Great meeting last night and special thanks to Suzy Parravicini, General Manager of Araluen Botanic Park for her fascinating talk about the Park including its history and what’s happening now. I am inspired to go and visit our herb garden up there and do some tidying up Thanks also to Marjorie for the delicious tea. […]

Our next Parent Body Herb Society meeting will be on 22nd May. This month we have a guest speaker, Suzy Parravicini who is the General Manager of Araluen Botanical Park. She will be talking about the history of the Park, how it is evolving, and what is happening now. Very much looking forward to this, […]

Northern Districts Branch meetings have moved as of this month and so will no longer be at Lansdale Farm. The new address for meetings is Whittingtons, 78a Collingwood Street, Osborne Park. The meeting is at 12.30pm on the last Saturday of the month (as usual).

Our next parent body meeting is on the 27th March, we have a super quick AGM followed by three of our members giving talks which will be great. Many thanks to Marjorie, Marie and Regina for sharing your herb knowledge. There will be the usual raffles, display table, plants for sale and supper after the […]

We had our first meeting of the year on Monday and it was a good one. Michael Braybrook from #Whittington’s Herbs and Spices gave a great talk about the difficulties in sourcing herbs from the Eastern States especially during Covid and the railway breakdowns and why we should grow and use local products more. He […]

What a lovely meeting we had on Monday, lots of plants, honey and crafts to buy, great quizzes, delicious food and much chatting. Secret Santa was good fun and I’m very much enjoying filling up my ‘Father Christmas” treat bowl. Thanks to all who cam along for a very enjoyable evening. A Merry Christmas and […]

See you on Monday! ?

It’s the last meeting for 2022 and time for our Christmas Fayre. We are looking forward to a great evening, we have Member Stalls selling plants, honey and crafts. There will be Herb Bingo, Guess The Plant, What’s that Scent games, supper, raffles and lots of chatting. There will be a Secret Santa (optional), if […]

Our meeting is coming up on Monday, dont forget, there’s 5 Mondays this month so put the 24th in your calendar! We have a guest speaker this month, Natasha from SERCUL (South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare) talking about bush tucker plants. All the usuals, herb of the month, raffles, plant stall and honey […]

Don’t forget our herb meeting on Monday, we have a DVD on Butchart Gardens, British Columbia, Canada, Lesley showing us how to making preserved lemons and a workshop on making seed tapes. plus all the usuals, raffles, plant table and supper. Look forward to seeing you there, doors open at 7 for 7.30pm start. Guests […]