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Save the Date!

9/9/2018

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With spring in the air and warmer weather around the corner, it's an excellent time to visit Williamstown Botanical Gardens and be inspired to enter our bi-annual art competition, 'Paint the Gardens' which will be happening on Sunday 28th April 2019

The competition will be open with the theme based around our gardens. Standby for entry details. 

Why not bring along a sketchpad and your preferred art medium to capture the beauty of the gardens. It's a lovely way to spend the day! 
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Garden Book Talk

30/7/2018

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There is a whole lot more to a garden book than pictures of plants, descriptions of pests and information on soils and pH. Garden books can be about the world of gardens, inventions, travel and poetry. They can be sexy, scary, highly entertaining and deeply thought-provoking. Following Helen Page’s very popular presentation on garden books last year, we invite you and your friends to an encore and a further peek into her library. Helen says she has read several wonderful new books this year on gardens, trees, plant collecting, biographies and more, which she is looking forward to sharing with you.
Don’t forget to bring along your own favourite garden book to share with the group.

7.30pm, Monday 6th August 2018
Williamstown Croquet Club
104 Victoria Street, Williamstown
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BGANZ Botanic Gardens Open Day

22/5/2018

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Get arty with us this Sunday 27 May as part of Bganz Botanic Gardens Day - 11.00am to 3.00pm. Young ones and the young at heart can design a beautiful collage garden, stay on to enjoy the Reading Corner and listen in when storytellers Jackie Kerin and Sarah Depasquale weave their magic with “The Amazing Case of Dr Ward” at 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Free, no bookings required. Just rug up and come along! Please share!#bganz #botanicgardensday2018
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The Magic of Spring

10/10/2017

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Our hard work on a cold winter day has brought the magic of Spring to the gardens! Visitors have been delighted at the wonderful sight along our avenue of elms with a beautiful burst of colour from the many daffodils, jonquils and bluebells planted that day. 

Thank you to everyone who was part of this special display. There are many ways we can become more involved with our gardens. You can join the Raking Team on Friday mornings, help set-up the Reading Corner during school holidays, come along on outings to other botanical gardens and other activities planned over the warmer months. If you're not a member, why not join and stay in the loop for more opportunities to contribute to our gardens.

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Talk - Dry Stone Walls

4/8/2017

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Our next General Meeting on Monday 7th August is a joint meeting with the Inner West Branch of the National Trust Victoria. It will feature a talk by Raylene Marshall, curator of 'a stone upon a stone', about Victoria's significant dry stone walls. Dry stone walls were used not only for fencing and walls as a result of land clearing but also by indigenous people for fish and eel traps. Find out more about these intriguing structures we take for granted on our rural landscapes.
Check your emails for details from Lindy. If you're not a member, please leave a comment below. Maybe consider becoming a member! 
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Time to get painting!

7/3/2017

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Calling all artists and photographers!
Our bi-annual art competition, Paint the Gardens, returns to the gardens on Saturday, 22nd April. We expect to have many entries so make sure you register your work early to avoid missing out. The theme is Williamstown Gardens and Environs so show us what you love about our gardens and surrounding area.

Details and information about how to register can be found here.
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Santa's schedule!

4/12/2016

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Top secret! We have Santa's schedule for Hobsons Bay and he's visiting our gardens on Wednesday!!!  Put on your Christmas cheer and join in the festive fun. Enjoy stories, songs, a craft and meet a very jolly visitor!

Wednesday 7 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Williamstown Botanic Gardens

Monday 12 December
6.30pm to 7.15pm
Santa and The Bookends concert
Logan Reserve, Altona

Tuesday 13 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona North Community Library

Wednesday 14 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona Meadows Library and Learning Centre

Thursday 15 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona Library

Friday 16 December 
9.30am to 10.15am 
Newport Community Hub

Saturday 17 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Williamstown Library

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Reading Corner Volunteers

5/9/2016

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The Reading Corner has been hibernating over winter but now it's time to get it going again. We rely on our very generous volunteers to set up and pack the items away. Without our volunteers, this amazing and appreciated activity would not be able to happen.
If you'd like to get involved, please contact Carol (0411042511) or carol @ challispalace.com and you can be on our roster for Spring.
Get in early for the dates that suit you.
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Winter Reading

15/7/2016

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Friends maybe interested in reading an article about Urban Tree Management - Strategies for Climate Change by Greg Moore, University of Melbourne, Burnley College in July's issue of Botanic Gardener.
​Here is a link to it.

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Open Botanic Gardens Day - Sunday 29th May

24/5/2016

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​On Sunday 29th May, our Gardens, which is one of Victoria’s earliest and most intact botanic gardens, will celebrate the Australia and New Zealand wide inaugural Botanic Gardens Open Day with mini tours of the Gardens at 11am and 2pm, an historical display of the Gardens and children’s activities such as a nature table, Nature I Spy and our ever popular reading corner. 

Invite your family and friends to bring a picnic lunch and a comfy chair to join us amongst our majestic Washington Palms, Moreton Bay Figs and Aleppo Pine from 10.30am to 3pm.

We would love to hear from you if you can help out on the day and/or contribute cupcakes for morning tea. 

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