Kyneton Horticultural Society
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Growing edible flowers in the Macedon Ranges
Lauren Richardson lives and works in the Macedon Ranges growing edible flowers. Her business is called Foraged Flavour. She will be the guest speaker at Kyneton Horticultural Society’s AGM next week where she will share her flower farming and edible flower business journey. Lauren’s talk will reveal the challenges she has faced and lessons learned,…
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Push to fix signal box
Residents are eager to see the clean-up of vandalism and graffiti at Kyneton Railway Station’s old signal box. Kyneton Horticultural Society members have spent the past few months working on tidying existing gardens in the station area and flagged the damage with V/Line. “It is in a current state of decline as a result of…
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Climate friendly gardens
Issues relating to climate change challenges in our gardens will be raised during a talk by Dr Peter May for the Kyneton Horticultural Society next Monday.
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Local, beneficial and functional
Kyneton Horticultural Society is this month welcoming Tully Sumner from Grow Locals to give a presentation on the benefits of using native plants in your garden. Tully’s presentation will include native plants for sale ($3 tubes) and how to go about designing and maintaining a functional landscape. Tully’s work and passion is in land and…
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Conservation on your land
Have you ever thought about how to better protect, improve and enhance the environment on your land? Hear from Kyneton’s Dr Sophie Bickford, executive director of Victorian-based Biolinks Alliance, at the upcoming Kyneton Horticultural Society event to find out. Discover more about community connected conservation and how small and accessible initiatives on your land can…
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An accidental olivist
A local leading light of olive growers will be guest speaker at Kyneton Horticultural Society’s last speaker night for 2022. On Monday November 21, Rob Pearse will enlighten the audience about, you guessed it, growing olives. His talk is about the journey from virtually knowing zilch about horticulture, to becoming an olive grower. This happened…