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Dan Hinkley has agreed to a second Saturday Speaker Session as his 1.30 - 2.30 spot is now fully booked. The second session will be from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm on Saturday 17 April. His topic is:
Exclamation, Punctuation, Accentuation.
Textural qualities of foliage and form, repetition of color, serendipity and surprise are three concepts of good landscape design and plant selection that are often bypassed. Using digitally altered slides to make the point, Dan Hinkley will guide us through these principles using scenes from his and other gardens worldwide.
Tourism Award for Collectors' Plant Fair
The Fair was awarded a Special Judges Award for Excellence in Tourism at the 2006 Hawkesbury Excellence in Business Awards ceremony more
Credit Card Payment
You will be able to pay for Speaker Sessions - $35 per person - and Pre-Paid Entry (at the discounted rate of $8 per person for the weekend instead of $10 if purchased on the day) by credit card either by mail, fax or phone. The 2009 Fair Booking Forms will available in September more
Beat the traffic from Sydney
The Lane Cove Tunnel is now open. So from Sydney beat the traffic on your way to Bilpin. Take:
· the Gore Hill freeway which connects to
· the M2 tollway which connects to
· the M7 tollway and TAKE THE RICHMOND ROAD EXIT THEN FOLLOW · THE SIGNS TO RICHMOND AND LITHGOW
This gets you to the Bells Line of Road which goes to Bilpin.
Collectors' Plant Fair signs on Bells Line direct you to the Fair more
Improved access works well
Woodgreen's new road through the Fair site makes access to the Fair a breeze. Free onsite parking is plentiful. Our shuttle buses, to and from parking and back to coaches, help the less mobile. more
Highly successful 2009 Fair
Plantmania at the Collectors’ Plant Fair!
Plants, plants and more plants greeted the 3000 plus visitors to the fifth Collectors’ Plant Fair who left with bootloads of plants, many coming both days to load up their cars. Minibuses and coaches bought hundreds of garden club members who filled the plant minding crèche to overflowing and took advantage of the shuttle bus service to transport them and their plants.
Many of the stallholders returned for the fifth year and were joined by eleven first-time nurseries bringing an exciting new range of plants to keep the plant offerings fresh and interesting. Many of the visitors also returned for the fifth time, having saved up their plant-spending money all year to spend at the Fair.
Discerning gardeners enjoyed talks by renowned plantsmen David Glenn from Lambley Nursery in Victoria and Ken Gillanders OAM from Woodbank in Tasmania. more
Australian Institute of Horticulture Awards
Beth Stokes and Peta Trahar have been awarded
NSW JOINT HORTICULTURISTS OF THE YEAR -2005 more