printing Tree Walks of Drouin Summerhill Wetlands Seniors Walk 5-30 October Workshop 12, 20 & 28 October Wed 12 October, 1pm - 3pm Tues 4 October, The Station Gallery Thurs 6 October Free event Meet at Bellbird Park Indoor Centre 9:00am - 2:30pm Yarragon Railway Station 10am-3.30pm Bookings: [email protected] car park, Settlement Rd. Noojee Open Wed-Sun Yarragon Public Hall, Or [email protected] Drouin Township: Bookings essential: Times:10:30am - 4:00pm Cost: $85 Judy 5625 1972 or Peter 5625 9412 Thur 20 October, 11am - 1pm 5624 2456 limited spaces Enter the world of the Bookings: Tritec 5634 2044 Three guided walks showcasing some Meet Drouin Railway Station car park. Free guided walk for artists garden and explore Create a small edition of Drouin’s trees, wetlands and open McNeilly Wetlands active seniors on tracks the exciting variety of of prints with Helen spaces. Learn why urban trees are Fri 28 October, 9am - 11am around Noojee and plants, animals and insect Timbury. Using the valuable. Moderate fitness required. Meet at wetlands in Jackson’s Drive. the Noojee heritage life existing in a garden reduction technique a setting. Free exhibition. centre. Bus pickups from colourful print is made Celebrate your Arts Centre with Warragul, Drouin only, no from a single block. With self drive. Morning tea & progressive cutting, Kate Ceberano & Paul Grabowsky light lunch included. Large Ceramic Bird and inking the image ‘Love Songs’ sculpting emerges. Sun 9 October An intimate evening with multiple Floral Reflections Time:10:00am - 4:00pm Origami Flowers Australian award-winner, Kate Ceberano Sun 9 October 64 Platts Road workshop and her musical partner, Paul Grabowsky. 10:00am - 4:00pm Cost: $120 Sat 8 October Trafalgar Railway Station Bookings required: 1:00 - 3:00pm This very personal journey into Cost: $85 incl materials Jessie 5626 7045 Trafalgar Railway Station Bookings:Alene Bonser Create a large ceramic Artspace 1 words and music by two of Australia’s Phone 0427 402 117 bird to be mounted in your Cost: $10 most respected musicians sees Learn to mosaic with garden. You will learn how Bookings: Marlene reinterpretations of some of the great glass, learning new to use armature, create Ogden 5634 2790 love songs of the past 50 years. techniques or refreshing textures and patterns and Learn to make a simple old ones. Everything hollow the bird out ready origami flower. Great to West Gippsland Arts Centre supplied to create a for firing. All materials, decorate your home for Wednesday 23 November 8:00pm beautiful mosaic. tools and firing provided. Christmas. Bookings: www.wgac.com.au - 5624 2456 Event Event Page Page 26 27

Botanical theme Workshop Sculpture in the Street Palatable Petals Introduction to Hydroponics

Botanical theme Sculpture in the Bush Tucker Garden Introduction to Hydroponics Visit our working farm and see workshops Street Official Opening Friday 14 October hydroponics in action in our fantastic Thurs 13, 20 & 27 Oct 14 Oct - 6 Nov Mon 17 October 10:30am - 12:00pm hot-house facilites. During this Time:10:30am - 12:30pm Neerim South 10:00am - 12:00pm Community College Gippsland workshop our expert trainers will The Station Gallery acquisition@neerimbower. Warragul Community Kindergarten 71 Warragul-Korumburra Rd, teach you: how the hydroponic Yarragon Railway Station com.au 1 Mouitz Street, Warragul Warragul system works, the nature of plants Cost: $120 Free event Phone: 5626 7045 Cost: $15 per person and how they grow, using nutrients in Bookings required: Sculptures reflecting the Free event Bookings required: [email protected] a hydroponic system, and planning a Phone: Lucy 0400 135 177 theme of “Inspired by This delightful garden Phone: 0417 388 296 basic hydroponic food production for A series of three Birds”, the 2016 Neerim designed by Prue Metcalf the home system. instructive workshops District Community Bank was built and planted with artist Lucy Chapman. Art Prize - Neerim Bower over the last 12 months. Drawing, tonal study, and Acquisition will be on Includes garden art made all aspects of developing show in various positions by the children, face Learn a complete painting in along the main street of painting, baby animal farm Experience watercolour. Neerim South. and more. Achieve Warragul Farmers’ Warragul Arts Palatable Petals Market Market Sat/Sun 15 &16, 22 & 23 Oct Sat 15 October Sat 15 October, 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 1:00pm 9:00am - 1:00pm Red Parrot Cafe, Noojee Civic Park, Warragul Civic Park, Warragul Phone: 5628 9602 Phone: 0425 259 177 Phone: 5626 7045 Cost $12.00 Situated in beautiful Civic Our 5th birthday market Devonshire Tea/Coffee Park, a celebration of with artist run stalls: featuring a taste from local produce and artisan painters, potters, the garden gate! Special made food. With over sculptors, printmakers. treats include rhubarb P 5622 6000 50 stalls, live music and Art demos, live music muffins, rose & strawberry [email protected] plenty to eat and drink. and a Gardivalia themed cupcakes and lavender Arts market is adjacent. activity. scones. ccg green advert2.indd 2 www.ccg.asn.au20/06/2016 9:07:43 AM Event Event Page Page 28 29

Neerim Bower Arts Festival Organic Vegie gardening and compost making

The Art of Bonsai workshop Neerim Bower Arts Festival Organic Vegie Gardening Steve’s demonstration will cover how Saturday 22 October Sun 23 October & Compost Making to make compost in just two weeks, 10-00am - 3:00pm 11:00 - 4:00pm tips on growing vegies from seed, Demonstration how to get better results from your Drouin Library, Princes Way, Drouin Neerim South Recreation Reserve Sat 15 October Contact: Meredith 0439 295 086 Neerim South vegie garden and the use of organic 10.30am and 12noon fertilizers such as sheep manure Cost: gold coin donation Phone Mark 0411 199 199 Rowe’s Nursery West Gippsland Bonsai Group present Cost: Free which is just one of the many fertilizers 105 Landsborough Road, available at the nursery. There will be workshop on shape, colour and form. Music, food, plant, craft and art stalls. Warragul Tree displays and plant sales. See Children’s activities, QSW Neerim specials on vegie seedlings on the day. Free sessions Email: [email protected] public bonsai display during library Schools Art Exhibition and Community Bookings preferred: 5622 2223 hours 14 - 22 October. Art Exhibition & prize.

9am-4pm Over 150 Top quality plants 8 & 9 October Rowe’s at low prices Lardner Park great We grow our own plants Warragul exhibits Nursery to save you money •Perennials •Herbs •Purple Flax Gippsland •Ground covers •Camellias •Mondo Grass •Trees •Seedlings •Daphne •Cottage plants •Grasses •Shrubs organic fertilizer GARDEN •Pittosporums •Gardenias •Proteas available including •English Box •Hedge Plants •Natives sheep &HOME manure Proud sponsors of Gardivalia EXPO 105 Landsborough Road, Warragul, Ph 5622 2223 en expo www.drouinlions.org.au/gard OPEN 7 DAYS 9-5 Mon-Sat, 10-4 Sun Event Page 30

Labyrinth Workshop Eastern Park Community Garden Flourish Exhibition

Events at Music in the Park Eastern Park Coromandel Sat 22 & Sun 23 Oct Community Garden Arboretum 12:00 - 2:00pm Spring Festival 426 East West Road, Listen to the music of Alan Tatlow. BYO Sunday 23 October Warragul 10:00am - 4:00pm Jan 0408 318 429 picnic or CWA lunch or devonshire tea. Off Cambridge Drive Cost: garden entry Warragul Info: Donna 0407 873 681 Labyrinth Workshop Shed Collection of Vintage Garden Free event Sat 22 Oct A Spring Festival to 2:00 - 4:00pm & Farm Tools Proudly supporting the 2016 Sat 22 & Sun 23 Oct celebrate the garden’s Bookings by Oct 21 second birthday; plants for Christina Rowntree, 10:00 - 4:00pm Gardivalia Festival of Gardens. Historic collection of sale, free kids activities, renowned accredited live music, demonstrations Veriditas labyrinth saws, scythes, milk cans, Banking products and personal service that help make kettles, irons, milking and workshops, market facilitator, will facilitate stalls, food and fun. communities bigger. walkers’ experiences of equipment, plough and lots of old metal things, at Take a guided tour, huge the labyrinth for personal variety of plants,enjoy the Drop into your nearest branch at 143 – 145 Main Neerim transformation. the back of the garden. Road, Neerim South or phone 5628 1079 to find out more. For display and sale. beautiful park surrounds. Peace and Mandala Workshop Flourish exhibition Sun 23 Oct 24 Oct - 18 Nov 2:00 - 3:00pm West Gippsland Arts Centre Bookings by Oct 21 Cnr Smith and Albert streets, Warragul bendigobank.com.au Relax your spirit using Open Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm this Japanese method Reflecting the flourishing arts scene in West Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit of peace meditation and Gippsland, the Baw Baw Arts Alliance presents this Licence 237879. S48450-1 (302535_v1) (12/05/2016) create your own mandala. exquisite exhibition of members’ work. Free entry. gardivalia.com.au

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