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
president’s perspective
Hi Everyone, I am Leonie Cattle, your librarian of recent times and newly elected
President 2022. Wow what a whirlwind the first two weeks were. My first Gardeners’ Circle meeting as your President and chairing my first committee meeting!
A special thank you to Frances for being our Returning Officer for the AGM.
A job done with professionalism and humour. It was well received. I would like to
thank our past committee members for their wonderful contribution to Gardeners’ Circle and Jan as past President for her strong steering at the helm.
Welcome to our new committee members and thank you for stepping up to
take on positions. I hope I can do justice to my new role but know I am not alone with the hardworking
people on our committee helping and guiding me.
After the AGM, I was lucky to be able to introduce two people who I know and have worked with which
relaxed me in my introductions (hoping they would forgive me if I made a mistake) to the speakers for our
March meeting. Thank you to Matthew Lunn and our very own Cynthia Mahony for making it a very entertaining
and informative meeting. I won’t be here for the April meeting so will be leaving you in the capable hands of Vice President Sheryl. I will be on a Kimberley cruise starting in Darwin and ending in Broome, so will tell you all about it at the May meeting. Keep safe.
A little bit of my background: I am a South Australian originally and married another South Aussie who had
new farmland at Lake King. I came as a bride and for the first four years of our marriage and the birth of
our two girls, we lived in a shed. We bought another farm and built our house and added to our family
with two boys. My husband and I cleared our farms which was hard work, with a lot of mallee roots picked
I can tell you! We sold our farms, celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary just two days before we left.
Moving to Perth to start again and making new friends in our older age was a big adjustment. But, having
been part of Cottage Gardeners’ Circle for years as an absentee member, I decided to attend Gardeners’ Circle. One of my better ideas, as I have made new friends and learnt a lot. When asked to nominate
I decided to put my hand up to repay this club for making a country girl welcome in the big city, so thank
you.
Leonie Cattle