The show-bench at Orbost Garden Clubs’ August meeting indicated spring had arrived a month early.
In the one special bloom, spike or truss category, Wendy Nixon’s enormous magnolia bloom was outstanding.
Daffodils were a splash of colour among the cut flowers and there were nine entries in the special class “collection of camellias”.
An interesting collection of protea flowers won first prize for Danny Cunningham for something of interest’.
Each month sections for cut flowers/fruit and vegetables/special class/floral art and photography are staged.
This gives members, especially people new to the area, a showcase of what will grow in this climate.
It is also an opportunity to understand what is required when entering pavilion exhibits at Orbost’s Annual Agricultural Show.
The activity for the day was making a fruit-fly trap.
Club member, Rosemary Redden, with help from husband Dave (busy drilling holes in plastic bottles) demonstrated how simple it is, with little cost to keep this pest from spoiling your home-grown fruit.
It can be disappointing to experience a serious attack from fruit-fly.
Just when you have enough ripe tomatoes to make sauce to discover small holes in the fruit is very unpleasant, because within a few days the fruit is completely ruined.
It is wise to always remove fallen fruit to help prevent the spread of this pest.
Rosemary was thanked by president Bev for putting so much effort into her presentation.
A big welcome to new members who attended.
The meeting ended as always with a friendly cuppa and afternoon tea.
