We have a new date for Botanical Bazaar - 4 October 2020, which is the Queen's Birthday long weekend. Our key note speakers are available, our exhibiters and food vans are keen and it would be great way to celebrate Spring, assuming COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.
The latest Queensland program for relaxation of restrictions does not yet include evens of our size but we are developing plans on how to manage social distancing and hygiene. Please mark your diaries as we will need plenty of volunteers to manage physical distancing and hygiene.
In the meantime, many of our wonderful guest speakers have agreed to speak on our virtual gardening Zoom meetings. Gardening Australia's Jerry Coleby-Williams was our first presenter on the topic of Seed Saving. Almost 50 registered for the event and about 35 participated.
Phil Dudman, horticultural editor for the Gardening Australia Magazine and Costa Georgiadis, host of ABC TV's Gardening Australia drew an even larger audience with 93 registrants and last Tuesday evening, we welcomed Sophie Thompson also from Gardening Australia talking about Gardening for Health and Wellbeing.
On Tuesday 23 June our speaker will be Jac Semmler, talking on the topic 'Creating Beautiful Gardens in Australian Backyards'. Jac is the ornamental expert at The Diggers Club and was previously their Seed Manager. She is a horticulturist and educator with an infectious passion for plants and a focus on trialling plants and combinations for the Australian setting.Register now at Trybooking