South East - Members meeting & garden visit

Members are invited to Lesley and Norm's garden to share stories.

Everyone has a story to tell, though some are reticent to speak up.

At this informal gathering, President Di asks members to step outside their comfortable zone (e.g. seat in the back row behind a covert screen) and contribute to the conversation or add to the narrative:

• bring your loquacious, chatty anecdotes and yarns,
• think out loud about some troubling garden or plant problem
• report on a plant or plants which have performed brilliantly, or less than so
• reminisce about a place you visited and the plants you found
• bring some plant specimens and tell their stories, histories, cultivation secrets
• compile a simple powerpoint presentation to illustrate a topic you find interesting
• share photos of your garden, and maybe the fauna which call your garden ‘home’

You are free to talk about anything plant related that other members might be interested in. Please don’t think that nobody would be interested. We are a diverse group with many interests and common passions and invite you to share your interests with the group. The choice of subject is entirely yours, but you should limit your presentation to 10 minutes. The committee will provide computer, screen and projector for those needing such. You need only provide your presentation on a memory stick.

As mentioned, bringing along specimens of plants is an ideal introduction to discuss the plants you grow, and the challenges our varying conditions present.

After lunch, we will stroll around Lesley and Norm’s large garden to discover plants that have done well through the recent wet weather.

Arrive 10:00 am for morning tea, meeting to commence at 10:30 am.

Members to email Di for address details.