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Our 2024 Annual Spring Plant Expo is now past & we extend a huge thank you to all our members, friends, supporters, sponsors, stall holders, volunteer helpers, cake bakers, providers of flowers, setter uppers, pack downers etc. who turned out to help make our 2024 Expo a stupendous event. We could not have done so well without all the help & wonderful team work. Thank you!
Watch this space & our Learn page for details to come on our 2025 Expo.
Established in 2009 the Australian Plants Society, Mitchell Group (Incorporated) is one of the youngest of the Australian Plants Society Victoria’s affiliated regional groups.
MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE 3rd MONDAY OF THE MONTH (February to November)
Commencing 7:30 pm in the JOHN TAYLOR ROOM, KILMORE LIBRARY, SYDNEY STREET KILMORE VIC 3764
(Occasionally excursions may replace monthly meetings so it is advisable to check our latest newsletter for up to date diary dates)
Entry $2.00 Gold Coin
Guest Speaker
Door Prizes
Plant Sales
Use of the APS Mitchell free Library
Supper & Chat
VISITORS & FRIENDS VERY WELCOME
Members & Visitors are encouraged to bring along exhibits for our “Show & Tell” Flower Specimen Table – Please label exhibits with species name (if known)
Annual Spring Plant Expo coming up on Saturday September 7th, 2024
9 am – 3 pm
Wallan Multi-Purpose Community Centre. 42-80 Bentinck Street, Wallan VIC 3756 (See map) Get directions to Wallan Multi-Purpose Community Centre
Parking available in front of the Wallan Multi-Purpose Community Centre, on Bentinck Street, and Wedding Drive.
FREE ENTRY
Door Prizes & Raffle
Native Plant & Flower Displays
Gardens for Wildlife
Plant & Book Sales
Tea, Coffee & Cake
Contact aps.mitchell@gmail.com for further details.
Special thanks to all our 2023 stall holders sponsors and supporters:
Joan & Peter Broughton, Ironstone Park – Unusual Native Plants
Goldfields Revegetation indigenous and non – indigenous tube stock
Russell Wait Eremophila
Ian Evans – specialist Grevillea
Sponsors:
Dr Bell, Bendigo Community Bank Wallan, Kilmore and Broadford, Bunnings Craigieburn, Crimp Hair Lounge Wandong, Kilmore Auto Electrical, Kilmore Smash Repairs, Leah Mae (Jeweller), Maureen Thomas (Artist), Wandong IGA, Warialda Belted Galloway Beef.
We extend a huge thank you to our sponsors, sellers, and everyone who supported and attended the APS Mitchell 2023 Spring Plant Expo.
Special thanks to our main sponsors:
Bunnings Craigiburn &
Wallan & Kilmore Community Bendigo Bank…
The Australian Plants Society, Mitchell Group Incorporated extends a very appreciative thank you to the Wallan and Kilmore Community Bank branches of the Bendigo Bank.
The Bendigo Bank supports local communities and allocates funds towards supporting many community projects and events. APS Mitchell Group are very grateful and pleased recipients of Community Investment Grants in support of our 2017, 2018 & 2019 Spring Plant Expo and Sale.
For a not for profit group with a relatively small membership these funds are a great help in covering the costs associated with running our annual Spring Expo which we may otherwise struggle to do.
Our Expo is our feature event for the year which allows us to showcase native plants, promote their diversity, beauty, use and place in gardening. Also to encourage preservation through cultivation, share this with our wider local community and bring like minded souls together for a day to celebrate enjoying native plants.