Fiona Gill and Nicole Steer, from Proston, were enjoying browsing at the Wondai Garden Expo
Container Mixed Gerberas winner entered by Noela Ardrey

April 23, 2014

Between 2500 and 3000 people wandered through the gates of the Wondai Sportsgrounds at the weekend for the annual Autumn Garden Expo.

Wondai Garden Club president Helen Young told southburnett.com.au she was very happy with the weekend.

“I think everyone was thrilled. We ended up with a good variety of stalls and range of nurseries,” she said.

“And numbers through the gate were above average.”

Guest speaker – and well-known horticultural writer – Noel Burdette spoke about Queensland cottage gardens and building healthy gardens as well as taking questions from the audience.

Live entertainment between the talks was provided by the Stolzenberg Brothers.

The Wondai Autumn Garden Expo was officially opened by Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd and Cr Kathy Duff.

Wondai Garden Club president Helen Young with one of the two new permanent shade shelters the club has had erected at the Wondai Sportsgrounds; the gazebo and skillion – which were finished just last week – cost just under $28,000 and were erected out of profits raised by the club’s annual garden expos; they replace up to seven canvas marquees which had to be erected every year and stored between shows; the club’s next project will be locating a donga for a permanent kitchen / office

Cr Kathy Duff with Joyce Povey, from Maryborough

Guest speaker Noel Burdette explaining about soil health
Wondai Garden Club committee member Charmaine Litchfield and secretary Ann Weiland

Gallery Of Winners

  • One Rose Bud – Heather Young
  • One Rose HT  / Champion Classes 1-8 Rose – Heather Young
  • One Stem Floribunda or Polyanthus  – Noela Ardrey
  • Miniature Garden – Helen Young
  • Maiden Hair Fern – Delwyn Schultz
  • Succulent – Noela Ardrey
  • Container Mixed / Champion Classes 25-29 – Helen Young
  • Coloured Leaf or Scented – Noela Ardrey
  • Coloured Leaf – Helen Young
  • Geranium Bush Type – Glenis Radunz
  • Flowering Shrub or Vine – June Jones
  • Three Any Coloured Foliage – Charmaine Litchfield
  • Container Mixed Flowers – June Jones
  • One Cut / Stem Any Other Flower – Delwyn Schultz
  • Any Bulbous Flower – P & R Biltoft
  • One Orchid Flower – Delwyn Schultz
  • Dahlia Any Type Over 11cm – Shirley Wenck
  • Gerbera Dutch Hybrid – Helen Young
  • Gerbera Baueri Double – P & R Biltoft
  • Dahlia Any Type Under 11cm – Riley & Zoe Smith
  • Gerbera Single / Champion Classes 9-13 – Riley & Zoe Smith
  • Gerbera Old-Fashioned Double – Charmaine Litchfield
  • Three Gerberas Different – Helen Young
  • One Stem / Cut Mini Flora Rose – Noela Ardrey
  • Any English Heritage or Shrub Rose – Helen Young
  • Three Stems Roses Any Variety – Helen Young
  • Three Stems Different Roses – Helen Young
  • Container Mixed Roses – Diane Bolton

Not pictured in the gallery:

  • Any Vegetable / Champion Classes 39-43 – Riley & Zoe Smith
  • Any Other Fern – Helen Young
  • Bromeliad – Noela Ardrey
  • Container Mixed Gerberas – Noela Ardrey
  • Any Fruit Named – Norma Iszlaub
  • Any Other Potted Plant – Noela Ardrey