Kulnura and Districts Garden Club – August 2025

Our garden club members skillfully managed to slot our August meeting in between the rain downpours and windy weather we’ve been having recently! Our treasurer Ross arranged for us to visit the Pearl Beach Arboretum (AKA Crommelin Native Arboretum) in Crystal Ave, Pearl Beach, and we had a most enjoyable winter’s day. As always with gardening, there was much to learn and do. Did you know that an ‘arboretum’ is a botanical garden devoted to growing trees for conservation, scientific research and educational purposes? Or that the Crommelin Native Arboretum has since 1976 been open to the public for free, making it a great place to see rare and threatened plant species planted across 5.5 hectares? Based on our visit, we encourage your to go online to www.pearlbeacharboretum.org.au and plan a visit to this highlight of the Central Coast. There are walking tracks through the forest full of plants and wildlife. The Arboretum is run by volunteers. The Crommelin Cottage was built by the volunteers, providing a wonderful spot to have our garden club meeting. Our competition entries this month included lots of interesting natives, exotics, and fruit/vegetables (lots of citrus which works so well in our climate). Back at home in our garden during August the lavender and nasturtiums seem to love brightening our day with their flowers, and we have a seemingly endless supply of turmeric and citrus being harvested, along with our very first bananas and feijoa. Our next meetings will be on Monday 8 September and 13 October. We welcome new members and visitors to Kulnura and Districts Garden Club. Please email [email protected] for information about meetings, membership, or any other questions.