Woodside Plants, a familiar wholesale plant name in Gloucester, has now also become a retail nursery on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Advertise with News of The Area today.
It’s worth it for your business.
Message us.
Phone us – (02) 4981 8882.
Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au

Owner Rob Willis told the meeting he has been at the site for 12 years as a wholesale nurseryman and online plant retailer, and is now opening two days a week for retail sales.

Members were also educated on the proposed future use of the now closed Stratford coal mine as a renewable energy hub.

Yancoal employees Jarrad Galvin and Tom Kirkwood were present to explain the closures of both Stratford and Duralie coal mines, and the future plans for Stratford.

Back to the plants, and nineteen entries were received in the Garden Club’s flower competition.

Helen Evans was the winner with a double pink hippeastrum, second was Shirley Hazell’s watsonia and equal third was Mandy Griffis’s rose and Tessa Searle’s hydrangea.

A big beetroot from Madonna O’Brien and an equally large white onion from Aldo Razza jointly won the vegetable and fruit section with Dot Harris third with a passionfruit.

Raffle winners were Lorraine Johnstone, Judy Earle, Alan George and Karen Smith, with the lucky door prize going to Fay Harris and membership draw to Robert Marland.

Garden Club President Shirley Hazell introduced the guest speakers and two new members to their first meeting.

Mandy Griffis introduced an idea for a self-help cooperative gardening group of members pooling together on a monthly basis.

The idea gained support of members and will be expanded into a formal proposal at the next meeting.