2025 SYLLABUS
8 February - 11Am - Seed Exchange - Seed sorting day
Please join us to help sort and clean seed for our annual seed exchange.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda
22 February - 2Pm - Buy, Swap, Sell
A fundraising event for the AGSVG. Non-members welcome!
Stall holders will include members offering bulbs, seed and plants from their personal collections.
Surplus seed from the AGSVG Seed Exchange will be available.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda
22 March - 12PM to 4PM - TROUGH MAKING WORKSHOP
Learn how to make your own trough at our hands-on workshop.
26 April - 7pm - Autumn Bulbs in the Peloponnese.
Zoom only. Speaker Razvan Chisu.
There will no one in attendance at the Olinda Hall.
24 May - 4pm - THE Paraiso of Central CHILE
Connor Smith and Luca Magi.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda.
Zoom also available.
28 June - 2pm - Creating a beautiful Crevice Garden
Paul Spriggs (by zoom).
Rock and Crevice gardens, when done well, can achieve a level of artistry that is unparalleled in any other type of garden. In this talk, Canadian Crevice Garden builder and author Paul Spriggs will have a close look at the practical and artistic design details that need to come together in order to build the most beautiful crevice gardens possible.
There will be no one in attendance at the Olinda Hall.
26 July - 2pm - What is a Bulb?
Jill Weatherhead. Bulbs, corms, tubers – what are the differences and why do they matter? Come along and Jill will enlighten us!
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda. Zoom also available.
23 August - 10.30 am to 4 pm - Inaugural Winter Show and conference
See Home page for more details.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda.
27 September - 2pm - Cuttings workshop
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda. Zoom also available.
18 October - 7pm - AGM and talk - The AZORES and MAdeira
Our AGM will be held at 7.00pm, followed by a talk from Stephen Ryan on The Azores and Madeira.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda. Zoom also available.
22 November - 2pm - Botanising in ARMENIA
Joint meeting with The Ferny Creek Horticultural Society.
Speaker Di Barry.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda. Zoom also available.
13 December - 2pm - Bunfight & Christmas Nibbles
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda.