If you go down to the Gardens today, you'd better go in disguise. If you go down to the Gardens today, you're in for a big surprise! For every bear that ever there was is gathered there for certain because today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic!
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Date: Wednesday, 16th January
Time: 10.30 am
Place: Williamstown Botanic Gardens under the Golden Elm
Address: Cnr of Osborne and Giffard Streets Williamstown
BYO: Picnic, teddy and dress-ups!

This event is brought to you by Hobsons Bay Libraries and the Friends of Williamstown Botanic Gardens.

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! 

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

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.

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! 

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.

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.