General News
31 October, 2025
A day for garden enthusiasts
GARDEN enthusiasts will once again have the opportunity to browse several local gardens during this year’s Rotary Club of Warrnambool Garden Expo.
Four magnificent gardens will be open to the public this Sunday, November 2.
These will be located in Waldock Way, Bromfield Street, Skiddaw Crescent and Henna Street.
“The garden expo is always a nice fundraiser for our club, which enables us to offer assistance to various local and national causes,” Rotarian Anne Adams said.
“Tickets include access to all gardens and afternoon tea.
“We will also have trade, plant and craft stalls and a Rotary raffle.”
Alan Bowes, whose garden in Skiddaw Crescent is now a display of bright colours, is looking forward to welcoming visitors during the garden expo.
“I’m proud to be included as one of the open gardens this year,” he said.
“I believe a home, particularly one with a high roof like mine, looks incomplete, even lonely, without a garden to frame the house.
“I love colour throughout the year, there is something eye catching and beautiful about different colours in the garden.”
When friends offer Alan cuttings, he simply plants them wherever there is space.
“If plants such as marigolds have finished flowering, I just rub my fingers through the dead heads and fling the seeds over the garden this way I have a profusion of new flowers next season.”
Among the many species in Alan’s garden are geraniums, pelargoniums, marigolds, hyacinths, roses fuschia and succulents.
Tickets are available from each garden on the day.
