Growing food,  Floral bounty for your home, Learning and sharing in Gardens

The Cokers have a delightful, gorgeous and productive garden at West Melton. (Open to the public) A how-to guide where there will be time to ask questions. Sowing, continuous harvest, pests and diseases. Working with nature to eat joyfully. Free seeds for attendees.

Saturday 3.15pm  Tod Lounge  

Secret Gardens offers a diverse collection of gardens to be explored including urban food forests and vegetable gardens, boutique sustainable flower farms, lifestyle properties and established country gardens. A talk for those who would like to learn more about gardening and visiting rarely-seen properties.

Sunday 1.15pm  Tod Lounge

Learn how to make a strong and beautiful twine, which we will then transform into a wreath. . The twine-making techniques originate from the UK/Europe. We will be using tī kōuka/cabbage tree leaves in this workshop. Face masks are required for this workshop

Sunday 1 - 3.00pm Foyer North or Tod Lounge

Canterbury Floral Designers. Using cunning tips and devices, Shirley and Patricia will show you how to create a work of art you can create yourself for your home every week of the year. Foraging and just one or two blooms are all you need.

Saturday 4.00pm Habgood Lounge

The Japanese word Kokedama roughly translates to Moss Ball. A Kokedama is when the roots and soil of a plant are contained by a layer of moss like Sphagnum Moss, instead of a pot

Sunday 2.15pm Tod Lounge

Minimal cost, book on Eventbrite to be sure of getting your tools done while you wait. If places are available there is no booking required.

All Day.  Buy ticket  $9.14 ($8 + $1.14)

Bring your tools to the Expo and while you shop and learn, have them expertly taken apart, cleaned, sharpened and set.

All Day    Buy ticket $15

Joe has embraced crevice gardening as way to greatly increase your gardening real estate (by creating topography) and to have a low maintenance garden. Learn how to set up a pleasing and effective crevice garden. 

All weekend demonstration. Main Hall

Perennials by Design. Beginning Gardening.  Alpines, troughs and pots. Bulb bulking, Success with seed. Japanese Pruning. Easy Cactus Grafting. Rhododendron care, selection. Q & A with Michael Coulter and more...

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