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MULCH
Much Useful Learning Concerning Horticulture
VOL.21 No.6, June, 2015
Castlemaine & District Garden Club Inc.
Thryptomene 'F.C. Payne'
Castlemaine & District Garden Club
P.O. Box 758, Castlemaine 3450
http://castlemainegardenclub.wordpress.com
COMMITTEE
President
Judy Uren 5470 6462
Vice-president
Position vacant
Secretary
Sally Leversha 0437 683 469
Treasurer
Judy Hopley 5472 1156
Committee Members
Marion Cooke
Jan Gower
Philip Hopley
Heather Spicer
Sue Spacey
Newsletter Editor
Tom Comerford 5470 6230
Webmaster
Judy Hopley 5472 1156
NOTICE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tuesday, 28th July 2015
7.00pm
Wesley Hill Hall
149 Duke Street, Wesley Hill
Castlemaine 3450
6.00pm for 6.30pm meal
BBQ share Soup & Sweets
Nomination forms
see p.15
Thryptomene 'F.C. Payne'
Australian flower of month for
June
evergreen shrub which grows to
about 1 metre (3ft) tall with an
open, pendulous habit. Small pale
pink or white flowers barely bigger
than a match-head are borne in
profusion along the branches for
several months of the year.
has are small, aromatic leaves
about 6 or 7 mm long, which
narrow towards the stem
very hardy long flowering
butterfly attracting
excellent cut flower
needs a well-drained position in
full sun or part shade.
can be grown readily from
cuttings. Take soft tip or semi-
hardwood cuttings any time from
spring to winter.
“As long as one has a garden, one has a
future. As long as one has a future, one is
alive.” - Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret
Garden
President’s Message
Greetings once again from a rocky,
very cold hill in Castlemaine. I am
not sure if it is an age thing but I do
not recall the weather being this
consistently cold so early in the
season. We did have an early
warning of the weather, when we
berthed in Sydney not only was it
raining heavily but it was very,
very cold, a little hard to take as we
had experienced an average of 27°
while at sea. However, regardless
of the weather there is no place like
home.
I have just finished catching up
with MULCH and it appears I
missed some very interesting
speakers along with some great
outings while I was away. I was
absolutely delighted to see our
hanging basket once again got a
highly recommended. It looks like
we will have to put our thinking
caps on again for next year’s
garden show.
The first item on the agenda when
we arrived home was, of course, to
walk around the garden and joy-oh-
joy nothing had died while we
were away. There was an orchid
left out which suffered some frost
damage though everything else was
looking good. My second walk
around the garden a few days later
showed me just how much work I
have to do over the next few
weeks.
On the upside while we were away
our children got together and
painted our verandah, put new
gravel down around the garden and
best of all dug a hole for a pond.
This was a gift for our 50th
anniversary. God bless grown
children - they do come into their
own when you least expect it.
Until next time
Judy Uren
Can you name these persons? What occasion is being recorded
for posterity?
OUR HISTORY
30 YEARS AGO
25th June 1985 Re-establishment
Meeting in the City Hall foyer at
7.45pm
Chairman: Steven Ryan, RHSV
Councillor
Office Bearers
President: Gary Sobey
Secretary: Wendy Campbell
Treasurer: Mollie Maddox
Gary Sobey moved and Brian
Willis seconded that the
Castlemaine & District Garden
Club be formed
Gary moved a regular meeting
be held on the fourth Tuesday of
each month
Members Present: Steven Ryan,
Des Brady, Marilyn Brady, Wendy
Campbell, Rhonda Fisher, Beth
Ibbitron, Eric Ibbitron, Mollie
Maddox, Gary Sobey, Brian Willis,
Marry Willis
Apologies: Irene Douglas,
Margaret Willis
19 YEARS AGO
25th June 1996 General Meeting
Jenny Walker has offered to
sponsor a monthly advertisement
for $5. Committee to discuss
sponsorship (in MULCH)
PAST PRESIDENTS
1985 Gary Sobey (interim)
1985-86 Margaret Willis
1987-88 Lloyd Curtis
1989-90 Margaret Rigg
1991-92 Carlyn McGufficke
1993-94 Peggy Munro
1995-96 Jenny Howe
1997 98 Ross Shimmen
1999-20 Beverley Forsyth
2001-02 Graeme Watson
2003-04 Jan Mollison
2005-06 Judy Uren
2007-08 Peter Morris
2009-10 Judy Uren
2011-12 Tom Comerford
2013-14 Peggy Munro
SCARECROWS 2005, 1997
Brilliant Barkers Creek
Report of Janyce McMurtrie’s talk
by Peggy Munro
In March 2014 a project to
improve the water, the banks and
habitat of Barkers Creek was
initiated by the Landcare groups of
North Harcourt, Harcourt and
Barkers Creek. They are supported
by the North Central Catchment
Management and Communities for
Nature.
The aim is to reduce weeds, bring
awareness and eradication of pests
and then to encourage the
establishment of habitats for native
fauna with appropriate plants.
19 landholders and 31 properties
have been in the project with the
mechanical and chemical removal
of weeds, the baiting of rabbits and
the revegetation of suitable areas
with native plants to provide a
more diverse habitat for wild life.
On my creek flat 100 indigenous
natives, in two separate clusters,
were planted on May 22, by the
team and it is my job to water and
weed so as to continue to provide
the best growth conditions
possible.
The plants are Acacia
melanoxylon, Acacia acinacea,
Ajuga australis, Lomandra
filiformis, Carex cypressa,
Callistemon sieberi, Indigofera
australis, Banksia maginata,
Bursaria spinosa ss spinosa, and
Meticytus dentatas (Tree Violet).
The following two photos illustrate
what has been achieved under the
scheme so far:
Before
After
Before
After
ARBORSCULPTURE
How does arborsculpture differ
from bonsai or topiary?
Arborsculpture is the art of shaping
tree trunks to create art and
functional items through bending,
grafting, pruning, and multiple
planting. Bonsai is the art of
miniaturizing trees. Some of
bonsai's basic techniques, such as
bending branches and pruning, are
similar to arborsculpture. Topiary
was originally defined as
ornamental gardening, so to be
technical, arborsculpture is a
branch of topiary. Nowadays the
word topiary is more commonly
used to describe the shaping of
foliage. In that sense, topiary is
almost the opposite to
arborsculpture. In the former only
the foliage is trimmed whereas
with arborsculpture it’s the trunk.
Of the various tree arts,
arborsculpture is most closely
related to espalier, a technique
which began in France as a way to
grow quality fruit in small areas,
like inside castle courtyards. Fruit
trees were grown against the wall
and shaped so the branches were
evenly spaced and parallel,
maximizing the amount of fresh air
to each piece of fruit.
Arborsculpture can be described
as espalier on acid.
Espalier
Espalier is the horticultural and
ancient agricultural practice of
controlling woody plant growth for
the production of fruit, by pruning
and tying branches to a frame,
frequently in formal patterns, flat
against a structure such as a wall,
fence, or trellis.
Espaliers, trained into flat two-
dimensional forms, are ideal not
only for decorative purposes, but
also for gardens in which space is
limited. In a temperate climate,
they may be planted next to a wall
that can reflect more sunlight and
retain heat overnight or planted so
that they absorb maximum sunlight
by training them parallel to the
equator. These two facts allow
the season to be extended so that
fruit has more time to mature.
July Diary
leave frost-damaged sections
of plants in place until the last
frosts are over. This will provide
protection for other parts
prune roses follow-up spray
with lime sulphur
shift roses and other
deciduous plants if necessary
lift dahlia tubers and store
them in sawdust to prevent
drying out and rot
sow a green manure crop in a
vacant bed
fertilise winter growing
vegetables with liquid manure
prune most deciduous fruit
trees
spray citrus with a weak white
oil solution to control the very
young nymphal stages of bronze
orange bug
spray stone fruit at pink bud
stage with Leaf Curl spray to
control rot and leaf curl
plant alyssum, amaryllis,
candytuft, lupin, stock, Cabbage,
cauliflower, leek, onion, rhubarb
crowns, raspberry canes, tuberoses,
waterlilies
SEEDS TO SOW: alyssum,
cosmos, dianthus, delphinium,
larkspur, love-in-the-mist, statice,
kohlrabi, lettuce, onion, silver beet.
Winter Again
another winter has come
your head and hands go numb
looking forward to the frost and
snow
nights spent near the fire watching
the embers glow
the cat snuggled in tight curl
a nice mug of warm chocolate
thaws out my nose and brings life
back to my toes
as I climb the wooden hill
I think of all the nice things I like
about this time of year Steve Katz
“He’s doing better this season.
Last year his back gave out before
his enthusiasm
Castlemaine & District
Garden Club Inc.
Celebrating 30 Years
Guest Speakers
Michael McCoy
Garden designer, author, broadcaster
Julian Blackhurst Head gardener, St Erth
Wednesday 22nd July, 2015 9.45am – 3.30pm
Mt Alexander Golf Club Wimple Street, Castlemaine
Cost: $30 members
$45 non members
includes lunch morning & afternoon tea
Bookings essential
Registration/Enquiries [email protected]
Treasurer: P.O. Box 758
Castlemaine 3450
www.castlemainegardenclub.wordpress.com
ALL WELCOME
The cutting of the birthday cake
and the recognition of past -
members (1978-2000) will take
place at 3.00pm. Please come.
MEMORABILIA
As a part of our 30th Birthday
Celebration, Peggy Munro is going
to prepare a display of memorabilia
related to our Club. She would
very much appreciate contributions
of any photographs, newsletters or
other records that will recall
memories of significant events in
the history of our Club.
Please speak with Peggy if you are
able to assist in any way, Her
contact number is 5472 2086
MICHAEL MCCOY
Michael McCoy came to gardening
via Botany, in which he gained a
degree at Melbourne University in
1984. After that it was all ‘hands
on’ for 13 years, firstly in a
gardening apprenticeship with the
National Trust at Ripponlea,
Victoria, followed by 10 years as
Head Gardener in two large old
private gardens. In these gardens
he was given an unlimited
opportunity to indulge his love of
plants, and play with ideas of
colour and sophisticated
successional planting schemes.
In 1991 Michael was privileged to
live and work with the
controversial gardener and garden
writer Christopher Lloyd in his
world famous garden at Great
Dixter, a medieval manor house in
East Sussex, England. This
experience had a profound effect
on his garden thinking.
Michael began his own garden
design business in 1997, and has
worked on gardens such as those of
Leo Schofield and Paul Keating.
His garden designs are based upon
his wide experience in traditional
English style, as well as
experimenting with austere
minimalism. His work has
appeared in Gardens Illustrated,
Australian Country Style,
Australian Vogue Living, Your
Garden, Gardens and Outdoor
Living, Better Homes and Gardens
and The Australian Gardener.
Michael was a contributor to The
Age in Melbourne for over 20
years, has written for Gardens
Illustrated (Britain), The Sydney
Morning Herald, The Australian
Gardener, Your Garden and has a
regular column in Gardening
Australia magazine, preferring to
concentrate on general principles
and philosophies than on
horticultural technique. He has
spoken on garden and gardening
throughout Australia, New Zealand
and Britain, and leads tours of
gardens in the USA, Canada,
Britain, France, Belgium, The
Netherlands and Italy. He has also
been heard regularly on 774 ABC
Melbourne, talking about garden
ideas rather than garden problem-
solving.
In the late 1990s, Michael created,
from scratch, a low budget, drought
tolerant garden, worthy of opening
to the Australian Open Garden
scheme in twelve months. The
trials and tribulations involved with
this experiment form the subject of
his first book, ‘Michael McCoy’s
Garden’. This was published in
November 2000 to critical acclaim.
His next book, ‘The Gardenist’,
focussing on the broader principles
of garden design and the central
contribution made by plants, was
published in 2012.
Michael’s blog, also called ‘The
Gardenist’ was immediately
recognised as unique, and was
listed as one of the top home blogs
for 2012.
COMING EVENTS
July 22 Castlemaine and District
Garden Club Celebrating 30 Years
July 28 Castlemaine and District
Garden Club Annual General
Meeting
REMINDER
TUESDAY 23 JUNE
MEETING
DIFFERENT VENUE!
DIFFERENT TIME!
6.30 pm. Castlemaine Health
Hospital Auditorium.
BYO
fish n chips
or other food for dinner.
The guest speaker is our own
Heather Spicer who will be giving
a talk and visual presentation on
“Flora of the Grand Circle National
Parks – South-West USA”
For map of where to come see p.14
Can you identify this garden?
DISCOUNTS
Members are reminded to continue
to support the businesses that
support us in the form of discounts:
You will need your 2015
membership card for
identification
All Stone Quarries (ASQ)
5% off gravel, mulch etc.
15% off pots and plants
Beard’s Hardware
10% on most garden related
products
Gardens Etcetera 21-25 Main Street Maldon Tel:
5475 2339
Discount of 10% excluding items
on consignment and sale items
www.gardenetcetera.com.au
Sociana’s Plant Stall Wesley
Hill Saturday Market
10% discount
Sociana’s ‘The Green Folly’
10% discount
Stoneman’s Bookroom
10% on all purchases over $10
Taylor Brothers
5% on garden related products
MULCH is printed with the
assistance of
LEGION OFFICE WOR
TREASURER’S REPORT – MAY, 2015
Main Account Income Expenditure Balance as at 1/05/2015 2,827.48 Income to 30/05/15
Memberships 20.00
Raffle – April meeting 28.00
Trading Table 184.55 232.55
3,060.03
Expenses to 30/05/15
Australia Post 30.80
Legion Office Works 66.00
Jan McMurtrie - guest speaker 50.00
Castlemaine Office Supplies 63.90
Wesley Hill Hall Committee – hall hire 2015 180.00
Maxine Tester – raffle prize reimbursement 22.60 413.36
Income Expenditure Balance at 30/05/15 2,646.67
Bank Reconciliation
Income Expenditure Balance at 30/05/15 2,827.48
Add unpresented cheques
J. McMurtrie 50.00
Wesley Hall Committee of Management 180.00
Add Petty cash payments 39.80
Bank Balance at 30/05/2015 2,916.47
Student Bursary Account
Bank Balance at 01/05/15 216.00
Donation – Pat Millar 100.00
Bank Balance at 30/05/15 316.00
Total Cash at Hand: $62.80 [Petty Cash $27.80, Raffle Float $10, Trading Table Float $25]
Fixed Assets: $2015.00 [PA system $1208.00, Gazebos $458.00, Digital projector $349]
TREASURER REQUIRED
My term as Treasurer of the Club comes to an end this July and another Club member
will need to take over this role for the next two years.
Please contact me if you would like more information about the duties of the Treasurer
and the time involved. Nominations for this position need to be lodged three weeks
before the Club’s AGM on Tuesday 28 July 2015.
I look forward to hearing from interested members. My contact details are: 5472 1156
or [email protected] or catch up with me at the June meeting. Judy Hopley
Editor: Assuming all current Office Holders are prepared to re-nominate there is also a
vacancy for Vice-president.
MINUTES OF MEETING
Castlemaine and District Garden Club
Minutes of General Meeting
Tuesday 26th May 2015
7.30 pm Wesley Hill Hall
1. PRESENT: Sue Spacey, Christobel and Tom Comerford, Judy and Philip
Hopley, Heather Spicer, Alex Allen, Gill King, Edward Gollings, Judy
Eastwood, Jan Gower, Marion Cooke, Juliana Hart, Peggy Munro, Helen Morris,
Kit Morris, Barry and Jennifer Lacey, Maxine Tester, Neil and Julie-Ann
Webster, Sue Grimes, Judi Kent, Alan Isaacs, Jeanette Adams.
New Members: None
Visitors: Janyce McMurtrie – guest speaker
Apologies: Penny Garnett, Sally Leversha, Jan Waldie, Sue Dimozantos, Lorna
Anstey, Pam Isaacs, Lynne and Damien Kelly.
2. MINUTES of previous meeting held – Tuesday 28 April, 2015 moved as a true
record.
Moved: Marion Cooke Seconded: Edward Gollings Carried.
3. BUSINESS FROM MINUTES
3.1 30th Birthday seminar
Tom Comerford gave a report on the progress of the 30th Birthday
celebrations in July. The cost to members would be $30, $45 non-
members. There will be two speakers, Mike McCoy who will present
‘Game Changer Gardens’ in the morning. Julian Blackmore from the
Garden of St Erth will give his presentation on heirloom vegetables in the
afternoon. Members are requested to provide morning tea. There will be
presentations of appreciation to major contributors to the Clubs’ success
and a celebratory Cake will be cut in the afternoon.
Members were asked to search out items of relevant ‘memorabilia’ and
forward these items to Peggy Munro. Posters advertising this event will be
distributed for display throughout the area. Past members will be invited
and all Past Officers will be notified. As there are only four members on
the celebration Committee at present, more members were requested to
assist.
3.2 Mushroom compost
Philip Hopley advised that Mushroom compost was available for delivery
at a very reasonable cost, $3 per bag with free delivery if there was a
substantial order and requested approval from members that an order be
put forward. This was agreed.
4. CORRESPONDENCE
Due to the absence of the Secretary, the Correspondence was unavailable for this
meeting and will be published in the Minutes of the next meeting.
5. REPORTS
5.1 Treasurer: Judy advised members that her tenure as Treasurer will end in
July and canvassed members for a new candidate regarding this position.
That the Treasurers report of 28th April 2015 as published in MULCH be
accepted.
Moved. Judy Hopley Seconded. Gill King Carried.
5.2 Show and Tell: Christobel brought specimens of her favourite green
flowers, including small button Chrysanthemums, a delightful green Salvia and
‘Green Bells of Ireland’.
5.3 Trading Table: Sedum, Ass. Bulbs, Larkspur, Sweet Peas, Evening
Primrose, Apples (Heirloom), Small Chrysanthemums, Iris, Books.
6. GENERAL BUSINESS 6.1 Peggy Munro alerted members to the Shire News in which an article reported
that fruit fly in this area was likely this coming fruit season.
6.2 Visit to Boort. All participants agreed that the day out to Boort was a very
enjoyable one.
6.3 Philip Hopley proposed and Peggy Munro seconded that a vote of thanks be
given to Damian and Lynne Kelly for all their hard work regarding the setting up
and admin of the Club Webpage. Judy Hopley has agreed to take over this task.
6.4 An enquiry from the floor regarding the ‘potting up’ of cuttings for the
Garden Market. Members were advised that this was started in May last year. A
date for this year will be discussed at the next Committee meeting on 12 June.
6.5 Raffle: Euonymus ‘Silver Pillar’. Won by Jeanette Adams.
Guest Speaker: Janyce McMurtrie “Brilliant Barkers Creek”
Janyce gave an interesting presentation on the project she is currently undertaking on
behalf of three local Landcare groups to manage and enhance biodiversity values along
Barkers Creek. The results so far are very impressive with inspections of 31 properties
with frontage to Barkers Creek and 18 landholder agreements signed with the
objectives of reducing weeds and re-vegetation.
Meeting closed at 9.00 p.m.
June meeting
Tuesday 23 June - fish’n’chip night at Castlemaine Hospital Auditorium - 6.30 pm with
Heather Spicer as our Guest Speaker.
Mushroom Mulch
The first delivery of Mushroom Mulch at $3.00 a bag was snapped up
within 24 hours. Please contact Philip Hopley on 0425 768 559 or send an
email to the Garden Club at [email protected] if you missed out and
would like to register interest for another delivery.
Venue for Fish ‘n’ Chip Night
(follow the red arrow to the Auditorium)
PROXY FORM
Castlemaine & District Garden Club
Incorporation No. A0007528E
Postal Address: PO Box 758, Castlemaine 3450 Vic
I hereby authorize
(Name) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
to serve as my proxy and to vote on my behalf at the Annual General
Meeting of the Castlemaine & District Garden Club Inc. to be held on
Tuesday, 28th July, 2015
This proxy is valid for all Matters voted on at the Meeting
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOMINATION FORM The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 28th July, 2015.
Please use this form to nominate for positions for Office Bearers and
Committee for the coming year. Nominations close 14th July, 2015.
Castlemaine & District Garden Club
Incorporation No. A0007528E
Postal Address: PO Box 758, Castlemaine 3450 Vic
Nomination Form
I hereby nominate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For the Office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proposer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seconder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nominee’s Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOMINATION FORM The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 28th July, 2015.
Please use this form to nominate for positions for Office Bearers and
Committee for the coming year. Nominations close 14th July, 2015.
Castlemaine & District Garden Club
Incorporation No. A0007528E
Postal Address: PO Box 758, Castlemaine 3450 Vic
Nomination Form
I hereby nominate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For the Office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proposer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seconder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nominee’s Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NEXT MEETINGS
Tuesday 23rd June, 2015 Fish n Chip Night
6.30 pm. Castlemaine Health
Hospital Auditorium.
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Next Committee Meeting: Friday, 14th August, 2015 at Sally Leversha’s home
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The Castlemaine & District Garden Club meets at 7:30pm on the fourth
Tuesday of each month from February to October at the Wesley Hill Hall, Duke Street, Wesley Hill.
Membership of the Club is open to all and costs $20 a year per household
($25 if you want a paper copy of Mulch mailed to you). Mulch (in colour) is available via email on
request. Subscriptions are payable at the beginning of each calendar year.
New members are very welcome. The Club distributes this monthly
newsletter to all members and other like-minded organisations.