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PRESIDENT Marcia Bonham e: [email protected] p: 6337 1117 VICE PRESIDENT Gillian Baldwin e: [email protected] p: 6332 1583 SECRETARY Lyn Burgett e: [email protected] p: 6331 9170 TREASURER Joanna McLachlan e: [email protected] p: 6337 3810 a: ‘Bandoola’, 1566 Orange Road Bathurst 2795 PUBLICITY OFFICER Val Fenn e: [email protected] p: 6337 1509 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Bev Wodrow e: [email protected] p: 6337 5030 STATE COUNCIL DELEGATE Merle Thompson e: [email protected] PLANT STEWARD Sue Wakefield e: [email protected] p: 6337 4853 m: 0429 789 487 LIBRARIAN Val Fenn e: [email protected] p: 6337 1509 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Donna Rath e: [email protected] p: 6336 9091 Fiona Johnson e: [email protected] p: 6368 5965 Vivienne Sutherland e: [email protected] p: 6331 9928 CENTRAL WEST GROUP-NEWSLETTER VOL.16 NO.7 President’s Comment SEPTEMBER 2011 P.S. The next committee meeting is on Wednesday, September 14, 12 noon at Bathurst City Panthers Bowling Club, all members are welcome! M ar c i a WELL, WE DID IT! A nd what’s more we had a great time doing it! With a great deal of cooking, making soups, packing our cars to the hilt, and heaps of laughter, we managed to do our share of catering for about 150 people, for morn- ing tea and lunch on the Saturday of the Get-Together at Burrendong Arboretum. All the preliminary work, setting up of marquees, gas cookers, electricity, etc and Sunday’s food was somehow ac- complished by the Friends of Burrendong and Burrendong Trust. The weather was just right, speeches were minimal, people were friendly, and the Arboretum was showing off its beauty and plant variety for all to see. We all worked hard on the Saturday, but were also able to go for walks, bus rides around the Arboretum and to lectures from Angus Stewart, of the Gardening Australia team. Personally I learnt a lot about pruning native plants, and also came home with some tube stock from the plant nursery. I must make special mention of Val and Colin Fenn. Colin donated a stone plaque with a Banksia in the centre, and everyone wanted to win it in the raffle. Consequently we were able to donate $450 to Burren- dong Trust, to continue in the upkeep of this wonderful area. Also, a special mention to Carmel Spark, who was one of the main organisers of the whole thing. Many thanks to all our members, who work so well together, and who have so much fun along the way. They are just the best! Next year the Get-Together will be at Sydney’s North Shore, so no doubt there will be wonderful walks along the foreshores, and visits to special places. Watch this newsletter! Marcia with Hazel Althofer
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PRESIDENT Marcia Bonhame: [email protected]: 6337 1117
VICE PRESIDENT Gillian Baldwine: [email protected]: 6332 1583
SECRETARY Lyn Burgette: [email protected]: 6331 9170
TREASURER Joanna McLachlane: [email protected]: 6337 3810a: ‘Bandoola’, 1566 Orange Road Bathurst 2795
PUBLICITY OFFICER Val Fenne: [email protected]: 6337 1509
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Bev Wodrowe: [email protected]: 6337 5030
STATE COUNCIL DELEGATE Merle Thompsone: [email protected]
PLANT STEWARD Sue Wakefi elde: [email protected]: 6337 4853 m: 0429 789 487
LIBRARIAN Val Fenne: [email protected]: 6337 1509
COMMITTEE MEMBERSDonna Rathe: [email protected]: 6336 9091
Fiona Johnsone: [email protected]: 6368 5965
Vivienne Sutherlande: [email protected]: 6331 9928
CENTRAL WEST GROUP-NEWSLETTER VOL.16 NO.7
President’s CommentSEPTEMBER 2011
P.S. The next committee meeting is on Wednesday, September 14, 12 noon at Bathurst City Panthers Bowling Club, all members are welcome!
Marcia
WELL, WE DID IT!
And what’s more we had a great time doing it!
With a great deal of cooking, making soups, packing our cars to the hilt, and heaps of laughter, we managed to do our share of catering for about 150 people, for morn-ing tea and lunch on the Saturday of the Get-Together at Burrendong Arboretum.All the preliminary work, setting up of marquees, gas cookers, electricity, etc and Sunday’s food was somehow ac-complished by the Friends of Burrendong and Burrendong Trust. The weather was just right, speeches were minimal, people were friendly, and the Arboretum was showing off its beauty and plant variety for all to see.We all worked hard on the Saturday, but were also able to go for walks, bus rides around the Arboretum and to lectures from Angus Stewart, of the Gardening Australia team. Personally I learnt a lot about pruning native plants, and also came home with some tube stock from the plant nursery.I must make special mention of Val and Colin Fenn. Colin donated a stone plaque with a Banksia in the centre, and everyone wanted to win it in the raffl e. Consequently we were able to donate $450 to Burren-dong Trust, to continue in the upkeep of this wonderful area. Also, a special mention to Carmel Spark, who was one of the main organisers of the whole thing. Many thanks to all our members, who work so well together, and who have so much fun along the way. They are just the best!
Next year the Get-Together will be at Sydney’s North Shore, so no doubt there will be wonderful walks along the foreshores, and visits to special places. Watch this newsletter!
Marcia with Hazel Althofer
In the line at the supermarket, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman
apologized to her and explained, “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.”
The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. The former generation did not care enough to save our environment.”
She was right, that generation didn’t have the green thing in its day.
Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soft drink bottles and beer bottles to the shop. The shop sent them back to the factory to be washed and sterilized and refi lled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. They were recycled.
But they didn’t have the green thing back in that customer’s day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every store and offi ce building. They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.
But she was right. They didn’t have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby’s nappies because they didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in a 220 volt energy gobbling machine - wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that old lady is right; they didn’t have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a cricket pitch. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn’t have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. They didn’t have air conditioning or electric stoves with self cleaning ovens. They didn’t have battery operated toys, computers, or telephones.
Back then, they didn’t fi re up an engine and burn fuel just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They used hand operated clippers to trim the shrubs. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she’s right; they didn’t have the green thing back then.
They drank from a glass fi lled from the tap when they were thirsty instead of using a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refi lled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But they didn’t have the green thing back then.
Back then, people walked or took the bus and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appli-ances. And they didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to fi nd the nearest pizza joint.
But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful the old folks were just because they didn’t have the green thing back then? Anonymous
The Green Thing
Banksia ericifolia HEATH BANKSIAA large shrub or small tree, 2-7m high with a short slender trunk and compact crown, often with branches near ground level. Bark is grey-brown, smooth and scaly with small rough patches on the main trunk and larger branches. Mature leaves are crowded, narrow lanceolate to linear with notched tips, 1-2cm long and 2-3mm wide, dark green above and silvery below with curved back margins. Flowers are orange-red, small and tubular with long, wiry, hooked, protruding styles when released, arranged in cylindrical upright spikes, 10-30cm long and 4-6 cm diameter. Fruits are long and narrow woody cylindrical cones with numer-ous brown protruding follicles containing usually 2 fl at winged seeds, retained after maturity. Flowering in winter and spring. Habitat. Widespread and common on sandy soils of coastal heaths and scrubs in NSW. Family. Proteaceae
Photo by: Manuela Giovenco in Marcia’s habitat garden Bondura
BILS SENSORY GARDEN WORKING BEESeptember 24, commencing 8:30am 369 Stewart Street, Bathurst (on the Blayney Road).
Central West District Group members are invited to support a new garden in Bathurst that gives us an opportunity to display small and attractive native plants in a public setting. The garden is in the grounds of Bathurst Independent Living Skills (BILS), a disability services provider that assists users to develop skills needed to work towards their goals, increase their independence, and participate as valued and active members of the community. Please contact Lyn Burgett for more information on 6331 9170.
CENTRAL WEST GROUP-NEWSLETTER SEPT 2011
Have you heard?NurseriesBilby Blooms of BinnawayBy appointment only, recent plant list availableNative plants for gardens & revegetation projectsContact: Annabelle or AnthonyT: 02 6844 1044E: [email protected]
Blue Wren Bush FarmWattle FlatInclude local seed salesContact: Geoffrey WindsorT: 02 6337 7155
Glenbrook Native Plant ReserveGreat Western Highway, GlenbrookOpen: 12pm-4pm, Sat, Sun, Wed
Oberon Plateau Farm Trees‘Bennelong’, 539 Mozart Rd. OberonNative tube stock for gardens, windbreaks, wildlife refuges and revegetation
Contact: Clea & John RalphT: 02 6335 8468E: [email protected]
Riverside Nursery171-191 Morrisset St., BathurstWe grow & stock a unique range of acclima-tised roses, trees, shrubs, conifers seedlings and native.Open: Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm Sun, 10am-5pmT: 02 6331 3121
Wombat Gully Native Nursery1729 Coxs Creek Rd. Rylstone 2849We grow trees & shrubs in recycled milk cartons for revegetation projects throughout the district. 10% discountContact: Carmel Spark T: 02 6379 6202E: [email protected]
Have your sayWe would love to hear from youWhy not submit an article, poem or a saying for the next newsletter?Just send your ideas and articles to the news-letter editor.
New membersWe are always pleased to welcome new members. Just contact the treasurer.
THE PLANT SOCIETY LIBRARY is available to members. There is no charge for the use of books. We request that books borrowed be returned in reasonable time. The library can be expected at each outing. Members can contact Val before outings or committee meetings to confi rm the books will be there. (Details on page one) There is a wide range of interesting books. The most detailed and botanically informative are the four volumes of “Flora of New South Wales”. These are invaluable for an enthusi-ast seeking the fi ne points of identifi cation. With these superb volumes, be prepared for detailed botanical language.
From the LibrarianAs seen on TV....The family in CSU Orange water towerLog on to www.gumtreecs.com.au. And be part of a very entertaining family!
10% discount
What’s on for members?Garden visitsMarcia Bonham &Fiona & Rob McgregorSunday, Sept. 25,10:00am
Meet at Marcia’s habitat garden Bon-dura 250 The Bridle Track, Duramana Bring: Picnic Lunch. Light morning & afternoon tea will be provided.Directions: In Bathurst at traffi c lights on cnr Durham and Stewart Sts, take Durham towards Eglinton for 4.5 kms to Rankins Bridge: cross bridge and go straight across roundabout to Hamilton St; at crossroads with Eleven Mile Drive turn left into Wellington St; travel 0.7km and turn right into Duramana Road, (sign also says Bridle Track); Travel 7.7km to Y junction, turn left into Bridle Track; Bondura is 2.5 km further on.
Dates to be marked for your diary
October 15Garden Visit:Lindy & Dennis Croucher
November 27End of year Function: Alexandra & Rod Tuson
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Daffodils at Rydal 201110th/11th September &17th/18th September
The festival celebrates the arrival of spring. Thousands of daffodils have been planted in the parks and gardens of Rydal. Gardens are open from 10am to 4pm. $10 entry fee covers all gar-dens and musical events. Refreshments are available in the village.
Contact Lindsay on (02) 6359 3237 or (02) 9416 1153 or Helen on (02) 6355 636 . Email [email protected].
