Welcome
to the home of the Sunshine Golden Age Garden Club.
The club was founded in 1921 as the Sunshine Horticultural Society and continues to meet regularly. Our aim is to create a convivial social atmosphere which fosters the pleasure of sustainable home gardening and improves the skills of the amateur gardener.
to the home of the Sunshine Golden Age Garden Club.
The club was founded in 1921 as the Sunshine Horticultural Society and continues to meet regularly. Our aim is to create a convivial social atmosphere which fosters the pleasure of sustainable home gardening and improves the skills of the amateur gardener.
Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 pm unless another time is given by prior notice. Meetings are held each year from February through to December. No meeting in January. Visitors and new members most welcome.
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Monthly club meetings, guest speakers and events for 2024 are here. |
Club Meeting, 7 pm Wednesday 9 April
Glengala Community Centre
Message from the President
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104th Annual Show on Saturday the 15th of March 2025
(Download Schedule here.)
Show entries, it would be good if you knew your schedule exhibits prior to Wednesday and registered these with Rosemary and Wanda.
Staging of Entries on Friday the 14th of March from 7 pm - 10 pm and Saturday the 15th of March
8 am till 9.50 am. Judges will commence judging at 10 am
NO LATE STAGING PLEASE
The exhibit room is strictly a restricted area while the Show is being judged.
SHOW EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED ON SHOW DAY TILL THE SHOW IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. STRICT EXEMPTIONS ARE ON THE DISCRETION OF THE SHOW MANAGER.
ALERT.
ANY SHOW PATRON OR MEMBER THAT REMOVES EXHIBITORS ITEMS FROM THE BENCH TO TAKE HOME WITHOUT THE NOMINATED EXHIBITORS PERMISSION AFTER THE SHOW CLOSES WILL BE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE/ STEALING.
Show setting up
Friday 14th of March from 1.30 pm
Your assistance will be appreciated as well your presence dismantling and tidying up at the close of the event would be wonderfully kind so that we all could head home soon.
Donations of Pot Plants and savoury as well sweet treats for our Shows Afternoon Tea for our Members and Show Patrons is a tradition that may long continue.
Show lunch will be provided with pleasure by our club for All that are pivotal in staging our Show and are welcome participants as loved ones of members and Show guests.
Official Opening by Brimbank City Councilor Lucy Nguyen, at 1.00 pm
Guest Speaker and Presentation is our good friend Helen Lovel from NEUTROG, at at 2.00 pm
Honey Displays Tasting and Sales will be a feature on show day based in the foyer.
Show Flyers have been printed and would be available to our members for distribution and promotion. Please encourage people that you're in close contact to come and enjoy our show.
And in your special way promote this club event.
Please remember to wear your name badge.
All our members are at all times during any event or meetings are all our clubs ambassadors not just committee and nominated members.
Lastly study your show schedule really well so that your Entries are correctly registered.
Put pre show preparations of your intended exhibits. If not sure of what the standards and what is required to exhibit don't hesitate to ask for assistance.
Good Luck and Enjoy.
Best Healthy Happy March Month.
Best Wishes
Chris
Staging of Entries on Friday the 14th of March from 7 pm - 10 pm and Saturday the 15th of March
8 am till 9.50 am. Judges will commence judging at 10 am
NO LATE STAGING PLEASE
The exhibit room is strictly a restricted area while the Show is being judged.
SHOW EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED ON SHOW DAY TILL THE SHOW IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. STRICT EXEMPTIONS ARE ON THE DISCRETION OF THE SHOW MANAGER.
ALERT.
ANY SHOW PATRON OR MEMBER THAT REMOVES EXHIBITORS ITEMS FROM THE BENCH TO TAKE HOME WITHOUT THE NOMINATED EXHIBITORS PERMISSION AFTER THE SHOW CLOSES WILL BE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE/ STEALING.
Show setting up
Friday 14th of March from 1.30 pm
Your assistance will be appreciated as well your presence dismantling and tidying up at the close of the event would be wonderfully kind so that we all could head home soon.
Donations of Pot Plants and savoury as well sweet treats for our Shows Afternoon Tea for our Members and Show Patrons is a tradition that may long continue.
Show lunch will be provided with pleasure by our club for All that are pivotal in staging our Show and are welcome participants as loved ones of members and Show guests.
Official Opening by Brimbank City Councilor Lucy Nguyen, at 1.00 pm
Guest Speaker and Presentation is our good friend Helen Lovel from NEUTROG, at at 2.00 pm
Honey Displays Tasting and Sales will be a feature on show day based in the foyer.
Show Flyers have been printed and would be available to our members for distribution and promotion. Please encourage people that you're in close contact to come and enjoy our show.
And in your special way promote this club event.
Please remember to wear your name badge.
All our members are at all times during any event or meetings are all our clubs ambassadors not just committee and nominated members.
Lastly study your show schedule really well so that your Entries are correctly registered.
Put pre show preparations of your intended exhibits. If not sure of what the standards and what is required to exhibit don't hesitate to ask for assistance.
Good Luck and Enjoy.
Best Healthy Happy March Month.
Best Wishes
Chris
Chris Michalopoulos
President Sunshine Golden Age Garden Club Inc
chrismichalopoulos1719@gmail.com
0418 543 649
President Sunshine Golden Age Garden Club Inc
chrismichalopoulos1719@gmail.com
0418 543 649
A typical monthly meeting...
centres around a guest speaker followed by supper. Members can, and do, have a cuppa at any time. Meetings take place in first class community facilities generously provided by Brimbank City Council. There is ample parking and disabled access.
The ingredients that make up a typical meeting are:
The ingredients that make up a typical meeting are:
The monthly newsletter
Distributed free to members at the start of the meeting.
Gardening problem solver session
Here members can ask questions and get advice on how to solve their gardening problems.
A guest speaker
The club works hard to find engaging and knowledgeable guest speakers on a wide range of topics ranging from the cultivation of particular plant species, to floral art design, to local history - and everything in between.
The competition table
Provides a showcase for members to exhibit flowers, succulents, vegetables and other plants from their garden as well as flower arrangements and other floral art creations and handicraft and cookery items. The best exhibit wins a prize and an award.
The trading table
Is crowded with plants and cuttings donated by members for sale at bargain prices.
Raffle
$1 a ticket gives you a chance to be a lucky prize winner.
Supper
The evening finishes with a mouth-watering supper of savouries and sweets.
Annual membership subscription
$2 per year. The cheapest subscription of any garden club in Australia!
Where and when
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Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month (except for January) at 7 pm in the Glengala Community Centre (Castley Hall) at the corner of Glengala Road and Simmie Street, Sunshine.
*SGAGC INC ACKNOWLEDGES THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THIS LAND AND PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE WURUNDJERI PEOPLE.
OUR CLUB WELCOMES ALL CULTURES, NATIONALITIES, AND RELIGIONS, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO BE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE.
OUR CLUB WELCOMES ALL CULTURES, NATIONALITIES, AND RELIGIONS, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO BE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE.