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Melanie Davey (Owen, 2004) and Jane Edmanson OAM (1967)
Thursday, 7 April 2022
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Melanie Davey has been volunteering at the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society since 2019. The society is in its 90th year and manages an established garden of 10 acres in Sassafras, Victoria. It’s a beautiful place, with forested spaces, full of plants like rhododendrons, and then open spaces full of perennials, proteas and rock garden plants. The society runs 4 shows each year and undertakes all maintenance of the gardens. It is only managed by volunteers and unfortunately the volunteer base is slowly reducing, due to many of the volunteers ageing. The society ran their annual Plant Collectors Sale in March and were lucky to have Gardening Australia attend to film a number of the volunteers talking about the gardens and what it is like to volunteer. Melanie was interviewed by fellow Lauriston alumna Jane Edmanson and they talked about the importance of new generations coming to volunteer to keep the society alive. The episode is due to be shown later in the year. Melanie would love to show the Lauriston community the Ferny Creek Horticultural Gardens, to encourage you to become a volunteer as well! The next Flower Show is on 23 and 24 April and you can find out more about the society at FCHS.org.au and on Instagram and Facebook. |