Fifty-one members and visitors attended the June meeting of Lakes Entrance Garden Club on a cold winter’s day.
Susie Swann was show bench judge for June and even though the entries were down, there were some beautiful flowers to see.
Supported by Kay, Susie gave a commentary on her choices.
In the five cuts section Dearne Albert was first with the eye-catching strelitzia flower a feature of her exhibit and Sheryl MacCubbin second with her exhibit in a pretty brown vase.
In the arrangement in a basket featuring Australian natives section there was only one entry, but it was lovely – a basket bursting with colours of yellow and red from Ann Barker.
First and second in the one cut flowering tree or shrub section were both brilliant red. First wasStan Barker with a hakea and second was Jill Graham with a cut of stenocarpus (fire wheel tree) with six blooms and glossy green foliage.
The orchid one cut section was beautiful. First place and best exhibit of the day went to Sheryl MacCubbin, a dappled purple orchid with brown outer petals.
Equal seconds went to Dearne Albert and Gwen Christopher with a pale cream cymbidium from Dearne and a tan slipper orchid from Gwen.
Beginners luck section saw a beautiful bright vase of yellow daisies from Margaret Walker – well done.
The bits and pieces section is a no flower section. It’s simply us all the other horticultural bits and pieces you can find.
First was Faye Rowe with a mass of sculptural effects and colour.
The plant growing in a decorative container section was won by Dearne Albert with a red/white cyclamen in a bicycle themed pot. Second was Truus Adams with a red African violet in a Japanese themed pot.
First in the fruit any variety section was Faye Rowe with lovely lemons and second was Sheryl MacCubbin with her mandarins in an unusual container.
The vegetable above ground section was won by a huge green pumpkin from Yrjo Torkkola and second was split between Sheryl MacCubbin with red rhubarb and Dearne Albert with a yellow squash in a gourd shape.
Yrjo Torkkola was a winner once again in the vegetable below ground section with a lovely display of Jerusalem artichokes and second was red radish from Sheryl MacCubbin.
The theme for floral art section was terrarium first was Truus Adams with her round bowl/jar with rocks, toadstools, plants and little green frogs. Second was Dearne Albert with her Mexican theme – complete with a prickly cactus that has grown out of the confines of the terrarium.
Mark Tregellas was the guest speaker and what an interesting and entertaining talk he gave about his career as a remote area police officer for 26 years.
A born story teller he entertained us with some of his weird, wonderful and utterly hilarious stories.
His three daughters asked him to write down all his police stories – this became the book Backup is Three Hours Away – but he never thought it would be published. The first edition sold out in three weeks and was accepted for adaptation into a television series. Now the book is in its fourth print run.
The June Outing was to Nowa Nowa with a walk along the water with an interesting commentary. Lunch was enjoyed at the renovated Mingling Waters cafe/bar.
The July meeting is on Monday, July 21, at 1.30pm Mechanics Hall, (near the library) Mechanics Street, Lakes Entrance.
