Mosman Garden Club Programme of Guest Speakers 2025 Meetings
Tuesday 11 February
(No display table)
AGM and presentation by the wonderful Chris Shale
Tuesday 11 March
Bernard Chapman on Plants for the Shady Garden
Tuesday 8 April
Daniel Rosenbaum on The Art of Container Gardening
Tuesday 13 May
Permaculture Northern Beaches
Tuesday, 10 June
Harvest Education on Natives with Natasha Burrows
July No meeting – winter break
Tuesday, 12 August
Ian Thompson, entomologist from U3A – are the bugs in your garden Friends or Foe ?
Tuesday, 9 September
Mark Massey from Kenthurst’s Mother Earth Nursery on Roses
Tuesday, 14 October
Piret May on A variety of natural pest management methods used by
RBG horts
Tuesday, 11 November
Helen Lovell on what Neutrog’s biological and sustainable products can
do for our gardens
Tuesday, 9 December
(No display table)
Presentation night! for floral comp winners, photo show of members’
gardens or other garden highlights from the year.
Club Competitions Guidelines 2025
For those keen to join in the fun, the Club Competition commences with the March meeting. It’s a good chance to show off your current garden favourites and is also a guide to what does well in Sydney climate and soils, so well worth a look even if you are not exhibiting.
There are five categories of exhibits on the competition table, some of which are further broken down into sub-categories. Category Sub-Category 1. Cut Flowers a. 1 cut b. 3 cuts c. 1 or 3 cuts from a foliage plant
2. Plants in Containers a. Foliage plants and ferns in pots b. Flowering plants in pots
3. Floral Display Seasonal theme: Autumn, Winter, Spring.
4. Fruit and Vegetables a. Fruit/vegetables including citrus (1 unit) b. Bundle of herbs (3 cuts, mixed varieties)
5. Australian Natives This may be flowers, cut foliage or container plants.
Aside from these categories, the club has only 2 rules in respect of exhibiting: 1. Except for Floral Display, the exhibitor must have grown exhibits for at least 3 months. 2. Cut flowers should be displayed in the club’s vases.
Members and judges at meetings are available to help if you are not sure in which category your exhibit fits so please ask if you are uncertain. If exhibiting please locate your name tag from amongst the laminated tags provided and place it face down beside your exhibit in the appropriate category, along with the name of your plant, face up! (Blank slips of paper and pencils are available for this purpose too.) Floral Display may be as simple as a posy of flowers and/or foliage or a more formal design as inspired by the season. Please try to have exhibits ready by 7 pm so that judges are able to complete their job before any presentations start. Each month we award 5 points to the winner in each sub-category, 3 points for second place and 2 points for highly commended. At the end of the year awards are given to exhibitors with the greatest number of points overall.
