What have we been doing?
Event highlight: Tour of Alowyn Gardens & Lunch
On a cloudy Saturday, 27th March, a great bunch of us visited Alowyn Gardens in the Yarra Valley for a tour and lunch.
Event Highlight: Reconnect Lunch at The Bay Road Cafe
On Sunday 28th Feb, 2021, a keen group of women converged, representing a wide variety of professions within the industry – from garden maintenance workers, writers and managers to plant protection officers.
Event Highlight: Lunch in the Burnley Campus Gardens
On Sunday, December the 6th, members, committee and guests came together in the gardens at Burnley to celebrate the end of 2020. Truly superb to see so many familiar and new, friendly faces in person, rather than via screens. We were fortunate to have a mostly sunny...
Event Highlight: Sharon Harris’s Open Garden
On Sunday 28th November 2020, showers didn’t deter a keen band of garden enthusiasts from enjoying Sharon Harris’s open garden in Thornbury. It was the perfect event to bring us out of COVID lockdown and get us reacquainted with why we love gardens so much. Sharon,...
Event Highlight: Reconnect Lunch, Old Man Drew Cafe
Old Man Drew Café proved to be the perfect venue for our first event for 2020. On Sunday 23rd February 2020, the shabby chic garden ambience made for a relaxing place to meet with like-minded women. Old and new members joined with some new contacts to discuss their...
Event Highlight: Celebrating Women in Arboriculture
On Saturday 23rd November, EWHA's final event for 2019, was a Celebration Lunch to recognise Women In Arboriculture. The event was hosted at the Amora Hotel Riverwalk Melbourne. You may wonder why the focus on Arboriculture for our Celebration Lunch this year. We can...
Event Highlight: Visit to Flora Victoria
On Monday 11 November 2019, Flora Victoria opened its doors to Encouraging Women in Horticulture and the Horticultural Media Association with 29 enthusiastic attendees including Jane Edmanson from Gardening Australia, Penny Woodward from Organic Gardener magazine, Pam...
Event Highlight: Greening our Cities – Gardens for High-density Living
On Wednesday 23rd October 2019, we were gifted perfect weather for our exclusive visit to the award-winning rooftop garden set 30 storeys high on the Phoenix Tower in Flinders Street. Here Merran Porjazoski from Bent Architecture and Gary Simpson from Infinite...
Event Highlight: Sustainable Floristry Event
On Thursday 23rd May 2019, we were fortunate to have a sunny Autumn day for our first Floristry event which was held in the great outdoors! The afternoon commenced with a tour of Ausflora Pacific Nursery in Gembrook hosted by Sarah Burgess owner/manager and long-time...