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Twenty-five members and three guests from Bogan Shire came along to Anna Corby’s garden for the September 2013 Garden Club meeting.
Dawn warmly welcomed everyone especially the Bogan Shire Council staff – Manager Development and Environmental Services Timothy Riley, Noxious Weeds officer Brian Bonello and Acting Parks and Gardens Supervisor Mark Jenkins.
Mr Riley informed the group of the relocation site for the play equipment in Davidson Park.
Council requested it be moved to a position beside Nyngan Dental Surgery. Discussion was held with consensus that a fence would be advisable and possibly green in colour. A suggestion was also made to incorporate a small bicycle track in the play area.
Bogan Shire Council is seeking advice from the Nyngan Garden Club members for further Davidson Park beautification works. The paths need work to improve aesthetics including having just one type of path material and pathways that flow better.
A big thank you was extended to the Nyngan Garden Club for their assistance with the Nyngan Pool landscaping project.
Ninety-eight plants (red robin photinias) were planted to form a hedge along the eastern fence line, creating a privacy barrier.
The pool filtration plant room remodelling will now occur in 2014 during the off-season. Further landscaping will be undertaken in the pool surrounds following the planned construction if a grant recently applied for is successful.
Designs are finished for the Affordable Accommodation for the Aged Project and designs will be on display within the next couple of weeks. Site works are expected to start soon.
The Garden Club’s advice will be sought for landscaping of the old ambulance station and area between there and the library.
In Pangee Street, the land where the houses were demolished has been leased by Bogan Shire Council. Plans are to clean up the site by removing weeds etc. and seeding the area with a grass species. This area will be maintained by council.
Underground tanks need to be removed from the old BP Service Station site. Council has made an application for the site and adjacent land with the idea to landscape the area.
A request was put forward for more shade in the car park area near the helicopter.
Brian Bonello spoke about the need to ensure the town (and Shire) is free of noxious weeds. Green cestrum is one of the targeted plants.
Information sheets were made available for members to alert them to the plant. If anyone sees any plants or weeds they think may be a problem please contact Brian at Bogan Shire Council.
Mark Jenkins spoke about the roses newly planted in Phillip Dutton Rose Garden at Davidson Park. They are growing well. Any ideas for new plants in other garden beds in the park are welcome.
Suggestions were put forward that the garden beds at the Mid-State Shearing Shed need tidying up and the old wool dump could be made a feature of to preserve its history and add another tourist attraction to the Nymagee Street area.
As it is on Railway Land council has to seek permission to undertake any works in this area.
The planter boxes near the helicopter are in need of tidying up and new plants but vandals tend to rip out the plants and watering systems. Any ideas or suggestions please forward to Mark.
There is an Open Garden day at Dandaloo (Kooyong) on Sunday October 13 from 10am to 4pm. Reg Kidd will be a guest speaker.
A fashion parade, stalls and lunch is available. Contact Susie Nicholls on 6888 3165 for further information.
The Town Hall has been booked for the Flower Show on October 26 and the 2013 Flower Show Program is now available.
Donna will place some on the front counter at the Shire. Entries will be accepted between 9am and 10.30am. The show will be open to the public from 12pm with gold coin admission. Lunch will be from 12pm to 2pm at a cost of $16 including sweets.
A suggestion was put to the meeting that the starting time for the meetings during the hotter months be changed to mornings instead of lunch time. Members agreed and the October meeting will now begin at 9.30am. From 2014 meetings in September, October, November, January and February will be at this new time unless otherwise advised.
The lucky raffle winners today were Molly Thompson and after a redraw for the second prize, Betsy Donohoe’s prize of a beautiful bunch of roses from Mary McDermott’s garden was going to be taken up to the hospital.
Calendars produced by the Garden Clubs of Australia are now available for purchase. Nyngan Garden Club will make a bulk purchase and make the calendars available to members.
The next meeting will be held at Lyn Hodge’s garden on 28 October at 9.30am. Please bring your hat, morning tea, and a chair.
o Dates to Remember
Oct 19-21 – Bus Trip to Griffith
Oct 26 – Garden Club Flower Show
Oct 28- Meeting 39 Canonbar St
Nov 25 – Christmas Party at 48 Hoskins Street
Dec 7- Christmas Carnival and Markets
Looking forward to warm sunshine, many hours of gardening and beautifying our town.
The Happy Gardener
NB: Can anyone top this statistic – Rose Queen Mary McDermott has 428 roses in her garden (and that’s not counting all the cuttings she has that have struck)?
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