top of page

Our Working Bees in Action

Our recent Working Bees

November:  On Saturday, our volunteers – Phil, Dave, Chris WS, Ian from NBC, Carrie, Tony, Toni, Jane M, Ann, and Chris M – were divided into two teams today.  The Native Garden team tackled much needed weeding alongside both sides of the pathway that included whipper-snipping overgrown grass.  New member Carrie was inducted by Tony and she had no hesitation joining the team with weeding.

Then came the mulch.  Team two worked in the garden around the large fig tree, planting Oyster plants – Acanthus Mollis.  This compact plant has large ruffled evergreen foliage with tall purple and white flowers displaying in summer.  It is a great understory plant that grows in sun or shade so a perfect location for these plants.  And as always, a well-earned cuppa, sweet treat and a sit down to chat.  

Only three volunteers came along to our Wednesday Bee – Lee, Tania and Tony – but wow did they make a dent in the perennial garden alongside the bowling green. 

December:  The last bee of the year and our volunteer gardeners showed up en masse – Lloyd, Tony, Toni, Ann, Jane M, Chris M, Max, Phil, Tania, Chris WS, Dave and not to forget, Scott from NBC – unfortunately, not everyone made it into the photo.  Toni and Max set to work weeding on the terraces.  Phil followed along with mulch.  And a surprise Christmas gift for the Garden – two of Australia’s most iconic plants – Xanthorrhoea (grass trees) destined for the native garden.  Thanks Scott for taking care of the planting and watering.  The rest of the team added more plants to the perennial garden – Alternanthera (Little Red Ruby) and French lavender.  And Tania always has time to answer any questions our members may have.  And then we were done.  After munching on mince tarts of course!

Our Patron

james griffin 2020 logo.png

The Friends of Ivanhoe Park Botanic Garden
meet every other month at an informal social
get-together featuring an interesting speaker.

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Manly Club on Gilbert Park.
Grab a drink or dinner beforehand then join us in The Lounge.
All welcome.

Our next Working Bees will be on:
Saturday, February 15
Wednesday, February 19​

Our next Get-together will be on Tuesday, February 18
Our Guest Speaker will be David Stead with a 
talk highlighting the types of remote sensing technologies used for monitoring and identification of forest conditions

 

We can be contacted by email at 

You can also follow us on Facebook

Our Supporters

NBC logo vsmall.JPG
Plum_Logo_-_PNG (3).png
Bunnings logo.jpg
As seen on
grdening australia logo.jpg
Harbord Diggers logo.JPG
Our Affiliates & Friends
GCA logo.JPG
AAFBG logo.png
GMRF logo.JPG
bottom of page