REBUS Gardening Group
Meets on the 2nd Monday of the month in the afternoons.
Convenors:
Cate Crombie, catecrombie@actrix.co.nz 479-5960, or text 027 443 2293.
Geraldine George, Phone 479-0004
In January, members of the garden group went on the Lions' tour of Waikanae gardens. It was a lovely day weather wise, and they were able to visit five or six gardens that they had not visited before.
A guided tour over the extensive grounds of Government House was given to the Garden group by one of the gardeners in February. It was interesting to see the changes in the gardens and the seasonal plants.
A visit to Government House was enjoyed in May by members of the Garden Club. At the end of the tour of the house, members were given a guided tour of the gardens.
In March the Garden Club visited the Innermost Gardens at the top of Pirie Street. These gardens are a Community Garden within the old Mt Victoria Ladies Bowling Clubrooms. It was an interesting space consisting of allotments for the locals to use for their own gardening needs, an area for bee-keeping plus a variety of semi-tropical fruit trees as well as a composting site that is available for all the locals to contribute to.
Photo: Bee-keeping at the Innermost Gardens.
Also in March the group had an extra outing to a rural garden at the very end of Ohariu Valley. The group was treated to a seated afternoon tea to round off a very successful afternoon.