Former Sunshine Coast artist Lisa Jorgensen recently relocated to Wondai; Lisa said she was delighted to win third prize for her mixed media work “Along The Bunya Highway”
Mundubbera artist Sue Lederhose’s watercolour of a eucalyptus won this year’s first prize

April 10, 2017

When the Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s walls begin to fill with floral works, visitors know the countdown to the town’s annual Autumn Garden Expo has begun.

The 24th Wondai Autumn Garden Expo will be held this weekend (April 15-16) at the Wondai Sportsground and Lions Pavilion.

It will feature stalls and horticultural displays from 8:00am to 4:30pm on Saturday, and 8:00am to 1:00pm on Sunday.

The popular Stolzenberg Brothers will be providing the entertainment, and there’ll also be guest speakers.

Visitors to the Expo can also drop into the Wondai RSL in Mackenzie Street to see the South Burnett Orchid Society’s Annual Show, which will be open from 9:30am to 3:00pm on Saturday.

And at the roundabout, they can also visit the Wondai Regional Art Gallery where all the entries in the this year’s Garden Expo Art Competition are on display, and will remain until the end of April.

Last Friday’s opening night attracted a good sized crowd eager to look at the quality works on display.

Unfortunately first prize winning artist Sue Lederhose, from Mundubbera, was unable to put in an appearance to accept her $500 cheque for a striking watercolour of a Eucalyptus tree.

Second prize went to Maureen Addenbrooke’s “My Garden”, a beautifully constructed leather-encased book whose pages are made from dried leaves.

Third prize went to Lisa Jorgensen for her mixed media work “Along The Bunya Highway”, and fourth prize to Cartia Longden from Wilkesdale for “I Can Do This”, a work that captured the hope and determination of a native bird as it wrestled with foliage.

Several High Commendations and Commendations were also handed out.

The annual Garden Expo Art Competition is sponsored by the Wondai Garden Expo Committee, and it offers $1000 in cash prizes.

The competition’s main criteria is that works need to reflect some aspect of gardening in the South Burnett, and it’s always a very popular event.

Judging for this year’s competition was carried out by Gympie Regional Art Gallery Coordinator Joolie Gibbs.

The exhibition was officially opened by Cr Ros Heit, who said she was very impressed with the standard of entries in this year’s competition, and Wondai Garden Expo president Helen Young, who congratulated all the artists who entered.

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2007 Wondai Autumn Garden Expo Art Competition

Commended
Kat Stutley – Nature’s Garden
Sharron McDonald – Natural Beauty

Highly Commended
Lesley Ann Fewtrell – Kaleidoscope Garden
Joy Carter – Lilliums In My Garden

4th Prize ($100)
Cartia Longden – I Can Do This

3rd Prize ($150)
Lisa Jorgensen – Along The Bunya Highway

2nd Prize ($200)
Maureen Addenbrooke – My Garden

1st Prize ($500)
Sue Lederhose – Eucalyptus

South Burnett artists Jacqui Verrier, Trish Erkens, Dot Rowland and Joy Carter chatted about this year’s exhibition on opening night
Wondai Garden Expo president Helen Young took part in the exhibition’s official opening; the Wondai Garden Expo committee is the annual art competition’s major sponsor
Jason and Sue Kinsella from Moffatdale Ridge Winery were serving up South Burnett reds, whites and sparklings to the appreciative opening night crowd
Artist Lesley Ann Fewtrell won a Highly Commended award for her glass art sculpture “Kaleidoscope Garden”, which was recently on display at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery
Cr Ros Heit officially opened the exhibition; Cr Heit said she was very impressed with the high standard of entries in this year’s competition

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