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Camellia Events 2024
JULY
NSW Camellia Society Show
Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th
Ravenswood - Gordon
Camellias Illawarra
70th Annual Show
Saturday 20th 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 2st 9am - 3pm
The Ribbonwood Centre
Princes Highway,
Dapto
Berry Garden Club Camellia Show
Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th
AUGUST
Chandler’s Nursery Display
Saturday 10th Sunday 11th
75 Queen Street,
Sandy Bay Tasmania
Camellias Illawarra Reticulata Show
Saturday 10th - 1pm - 5pm
Uniting Church Hall,
Bulli
Camellias Victoria Show & Plant Sales
Saturday 10th - 10am - 4pm
Burwood Heights Uniting Church Hall
Cnr Burwood H'way & Blackburn Rd
East Burwood
Entry $2 adults - children free.
Mitre-10 Fork-in-the-Road
Blooms Competition
Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th
Huntingfield Avenue
Kingston Tasmania
Camellias Australia National Show
Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd
in conjunction with
Narrandera Garden Club
50th Annual Show
Friday - 2pm - 5pm
Official Opening 3pm
Saturday - 10am - 4pm
Ex-servicemens Club
Bolton St,
Narrandera
Launceston Horticultural Society Early Spring Show
Saturday 31st– Sunday 1st
Evandale Memorial Hall,
Evandale, Tasmania
SEPTEMBER
Highlands Camellia Show
Uniting Church Hall,
Bowral
Friday 6th
Claremont Daffodil, Camellia &
Spring Flower Show
Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th
Claremont Memorial Hall
corner of Bilton St & Main Rd
Claremont Tasmania
Hobart Horticultural Society Spring Show
Friday, 13th – Saturday 14th
Town Hall, Macquarie Street,
Hobart Tasmania
Spring Bulb & Camellia Show
Horticultural Society of Canberra
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd
Fitzroy Pavillion EPIC
Author Archives: Lynette Gleeson
GREEN TEA
The family Theaceae is an extremely diverse family containing 28 genera and in excess of 520 species (RHS Index of Garden Plants). Some of the genera in this family include Gordonia Ternstromia, Steartia and Franklinia. The genus Camellia, a member … Continue reading
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Never Argue With A Judge!
by Charles Lee – Hume Camellia Society When I first started entering camellia shows one of the things I found difficult was differentiating between the various forms of blooms. What was a semi-double, or informal double and so on. By continually … Continue reading
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Australian Camellias Enjoyed in America
Text by Bradford King Today people travel the world on business and pleasure. We are aware the economy is global. People receive news flashes on television of disasters. In America we are up to date when there are major fires … Continue reading
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Margaret Davis – The Lady and the Camellia
(Excerpt from the Power Point presentation given by Lynette Gleeson – 8 May 2011) It was difficult to find out much about the early life of Margaret Davis. She was born Margaret E G Reardon in 1908, her birth registered … Continue reading
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Part 2: Fire – The Hardiness of Camellias – The Phoenix Garden
by Jim Powell, Dip. Hort. Jim wrote his original article ‘Fire – The Hardiness of Camellias’ in 2006 which would be of great interest to anyone who gardens in a bush fire prevalent area. In 2001 devastating bush fires raged throughout Jim’s … Continue reading
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