Northern Beaches this month’s Destinations – CANCELLED

UPDATE!  The arrangements have been changed due to predicted rain. The new plan is to have morning tea at Chris’s and Paul’s home. So instead of meeting at Mullaway Beach Headland Reserve at 10 am, please head straight to Chris’s & Paul’s place at 10am and we can mingle and mill in their carport ……. […]

March 2023 – Canna

SCIENTIFIC NAME:  CannaHIGHER CLASSIFICATION:  CannaceaeRANK:  GenusFAMILY:  Cannaceae; JussKINGDOM:  PlantaeORDER:  Zingiberales Canna or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family Cannaceae, consisting of 10 species – thanks Wiki  Canna lily requires a moisture-retentive soil, with additional organic compost, manures and conditioners to encourage strong, vigorous growth. A pH of around 6.5–7 is […]

February 2023 – Banksia Species

KINGDOM: Plantae ORDER: Proteales FAMILY: Proteaceae TRIBE: Bansieae GENUS: Banksia There are 173 Banksia species, and all but one occur naturally only in Australia. Banksias were named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820 ), who, in 1770, was the first European to collect specimens of these plants. Easily recognised by their spikes and fruiting ‘cones’ and heads, they range in […]

An Outing when its not an outing – Jan 2023

Sue Young’s garden is always an interesting destination and for the 25 January non-outing this is where members are invited to go. Wednesday 25th January is actually Cat in the Hat Day so if you’re coming along to Sue’s place liberate your inner silliness and wear your favourite or outrageous or gorgeous or gaudy HAT. […]

Happy New Year 2023

21 January 2023 – First Meeting of the Year It should be an excellent year for the Garden Club this year. There are bottoms poised over seats for Office Bearers and thankfully some members have raised their hands to take on these roles. All that needs to happen now is for them to be officially […]

No Dig Garden

When space is limited, or your soil is really compacted or you are renting and a vegetable garden is on your ‘wish’ list than this is perhaps the best way to achieve that goal. Since 1975, Esther Deans’ classic books No-Dig Gardening  and Leaves of Life have inspired thousands of people to grow their own vegetables and flowers at […]

Members Embracing the Spirit of Giving

The outgoing Executive of Coffs Harbour Garden Club made the decision that we, as members should contribute to those who are much less fortunate than ourselves at Christmas time. The decision made was to support a Coffs Harbour drop in centre, Pete’s Place Engagement Centre. Members of the club really embraced the true Christmas spirit […]

Crew Given a Buzz

The ladies that formed the crew of gardeners doing maintenance on the airside gardens were really given a thrill on Tuesday 6 December 2022 at Coffs Harbour Regional Airport. It was perhaps understandable that total concentration was not on the maintenance, but rather on these sleek looking babies from Williamtown stopping for refueling. When this […]

January 2023 – Gaura

Starting 2023 off with a very pretty perennial flower commonly known as Butterfly bush.

CHGC Will Live On

A Terrific Way to End 2022 Thankfully we have some members who have had a little think about taking on Executive Roles for Coffs Harbour Garden Club (CHGC). Two newish members have indicated they are happy to nominate for President and Treasurer. Another member who has been with CHGC for a while but unable to […]