Our September Working Bees

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Saturday Bee:  A warm sunny day and an excited group of gardeners.  There was planting, weeding and wow, did our Garden need a bit of a water.  We started by inducting two new members – Graham and Diane – who while familarising themselves with the Garden picked up rubbish and fallen debris.  Max and Louise tackled weeds in the native garden and on the terraces below.  George and Chris W-S prepared our planter boxes and then planted some New Guinea Impatiens to replace the ones that suffered lack of rain and brush turkey attacks.  Rocks were placed in the boxes as a deterrent to further digging.  The flowers were donated by our friends of Bunnings Balgowlah. Meanwhile, Chris M took advantage of a leak in our hose by using the spray to water the rosemary surround the War Memorial.  George carried on watering other parched plants in the Garden.  Ian, our Council Gardener, weeded, removed dead foliage and also installed barriers of stone to foil recent attempts at turning parts of our Garden into a mountain bike trail – a necessity because the area was eroded and a large number of plants had been destroyed.  We stopped work early as the heat had intensified and we joined Anne, today’s Receptionist, in the cooler Scout Hall for lamingtons, a cuppa and a chat.  Well done team.

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Wednesday Bee:   What a difference a couple of days make – a parched Garden on Saturday, a luscious greening after a drenching awaited our team today.   After signing in we split into teams:  Tony and Lois checking tree locations for the upcoming tree labelling project.  Chris M, Working Bee Supervisor, assisted amongst the other tasks he took on.  George and Chris M could be found in the garden beds around the bowling club.  After the rain there was a lot of debris in the gutters and on some of the plants that needed clearing.  After her Working Bee Receptionist training with Ishbel, Lee pruned one of the overgrown garden beds in the sensory garden.  We then settled into the Scout Hall for a well-earned cuppa.