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Photographic Competition

Photograph a magical moment in any
Botanic Garden in Australia
Entries close 10 December 2010

Submit digital photographs online that capture plants, people or a special place taken in a favourite Australian Botanic Garden.

The Gardens in Focus competition is open to photographers young and old - amateur, student and professional

Over $12000 worth of prizes to be won 9 Categories

Entry fee is $6 per photo
There is no limit to how many times you can enter

Winning photos will be showcased in a major Botanic Gardens Exhibition

PIC of the MONTH
Every month the best photos from different categories will be showcased in the Gallery on the Gardens in Focus website

Every capital city and many country towns have a Botanic Garden. Photographs should aim to capture the essence of the Botanic Garden - what makes it unique and special

FOR FULL COMPETITION DETAILS GO TO
WEB gardensinfocus.com.au

This competition is being run on behalf of the Friends of The Gardens

GARDEN SHOWS NEW SOUTH WALES

October 8-10
SOUTHERN ORCHID SPECTACULAR 2010

A stunning massed display of exotic orchids. Plenty of orchids and orchid-related products. "Sharkies" Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club, 461 Captain Cook Drive, Cronulla. Adults $5, children under 15 years free.

Friday 8th - Sunday 10th October
9.30 am - 4 pm Friday and Saturday, 9.30 am to 3.00 pm Sunday

FUCHSIA SHOWS

Third Fuchsia Fair
Saturday 23rd October 2010
?ÄúTarella?Äù 99 Blaxland Road Wentworth Falls
from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Hundreds of named Fuchsias for sale/ Open Historic House and Garden Exhibition of Fuchsia plants and Blooms Expert advice Teas & lunches available
Entry $5 to Fair, house & garden



Fifth Fuchsia Festival
20th November 2010 at Springwood Sports Club
83 Macquarie Rd.
Springwood www.springwoodsports.com.au
Close to transport, galleries, shops & cafes
9:30am to 1:30pm
Hundreds of named Fuchsias and ready to hang baskets for sale Workshops/ Plant and Blooms Exhibition/ expert advice/ morning tea available/ off street parking Entry $3

WINTER EVENTS - June, July, August 2010

Bookings essential: Tel 02 9231 8182 or friends@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

JULY

Macquarie 2010 Bicentenary Commemorations
From Governor's Demesne to Public Domain - a Walk in the Domain
Meet at the Friends' Cottage
Friday 16 July, 10 am - 12 noon (approx.)

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his contribution to the development of the Domain, Volunteer Guides Flora Deverall and Jim Nicol will lead a walk to re-live the history of this surviving link with the beginning of European settlement in Eastern Australia. The walk will encompass plantings, statues, shrines and sculptures. Beginning in the Gardens with remnants from the Macquarie era the tour will take in Speakers' Corner, the BurnsGarden, the Palm Grove, Hospital Road, and the recent Sound Wall plantings. The walk will conclude at the State Library of NSW where participants may choose to view the exhibition:The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821. Wear sensible walking shoes and weather protection.
$18, Members $12, includes morning tea on the Friends' Terrace at 10 am
Bookings essential: Tel 02 9231 8182 or friends@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

AUGUST

National Tree Day They all ran wild!
Managing invasive African Olive
Sunday 1 August, 10.30 am - 12 noon
Bottlebrush Room Mount Annan Botanic Garden

For a different spin on National Tree Day, Peter Cuneo, Manager-Natural Heritage at Mount AnnanBotanic Garden, will speak about the origins and ecology of the highly invasive African Olive and the program for controlling it and preserving the precious native woodlands. African Olive was introduced as a hedging plant during the mid 1800's and is now a serious environmental weed throughout western Sydney. The Friends have generously supported the African Olive control program at Mount Annan.
$18, Members $12, includes morning tea at 10.30 am
Bookings essential: Tel 02 9231 8182 or friends@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

First Impressions: Three Botanic Gardens in Southern China
Friday 6 August, 10.30 am - 12 noon

Maiden Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Since becoming Executive Director of the Botanic Gardens Trust six years ago, Dr Tim Entwisle has been invited to participate in celebrations, meetings, workshops and reviews at three of the larger botanic gardens in China. Explore with Tim the 900 ha Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in south-western China, the steamy Wuhan Botanical Garden in inland eastern China, and the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou just 120 km north-west of Hong Kong. All three have plant collections and landscapes that rival those of the great botanic gardens of the world.
$18, Members $12, includes morning tea at 10.30 am
Bookings essential: Tel 02 9231 8182 or friends@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

NOVEMBER 6th & 7th 2010
St Peters Gardens weekend, Armidale NSW

10 town and country gardens are open in the Armidale and Uralla Area. They range from small town gardens to sprawling country gardens; native through to traditional English cold climate gardens.
Cost: $30 for a weekend pass or $4 per garden

There are also plant stalls, craft stalls, food stalls and entertainment.
Contact: Gillian Traise on this email gtraise@tpg.com.au or 0414674519