WORLD RETINA DAY 2008

Saturday, 27th September 2008

Please BUY an OWL BADGE for $2.00 or a MINI TORCH for $4.00
They are available from:
HCF BRANCHES (throughout September)
PARTICIPATING OPTOMETRISTS

OR PLEASE BUY SOME BEAUTIFUL YATES COSMOS ‘BRIGHT EYES’ SEEDS AVAILABLE AT ALL YATES SEED OUTLETS - 40 cents from every packet of Cosmos ‘Bright Eyes’ goes to Retina Australia

For more info click here.

NSW

Sept 11-14, Flora Festival
Don Burke will be at the Burke’s Backyard magazine stand at the Australian Springtime Flora Festival at Mt Penang Parklands, Kariong near Gosford. With over 300 exhibitors, this is one of Australia’s best garden events; phone (02) 4343 4444 or visit www.florafestival.com.au

Sept 18, Photo opportunity
Grab your camera and explore the five hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens at Everglades, Leura, acquiring photographic tips along the way. The full-day workshop is designed for novice photographers. Bookings essential; phone (02) 4784 1938.

Sept 23, Carnivorous Plants
Greg Bourke of the Australasian Carnivorous Plants Society will introduce you to the world of carnivorous plants in Maiden Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Greg will also have a display of carnivorous plants with some plants for sale. Bookings essential; phone (02) 9231 8182.

Sept 28, Garden Lovers Fair
The Garden Lover’s Fair is being held at Berry Showground, Berry, on the South Coast. There will be 80 stalls with garden-related products from specialist nurseries to quality tools, books, water tanks and lots more; phone (02) 4422 4118 or visit www.gardenloversfair.org

ACT

Sept 13-Oct 12, Floriade
Floriade in Commonwealth Park, Canberra is a stunning display of over a million blooms. This year’s theme is ‘Films that Shaped our Nation’. For more information, phone 1300 554 114 or visit www.floriadeaustralia.com

VIC

Sept 5-7, Daffodils
Daffodil Festival and Australian National Daffodil Championships at Memorial Hall, McCartin Street, Leongatha; phone (03) 5664 9238.

Sept 11-Oct 8, Spring bulbs
See more than a million spring flowering bulbs, 65 varieties of tulips, people dressed in Dutch costume, great food, daily entertainment and special events at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival at 357 Monbulk Rd, Silvan; for more details, visit www.tulipfestival.com.au

Sept 22-Oct 5, Wildflowers
Celebrate the beauty of Australian flora at the Wildflower Festival at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, cnr Ballao Road and Botanic Drive, Cranbourne; phone (03) 5990 2245.

Sept 20-21, Anglesea Wildflowers
ANGAIR Inc will hold its 39th Annual Wildflower & Art Show in the Memorial Hall, McMillan St.and Senior Citizens Rooms, Anglesea. The Show will feature beautiful indigenous flowers, including terrestrial orchids of the Anglesea region. There will be Australian native garden plants, environmental displays, crafts and children’s activities.

Sept 27-28, Orchids
The Maroondah Orchid Society Spring Show will be in Beaumont Hall, Blackburn High School, Cnr Williams and Springfield Rds, Blackburn; phone (03) 9802 1760.

QLD

Sept 19-28, Carnival of Flowers
The colourful Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is on again. It features flowers and food, wine, music and mulch; phone 1800 33 11 55 or visit www.thecarnivalofflowers.com.au

Sept 20-21, Roses
Gold Coast Rose Society Show at the Robina Community Centre, Robina. Hundreds of champion roses on display, fabulous floral art; phone (07) 5522 7134.

Sept 20-21, Orchids
See the exotic and the bizarre at East Dist Orchid Society Spring Show at Wondall Rd, Manly West; phone (07) 3822 2658.

WA

Sept 13-14, Orchids
The Mandurah Orchid Club Spring show is at the Masonic Hall, Rockingham; phone (08) 9593 2057.

SA

Sept 21, Plant Sale
Find that elusive plant at the sale at Adelaide Botanic Garden, in front of North Lodge, Plane Tree Drive; phone (08) 8222 9246.

TAS

Sept 12-14, Hobart spring show
The Hobart Horticultural Society Inc. Spring Flower Spectacular is in Hobart City Hall, Macquarie St, Hobart. This year’s show will incorporate the Daffodil, Camellia and Floral Art Show, as well as displays, products for sale and expert information; phone (03) 6244 3825.

Sept 20-21, Launceston spring show
Launceston’s Spring Show will feature daffodils, camellias, cut flowers, fruit and vegetables. It’s in the St Ailbes Hall, Margaret St, Launceston.

OPEN GARDENS

NSW

Sept 13-14, 20-21 Rydal
Daffodils at Rydal 2008 is a unique opportunity to see thousands of daffodils in a beautiful country setting about 15km from Lithgow. Many beautiful gardens are open; phone 1300 76 02 76 or visit www.tourism.lithgow.com/daffodils/

Sept 13-14, Galston
The Golden Wheel Buddhist Open Garden is at 405 Galston Road, Galston. See the beautiful peach blossoms, bonsai and succulents and koi in the specially designed pond; phone (02) 9653 1864 or 0411 285 203 for details.

Sept 21 & 28, Newcastle
Hartley Hill Homestead, 12 Knight St, Cardiff South, Newcastle. See 1.5 hectares of native and cottage gardens surrounded by natural bushland. Enquiries, phone 0411 422 943.

Sept 25-Oct 8, Bowral
Tulip Time will showcase a spectacular display of over 100,000 tulips and 25,000 annuals in Corbett Gardens, Bowral and some of the best private gardens in Australia; phone (02) 4871 2888.

ACT

Sept 13-Oct 12, near Canberra
Tulip Top Gardens is just 15 minutes from Canberra on the Federal Highway. This 4 hectare garden displays half a million tulips, daffodils, and hundreds of blossom trees with a cascading waterfall and watercourse; phone (02) 6230 3077 or visit www.tuliptopgardens.com.au

VIC

Sept 5-7, Leongatha
Visit open gardens at Leongatha as part of the Daffodil Festival; phone (03) 5664 9238 for details.

OPEN GARDEN SCHEME

The following gardens are open with Australia’s Open Garden Scheme for further information, visit www.opengarden.org.au

NSW

Sept 6-7, Mount Colah
Kristy’s garden, 26 Kuring-gai Chase Road, Mount Colah , won the ‘Best residential garden (over 1000 sqm)’ in the Hornsby Shire Garden Competition part of AOGS.

Sept 13-14, Murrumbateman
Redbrow Gardens, 1143 Nanima Rd, Murrumbateman. The spring-fed Redbrow lagoon, remnant eucalypt forest and thriving wetland enclose a large country garden where strawberries, currants, blueberries, gooseberries and fruit trees flourish.

Sept 20-21, Frenchs Forest
Alana’s Garden, 90 Bantry Bay Rd, Frenchs Forest. Lawns, pathways and a swimming pool are surrounded by plants in informal garden beds which features hedges, topiary, vegetables roses and a tropical area.

Sept 24-25, Scone & Moree
Visit a significant local garden in Scone on Sept 24, and then in Moree on Sept 25 with Fiona Ogilvie and share her wisdom on country gardening. Bookings essential; phone (02) 6734 4260 or visit www.opengarden.org.au

Sept 27-28, Inverell
Tillabudgery, 614 Old Bundarra Rd, Inverell. This native garden has been landscaped to take best advantage of site, contours, granite boulders and sweeping bushland views.

QLD

Sept 6-7, Mt Nathan
Fallen Leaves, 89 Trentbridge Crt, Nathan Forest Estate, Mt Nathan, is a young garden where bougainvillea are stars among an extensive plant collection.

NT

Sept 6-7, Darwin
Our Selection, 4 Ferntree St, Nightcliff, Darwin, is a large and lush tropical garden with pebbled tracks and a boardwalk linking garden areas filled with gingers, orchids and bromeliads.

SA

Sept 20-21, Seppeltsfield
At House Number Two at Seppeltsfield, Seppeltsfield Rd, Seppeltsfield, natives create a cottage garden feel while the rear garden has a productive purpose with chooks and raised vegetable beds.

TAS

Sept 7, Gordon
Greenslade, 4685 Channel Hwy, Gordon. This pretty, romantic country garden overlooks D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island. It features massed displays of spring bulbs beneath flowering fruit trees, wonderful exotics, a charming lake and an arbour.

VIC

Sept 13-14, Wattle Glen
Sam Cox’s Garden, 12 Lorimer Rd, Wattle Glen. Garden designer Sam Cox’s own natural-style garden of endemic species, other more traditional garden natives, and his signature rock outcrops.

WA

Sept 6-7, Cottesloe
Anna Chandler’s Garden, 6 Andrews Place, Cottesloe. Step through a driftwood arch into a superbly designed seaside garden with a strong Mediterranean influence.

On sale

Monday, September 22 – the October issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine – our 10th Birthday issue – goes on sale at newsagents, supermarkets and other leading retail outlets.

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