MANY PEOPLE, WITH MANY GARDENS, ARE GROWING NATIVE FLOWERS IN ECHUCA.
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To celebrate this the Australian Plants Society, Echuca is holding its annual native flower showcase.
“The showcase is an event where we display plants and flowers that have grown in our gardens, from our members’ gardens,” Australian Plants Society Echuca president Sue Robertson said.
“Last year we had over 300 different specimens, there were 300 different flowers of all sorts of different native plants that you can grow in the area.”
A member of the chapter will have a display of their paintings of native flowers.
“We are hoping to have someone doing basket weaving, she was there last year and she does a magnificent job,” Sue said.
“We have a display of grassland grasses and a few plants and flowers that grow in the grasslands, out towards Mt Terrick.
“When you have native flowers in the garden, it attracts native bees, which are good pollinators for all different types of plants.
“It is really important to grow our native plants for our wildlife and habitat for things like frogs and lizards.
Photo by
Steve Huntley
“We would like people to come along to see what is able to be grown in the gardens and encourage people to grow native plants.”
Entry to the showcase is $5 which includes a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit.
There will be four nurseries in attendance, if you need to take plants home.
Australian Plants Society, Echuca Moama Native Flower showcase, will be held at Echuca Masonic Lodge, 426 High St, Echuca on Saturday, October 7 from 9am to 4pm.
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