2024 – Check out the years events here – more coming soon….
Evening talks will generally be at 7 for 7.30pm; Workshops are generally on Saturday morning.
Final details of time, pricing and how to book will be sent out in a flyer closer to the date of each event.
| 5:30pm on Wednesday 14 FEBRUARY 2024 | Valentines Day with Steven Wells | Valentines Day Dinner with after dinner speaker Steven Wells |
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| 5.30pm on Tuesday 27th FEBRUARY | TALK Prof Nick Williams Wildflower Meadows | Prof Nick Williams Wildflower Meadows and how Friends can help; Includes nursery visit and instruction on harvesting technique |
| 2pm on Wednesday 20th MARCH | OUTING Petty’s Orchard Self Drive | Guided walk and Afternoon tea |
| 10am on Wednesday 17th APRIL | OUTING Mount Dandenong Gardens Self Drive | Tindale (10am) and Cloudehill Gardens (1.30pm) with guides |
| Saturday 20th APRIL | WORKSHOP 10am Tree Planting Matt Sauverin and Rowan Berry | TALK 2pm Maintenance of Houseplants by Daniel from Fitzroy Indoor Plant Nursery |
| MAY Sunday 26th | Open Day at Burnley Gardens (BGANZ) | Burnley Designers Book Sale Plant Sale Second Hand Book Sale Michele Guided Tours Roof Garden Tours CWA Kids Activities Herb Society & Australian Garden History Society Stands Please note the Roof Garden Tours with Claire are booked out. |
| JUNE Wednesday 24th 12:00 to 1:30pm | Walk | Conifer Walk in Burnley Gardens Rowan Berry and Matt Sauvarin |
| JUNE TBA | Zoom Talk | "Roses 1" Sascha Andrusiak |
| JULY Saturday 6th | Morning Workshop Afternoon Workshop | Hardwood Cuttings Sascha Andrusiak Rose Pruning Sascha Andrusiak |
| JULY TBA | Zoom Talk | "Roses 2" Sascha Andrusiak |
| JULY Wednesday 24th 7pm | Talk (Zoom and in person) | "Do Trees Think and Feel? A Scientific Response to Peter Wohlleben's Bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees". Dr. Camille Truong |
| AUGUST Saturday 3rd | Morning Workshop Afternoon Workshop | Winter Fruit tree Pruning Chris England Managing Perennials Presenter TBC |
| AUGUST Wednesday 21st 6pm AGM 7pm Talk | AGM Talk (Zoom and in person) | Garden-worthy Plants: Dispelling the myths of what a garden-worthy plant is! Teena Crawford |
NOTES
PARKING is available on the Yarra Boulevard (Melways Map 45 & X872) for Burnley events, or on Campus if you have a Disability Parking Permit, otherwise no car access to campus.
NON MEMBERS are welcome to attend our events and meetings.
TALKS are held in the Main Building in the Burnley Gardens, 500 Yarra Boulevard Richmond, unless otherwise noted. Follow the signs.
THE INTENTION will be for talks to be in person and also via Zoom.
GENERALLY talks are in the evening (7pm for 7.30pm start) and workshops are in the morning. Individual flyers with details will be sent out in advance.
