Four Seasons
To keep you updated with the latest news and reviews on gardening topics, the Gardeners' Circle WA Inc. offers a magazine, 4 times a year. This magazine is called 'Four Seasons' and is free to members (AU$3.00 to non-members). An edited transcript of speakers presentations, seasonal tips and 'Jobs to do' for each month, a general events diary and information on discounts to members can be found in the magazine.
This page features some articles from the Four Seasons, edited by Lorraine Douglas, with assistance from Jacques Maissin, Ellie Collins, and Frances Docherty.
'Letters To the Editor' can be emailed to Lorraine Douglas (magazine editor) at lorraine.douglas@iinet.net.au
This page features some articles from the Four Seasons, edited by Lorraine Douglas, with assistance from Jacques Maissin, Ellie Collins, and Frances Docherty.
'Letters To the Editor' can be emailed to Lorraine Douglas (magazine editor) at lorraine.douglas@iinet.net.au
president’s perspective
Welcome to a new year of gardening. I hope you all had a relaxing break over Christmas and New Year.
Our end of year/Christmas function with Steve Wood as our speaker was very well attended. We had quite a few plant sellers plus the double Pop Up Stall organised by Marguerite. Kerry did a wonderful PowerPoint of garden presentations from 2017. This was her first effort at PowerPoint and we are very lucky to have someone with her talent. Kim did a great job of getting the hall ready for all our visitors together with his two offsiders. A big thank you to our kitchen volunteers who travel from Mandurah for every meeting and made our Christmas night very special. It was so good to see Cynthia back after a year of health challenges.
Florence’s table decorations were up to her usual excellent presentations – thank
you.
As I write this, it is pouring rain which is much needed for our gardens. Fortunately, the weather has been quite mild for our summer period and our plants don’t seem to be as stressed as in other years.
We have planned a great year of excellent speakers thanks to Ruth and Jan. Sheryl and Ro are busy organising events for our members. A big thank you to Lorraine for offering to be our Four Seasons magazine editor. As you know she is very competent but she needs our help in getting good quality photos and articles. Jacques is assisting Lorraine in the photo department plus maintaining our website.
Jan will be contacting our local clubs over the next couple of months. She does a great job of running our Nor Easterly group – her newsletters are full of information. It never ceases to amaze me the variety and depth of our gardens despite our difficult weather conditions. I get such a lot of pleasure visiting these beautiful gardens full of gorgeous and sometimes rare plants.
In March I am hoping to go on a cruise of the South Caribbean. Visiting gardens and botanical parks will be on my list of things to do. I have a conference in San Francisco and with a few days to spare, I hope to see some of the wonderful gardens of that region.
Unfortunately, I will not be at the March AGM due to the conference but I know that Jan will do an excellent job, plus Frances has offered to run the election of officers for the 2018/2019 year.
I look forward to welcoming you all to our first meeting of the year.
Merilyn Ide
Our end of year/Christmas function with Steve Wood as our speaker was very well attended. We had quite a few plant sellers plus the double Pop Up Stall organised by Marguerite. Kerry did a wonderful PowerPoint of garden presentations from 2017. This was her first effort at PowerPoint and we are very lucky to have someone with her talent. Kim did a great job of getting the hall ready for all our visitors together with his two offsiders. A big thank you to our kitchen volunteers who travel from Mandurah for every meeting and made our Christmas night very special. It was so good to see Cynthia back after a year of health challenges.
Florence’s table decorations were up to her usual excellent presentations – thank
you.
As I write this, it is pouring rain which is much needed for our gardens. Fortunately, the weather has been quite mild for our summer period and our plants don’t seem to be as stressed as in other years.
We have planned a great year of excellent speakers thanks to Ruth and Jan. Sheryl and Ro are busy organising events for our members. A big thank you to Lorraine for offering to be our Four Seasons magazine editor. As you know she is very competent but she needs our help in getting good quality photos and articles. Jacques is assisting Lorraine in the photo department plus maintaining our website.
Jan will be contacting our local clubs over the next couple of months. She does a great job of running our Nor Easterly group – her newsletters are full of information. It never ceases to amaze me the variety and depth of our gardens despite our difficult weather conditions. I get such a lot of pleasure visiting these beautiful gardens full of gorgeous and sometimes rare plants.
In March I am hoping to go on a cruise of the South Caribbean. Visiting gardens and botanical parks will be on my list of things to do. I have a conference in San Francisco and with a few days to spare, I hope to see some of the wonderful gardens of that region.
Unfortunately, I will not be at the March AGM due to the conference but I know that Jan will do an excellent job, plus Frances has offered to run the election of officers for the 2018/2019 year.
I look forward to welcoming you all to our first meeting of the year.
Merilyn Ide