April 21, 2015
Gardeners love the rain, so overcast skies and a bit of morning drizzle weren’t going to keep them away from Wondai’s huge Autumn Garden Expo at the weekend.
Wondai Sportsground was filled with stalls offering all sorts of plants, from cacti to fruit trees and everything in between.
If it was even slightly garden-related, it was there.
A large crowd packed into the hall and stalls area throughout Saturday, only thinning out a bit as it drew towards closing time.
But many were back again on Sunday morning to pick up more ideas for their gardens.
A special attraction on both Saturday and Sunday were talks by WIN-TV gardening expert Brian Sams who shared tips and answered questions from the audience.
Providing musical entertainment was the Stolzenberg Brothers. The Stolzies have now notched up 11 years playing at Wondai Garden Expos.
The next major public event for the Wondai Garden Club will be the Wondai Spring Garden Expo which will be held in September.
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Gardening Competition Winners
Key to photos below (click on each photo to expand)
| 1. Three Stems – One Kind – Merrilyn Johnson 2. One Cut – Any Other Flower – June Jones 3. Bulbous Flower – Unspecified – Charmaine Litchfield 4. Container Annual Flowers – Cheryl Horner 5. Gerbera Baverii – Noela Ardrey (Champion) 6. Gerbera – Hybrid Type – Noela Ardrey 7. Container Mixed Gerberas – Noela Ardrey 8. Dahlia – Under 11cm – Helen Young 9. Dahlia – Over 11cm – Merabelle Kerkow (Champion) 10. Three Cuts Coloured Foliage – Merrilyn Johnson 11. Flowering Native Shrub – Jan Andresen 12. Flowering Shrub Or Vine – Charmaine Litchfield 13. Geranium – Bush Type – Helen Young (Champion) 14. Geranium – Ivy Leaf – Helen Young 15. Container Mixed Geraniums – Helen Young |
16. Succulent – Noela Ardrey 17. Maidenhair Fern – Delwyn Schultz 18. Any Other Fern – Helen Young 19. Begonia – Delwyn Schultz 20. Bromeliad – Helen Young 21. Potted Foliage Plant – Noela Ardrey 22. Root Vegetable – Justin Schultz 23. Any Fruit – Named – Anita Smith (Champion) 24. Any Vegetable – Named – Percy Iszlaub 25. Gerbera – Old-Fashioned Double – Pat Smith 26. Gerbera – Old-Fashioned Single – Anita Smith 27. Three Stems – Any Variety – Pat Smith 28. Floribunda / Polyanthus Rose – Merrilyn Johnson 29. One Stemmed Rose – Noela Ardrey (Champion) 30. One Stemmed Rose Bud – June Jones |
