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Home Garden of Persis and Dinty Ranasinghe
Archive | May 2012
Making A Herb & Floral Wreath For Any Occasion
Awhile ago, as I was cleaning out our sunroom in order to make a dressing room, I found myself having to do something with an old Singer sewing machine stand. It does not have a sewing machine and is missing two drawers. I used to have a tabletop for it, which has found its way to a different table.
I tried to give it away on Freecycle without success. So I was kind of stuck with it. I put it on my front porch with the intention of getting another tabletop for it and using it as a table. I’m not sure when the idea formed, but a few days later, I was grabbing a plastic dishwashing tub and seeing if it fit into the hole where the sewing machine was. And it did. Woo Hoo! Inside the tub I’ve placed a planter of summer flowers. There is room on the sides to use it as a tabletop and if I need more space to hold drinks, small plants, etc…I’ll pull out a drawer. I also found that my citronella candle tucks away very nicely where the drawers are missing.
I’m quite pleased that I could repurpose this wonderful piece!
Fragrant wreaths of lavender, eucalpytus, summer savory, and thyme disappear from our stand at the Saturday Farmers Market almost as quickly as we can make them. And when we are surrounded by crowds and our adrenaline is up, that’s darn fast—less than five minutes per wreath. What many of our customers really covet, however, is the neat little gizmo we use to make them. “Boy, could I use one of those,” said one gardener, with undisguised envy. “At the end of the season, I have all these herbs that need to be pruned, and it just kills me to toss them. With this, I could make wreaths for all my friends.”
We are an organic herb and flower grower and we understand that point of view. A desire not to let any harvest go to waste is what led us to design this tool, which is a simplified version of…
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Friendship Day
Date |
Venue |
Function and Guest Speaker |
Plant of the Month |
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12 MAY |
Merthyr Uniting Church Hall | FRIENDSHIP DAY Bryan Hillier and Bronwyn Hillier on Health Benefits of Indoor Plants and Dracaena |
Dracaena or Cordyline |
FRIENDSHIP DAY: Traditionally held annually on the second Saturday of the month of May. Starting at 12.45pm, it is a fun afternoon with Lucky Door prizes and Raffle prizes. Open to all interested folks and other garden club members from Queensland and elsewhere. Admission is by invitation from or pre-registration with the president or secretary.
Come and join us at our society meeting for an informative, fun-filled day with yummy food and nice raffles as well as Bryan Hillier and Bronwyn Hillier as Guest Speakers, and Dracaena or Cordyline as Plant of the Month.
A little about Bryan…Dracaena Farm Nursery is a production nursery, growing good-quality, high-performing plants for the Retail market for over 23 years. A family owned and operated business, Dracaena Farm Nursery has received numerous awards at both State (5 awards) and National (2 awards, 2009, 2010) level.
Bryan’s been strongly involved in the Nursery and Garden Industry for some 30 years. He was the Nursery and Garden Industry Queensland President a few years ago, and just stepped down in November 2011 from 6 years of service at National level in his roles as Nursery & Garden Industry Australia Board Member, Vice-President and President, as well as a Board Member for the National Industry Advisory Council (IAC Committee) for several years.
He’s passionate about plants, gardening and business … and he also LOVES his fishing too, when he can find the time.
| Bronwyn Hillier, Office & Sales Manager Phone: 07 5496 2905 Fax: 07 5496 2722 Email: dracaena_farm@bigpond.com Address: 87 Campbell Parade, Beachmere Qld 4510 |
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| Best Medium Production Nursery National Winner: 2010, 2009 Best Medium Production Nursery State Winner: 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004 Young Achiever of the Year 2003: Amanda Hillier Grower of the Year 2003 |
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Talk Notes from Colin Horace Phillips
Dear, Khai-Wei,
Sorry to have to terminate our phone conversation the other day, but urgent things were suddenly needing my attention.
I have enclosed my brief talk notes, but they are only my prompts and as I have given other talks since then
I can not recall details of that talk… Sorry.
I think that I did mention what great value ‘BEGONIA elatior’ is, – now for sale in the market place.
I am interested in every thing except sport…
I enjoyed the web site/s you (I suspect ) are responsible for. especially the philosophical comments…
‘The Universe is more like a great thought than a great machine.’
– Sir James Jeans –
Yours
Colin Horace Phillips
www.fluoridationqueensland.com
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