Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Springtime Glory

We have  been really busy  since I last posted, getting lots of   done .
The  Rail heritage Barracks  Accommodation that we volunteer for was offered the opportunity to run the refreshment stall and bbq lunch  at the  spring open day at our local native plant nursery "Bilby Blooms" near Binnaway, NSW.
Our group is  badly  in need of   finances and this was a great  chance for us  to raise a bit of  money to help out.
The  owners and managers of Bilby Blooms, Annabelle and Anthony Greenup   are also great workers for our Railway Barracks .
They are a dedicated  pair who work tirelessly raising and selling their wonderful native seedlings and larger plants.
The nursery is  stunning  and they open it up twice a year ( Autumn and Spring) for a public open day.
We arrived early in the day and set up our  shelters  , tables and   barbeque .
My husband and brother in law ran the bbq for the day and did a wonderful job cooking numerous sausage and  rissole sandwhiches.
The girls ran the morning tea and cakes stall, all our scrumptious cakes were kindly donated by members of our group.
We had a small but constant stream of  people passing by and many people took advantage of the  glorious weather and sat around  chatting and enjoying the day.

We met many interesting people over  the course of the day.

I am unable to identify most of the  beautiful plants that I saw and photographed as I walked around their nursery, so I will just  post the pictures here for you to see.
I saw  stunning, Hakeas, grevilleas, acacias, and many, many more .
Annabelle and Anthony  also  have three young workers staying with them from France,  they were a great help to us on the day as well.
There were tables of plants set up for people to  buy if they found the plant they wanted and there were  several walks through their  property through the day with talks and lessons on caring for and pruning  certain  plants.

We had a most enjoyable day, as did many of the people I spoke too and I look forward to their nest open day in the Autumn.
Take care everyone until we  catch up again,
Cheers,
Jane.
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10 comments:

  1. Lisca30 September 2015 at 06:45

    I so enjoyed reading about you day volunteering. I hope you raised a good sum for the Railway project.
    The plants are glorious! I hardly recognised any of them (apart from a jasmin and what i thought to be a fuchsia).
    It really looks like a good time was had by all.
    Lisca

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    1. ozzibeth30 September 2015 at 18:14

      Hi Lisca,
      We really had a great day and ended up raising several hundred dollars to put towards paying bills and doing repairs. It was well worth the effort.
      Take care,
      Cheers,
      Jane.

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  2. Skippyherron30 September 2015 at 08:37

    Wow! What gorgeous plants! Thanks for sharing your pretty pics!

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    1. ozzibeth30 September 2015 at 18:16

      Thanks,
      The native flowers really are beautiful.
      Cheers,
      Jane

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  3. Unknown30 September 2015 at 13:13

    Sounds like a wonderful day. Isnt it surprising how much fun you can have volunteering. Surrounded by like minded people with the same agenda. Did you raise a good sum of funds for your project?

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    1. ozzibeth30 September 2015 at 18:18

      Hi Lynda,
      We had a great day, ended up with several hundred dollars profit which will be put to good use/ Was well worth the effort.
      Cheers,
      Jane.

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  4. joanne1 October 2015 at 00:32

    Hi Jane, Very glad to hear that you raised a fair bit of money. I just love the pictures and will mention the nursery to my brother and sister-in-law as they are always on the lookout for more plants, especially native stuff.

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    1. ozzibeth6 October 2015 at 12:02

      Thanks Joanne,
      We have decided that the day is well worth catering for, a few hundred dollars goes a long way to paying bills, and it is a social day out for us as well. :-) :-)
      Cheers,
      Jane.

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  5. selina1 October 2015 at 20:14

    those plants are gorgeous & i didn't recognize many of them except for the few grevillias
    glad it was a great day
    thanx for sharing

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    1. ozzibeth6 October 2015 at 12:03

      The Grevillias were stunning Selena and they had such a huge range of them, the Hakeas are beautiful too.
      Take care,
      Cheers,
      Jane.

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