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Bromeliad Society of Australia: Watering System for Bromeliads

Bromeliad Society of Australia: Watering System for Bromeliads

The Bromeliad Society of Australia Inc will hold their next meeting at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 8th March with plant sales to the public from 10am and the meeting commencing at 12noon. If you missed Bob Sharpley’s presentation on the system he installed for watering his huge bromeliad collection. The good news is […]

Hidden in the Hills: Green Spider Flower

Hidden in the Hills: Green Spider Flower

Surprisingly, some winter wildflowers have an extended flowering period which can commence in mid autumn and last through to mid spring. One such plant is the Green Spider Flower (Grevillea mucronulata). It can be a low spreading shrub but at times reaching an overall height of 1.5 meters when conditions are favourable. Flowering can occur […]

Hidden in the Hills: Bushcare

Hidden in the Hills: Bushcare

By Lachlan Turner As you drive along roads that border our bushland reserves, frequently there are signs displayed stating “Bush Regeneration in Progress”, or, “Bushcare This Sunday”. If the integrity of our natural bushland scene is to be maintained, and native plants are to be protected, it is necessary from time to time for some […]

Bromeliads for Christmas

Bromeliads for Christmas

Bromeliads make wonderful gifts and are perfect house plants to decorate your home for Christmas, as many of the bromeliads currently flowering. Your last opportunity before Christmas to buy beautiful bromeliads direct from local growers will be on Saturday, 14th December at The Bromeliad Society of Australia’s final meeting of the year. Plant sales to […]

Latest from Langlands Landscape Supplies

At Langlands Landscape Supplies, As spring will come to a close at the end of the month, it is very important to get nutrients into your existing gardens. With the use of soil conditioner, cow manure and mushroom compost added to these gardens your plants will love the boost as we enter a hot summer. […]

Hidden in the Hills: Prickly Moses

Hidden in the Hills: Prickly Moses

BY LACHLAN TURNER Several of the wattle family have an extended flowering period commencing in mid autumn through to near the end of spring. One such plant is Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia), which, as its name implies, has rigid narrow “leaves” with a sharp spike at the end. It has been observed that the spiky […]

Hidden in the Hills: Rock Formations

Hidden in the Hills: Rock Formations

By Lachlan Turner As you descend into bushland valleys along the many walking tracks in the Hills region, the presence of large rock formations becomes quite obvious. Grey weathered sandstone bluffs are interspersed with wind eroded hollows resembling small caves. Water too has a defining influence on the sculpturing of these rocky overhangs. The continual breaking down […]

Bromeliad Bulletin

Bromeliad Bulletin

Bromeliad Bulletin: The next meeting of the Bromeliad Society of Australia will be held at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill on Saturday, 2nd of November with sales to the public from 10am and the meeting commencing at 12 noon.  Our guest speaker will be Nina Woodcock who is a passionate gardener that […]

Hidden in the Hills: Observing the Grey Fantail

Hidden in the Hills: Observing the Grey Fantail

By Lachlan Turner Having a widespread distribution across most of Australia, the Grey Fantail is frequently observed feeding on flying insects, which it catches as it twists and turns in its agile aerial acrobatics, pursuing them from the edges of foliage trees at all levels above the ground. Its nest is built in a thin […]

Galston Garden Club Open Garden Weekend

Galston Garden Club Open Garden Weekend

Galston Garden Club Open Garden Weekend: 18th-20th October 2024 The Galston Garden Club is proud to present eight outstanding acreage gardens in Galston, Dural and Arcadia which will delight and inspire any visitor. You will find a host of plants of all shapes and sizes, spectacular flowering shrubs, wonderful specimen trees, water features, garden architecture […]