A really good site for SEQld Garden news and events is calyx.com.au or seqgardeninginfo.com.
Ian

Here is a link that might be useful: Seqgardeninginfo

Talking of things to see, does anyone have a copy of the Open Garden Scheme, there was a tropical garden in Brisbane that was on ABC Gardening last Friday night and was interested as to when it would be open?
cheers
steve

Another date to put on your calendars if your interested in Frangipani - FrangiFest Conference, 2005. January 28th - Feb 2nd, 2005. Australis Sovereign Resort, Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise. frangipanisocietyofaustralia@hotmail.com
Cheers. KL.

Thanks, everyone for these dates.

Another one is the Ginger Flower Festival in Yandina on 20th to 23rd of January 2005. I hope to be in Brisbane on those dates, so I'm going up for a look. Must resist the urge to buy more plants...

Cheers, Scott

Yes you must resist the urge especially when you see the prices they are asking for some of their gingers and heliconias!

Of course the most important event is on the 20th , 21st November.
Our Open Garden.
As well as opening our Garden my wife will have lots of named Bromeliads, Clivias and lots of other plants for sale.
John and Debbie rom Horganics will be selling Heliconias, Gingers and Costus at the best prices in town.
I will be pushing our opening everywhere I can.
Lots of improvements this year.
Only down side has been the lack of any decent rain which has held a lot of plants back.
Ian

Hi Ian, sounds like I'll be better off timing my trip to Brisbane to coincide with your open garden! I'm itching to see if clivias will grow up here, but even the standard ones are quite expensive, so I'm a bit hesitant. That and the fact that I haven't finished off my other garden beds. One thing at a time... or so I'm told.
Cheers, Scott

Ian, I've got the weekend of the 20-21st circled in red!
I'm hoping nothing this year is going to happen!
Seeya (I hope)
Annie

The tropical garden in Brisbane that was on ABC Gardening several weeks ago was the garden of Mark Vowles & Fairlie Kerr - Tropical Spice 6 Simon St, Deception Bay open March 12-13 10am 4.30pm $5.00

Graham & Ann Humphrey's garden at 55 Gloucester Cr. Bray Park is on the same weekend and it is a truly beautiful tropical garden. I missed it this year but I will be going next year.

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There is a third garden open through the Australian Open Garden Scheme on the weekend of 12th and 13th March 2005 at 30 Carmela Cres Morayfield. I am really looking forward to seeing it for the first time and revisiting the Humphrey's garden.