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The Age
Saturday November 21, 2009
Sweet violetsAn African violet show today (1-5pm) and tomorrow (10am-5pm) at Mount Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Crescent, Mount Waverley. Inquiries 9850 1324.PeaceThe Tibetan Buddhist Society is opening its rose gardens today and tomorrow (10am-4pm) at 1425 Mickleham Road, Yuroke. Inquiries 0412 569430.EvolutionaryTomorrow a guided walk around the Geelong Botanic Gardens on understanding evolution. 2pm. Monday a talk by Professor David Cantrill on The Origin of Species in the GBG meeting room. Inquiries 5222 6053.Be sustainableAn illustrated talk by Roger Spencer and Rob Cross on sustainable gardens on Tuesday, 10 for 10.30am at Mueller Hall, National Herbarium, RBG Melbourne. $25, RBG Friends $15. Inquiries 9650 6398.Open gardensToday and tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm, $6.Birch Haven, 400 Kingston Road, Kingston. Clipped hedges, formal rose garden.Williams garden, 34 Hepburn Street, Smeaton. Country garden with roses and perennials.Highfields, 99 Crooked Road, Romsey. Country garden with emphasis on structure and new Mediterranean section. $7.Nichols garden, 120 Highton Lane, Mansfield. Rich plantings including roses.Roberts garden, 108 Highett Street, Mansfield. Imaginative town garden.Shanjulee, 79 Monkey Gully Road, Mansfield. Sunny garden with different design styles.Wigandia, Morack Street, Noorat.Final opening of gifted plantsman and designer William Martin's contemporary garden. $8.Carder garden, 18 Irvine Avenue, Mount Martha. Cottage-style annuals, perennials, roses and shrubs.Open Sunday onlyGlynt, 10 Greenslade Court, Mount Martha. Rambling garden with mature trees established in the early 1900s.
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