Some pictures from our Dahlia Show

Top left. Rae Wiessel Champion Novice Floral

Art. First time exhibitor.

Bottom Left. Kelvin Smith playing the piano in

the background.

Hobart Horticultural Society Inc

From the President,

Hello everyone in our very strange times! I do hope

you all keep safe and well.

For the protection of our HH Society and its members and following Government guidelines

all Society Committee and Section meetings are cancelled until further notice. We will re

assess the situation at the end of April but I suspect meetings may be cancelled during May as

well.

Thank you to all who participated in our Dahlia and Floral Art show at the Town Hall. How

lucky were we to even be able to hold it! Sadly the Section’s show at Sandy Bay could not go

ahead but I am sure all their hard work will come to fruition next year. Congratulations to Brian

and Karol Smith with their wonderful winning exhibits - full results will be published in the

next Journal (May).

Raffle prizes were won by Diane (08343), Helen Lindsay (08299) and Norma Gordon (08274).

The show was enhanced by pianists of varying ages who entertained us while raising money

for ‘Madame Butterflies’ Relay Team (Cancer Council of Tasmania) Thank you all.

Easy Apple Cake

1. In a bowl, melt 125 gr butter in microwave, add

half cup cater sugar,

2. Stir into butter mixture 1 cup SR flour, 1 egg, mix

with fork.

3. Pour half the batter into a small round tin. Slice 2

cooking apples finely and place over mixture in

layers. Sprinkle brown sugar and /or sultanas or

lemon zest on top

4. Place dobs of remaining mixture on apple. Bake 45

mins at 180 degrees.

While hot drizzle lemon icing over cake if desire

(Peg Monaghan award cut flowers)

Winner Carol Mackey

A Dried Daisy.

I was once a daisy

But now I have been dried

I do not even have my stem

But wire stuck inside

I once smelled like a daisy

But now my perfumes gone,

For I’ve been sprayed with hair spray,

To keep my petals on.

Once I stook on fine brown earth,

I’m now in plasticine,

I think what they do with flowers

Is really very mean.

Rosemary Slade.

I have found this poem again.

I do not feel sorry for the daisy as its

beauty has been preserved to be enjoyed

for many years by many people.

We are currently going through tough

times but I feel the natural beauty of the

world will be preserved to be enjoyed

forever. We can help to keep it that way.

Stay Safe.

Helen Lindsay.

SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO IN YOUR GARDEN in APRIL

1. Plan a new project – walls, steps, paths, ponds and water features.

2. Read gardening books, old and new

3. Plant all bulbs and feed with potash

4. Do you grow peonies? Note well; feed on Anzac day or close to it with their year’s

supply of fertiliser: Spread very generous handfuls of lime, blood and bone and

potash mixed together.

5. Feed bearded iris with complete fertiliser

6. Check potted plants and generally tidy up. Resist the temptation to prune roses;

they may look messy but better to wait for a good winter pruning.

7. Vege Garden: Harvest last tomatoes, corn, chillies, zucchini and apples.

Plant garlic, brassicas, kale, winter lettuce and silver beet and broad beans. Dig in

dwarf beans, add a green manure crop, prepare soil with compost for later plantings.

Remove dead raspberry canes that have fruited and bundle new canes together.

Mary Crowe.

It is a wonderful time to do

things together in your own

garden, practising distancing.

We are allowed one visitor at

a time.

Stay Calm.

Stay Safe.

Margaret May

sent a photo of her revamp of a tired garden bed and replace tubs all were suffering after the drought and new wood chip mulch

AS more people spend their days at home, gardening is fast becoming the activity of

choice to maintain mental health. Isolation coupled with recent job losses created problems for mental health. Nurseries are fast selling out of herbs, citrus, blueberries and seedlings. Let us know how you are spending your time and achievements. Send in a picture of your ideas, and achievements. Before and after pictures, maybe do a flower arrangement. Send them to hobarthortsociety@gmail.com Or facebook Hobart Horticultural Society.

Anthony Weeding.

In 1980, The Oregon Bulb Farm released a strain of pendant Asiatic called 'Harlequin Strain'. A

beautiful, dainty, slightly holographic floret, carrying 20-30 blooms in a Christmas tree effect. Colours

in the strain ranged, from red, peach, orange, pink, yellow & white, with unique fine peppered

spotting, throughout the face of the bloom. That was 40 years ago, & in that time, the strain has

disappeared, throughout America. As luck would have it , the strain still exists in large quantity, here

in Tasmania & has been used for breeding, by a small group of Lilium growers. Scott Bell & myself ,

took it upon ourselves to do same colour inter crosses this year, with the aim of replenishing The

United States growers ,with interest from Ireland & England as well. The seed harvest is not over here

yet, but I already have about 5-600 seed count to send to growers . It feels good to be able to

bring back such a flower of beauty.