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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...
Event Highlight: Autumn Coach Tour – Geelong Specialist Nurseries & Gardens
We weren’t deterred by the early rain on Saturday 23rd March when our group joined the bus tour to Geelong Specialist Nurseries and Gardens. This was an opportunity to visit horticultural sites which would normally have restricted access to the public either by way of...
Event Highlight: Garden & Art – A Visit to Heide MoMA
There was a very enthusiastic response to our first event for 2019, our garden tour and lunch at Heide Museum of Modern Art on Sunday 17th February. Interest in the event was so high we, unfortunately, had to turn people away! Our large group was split into two and...
Event Highlight: Merrywood Plants & Morningstar Estate Tour
For our final event of the year for 2018, on Saturday 17th November, we were not only lucky to have a brilliant sunny day but also to have the opportunity for two behind-the-scenes tours of some renowned establishments on the Mornington Peninsula. Firstly our...