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Ballarat U3A Gardening Interest Group (GIG) Autumn function 2nd May '23. Kyneton, Malmesbury and Macedon

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The rain held, the weather a little brisk, but reports noted that everyone who attended enjoyed the visit to Kyneton, Malmesbury and / or Macedon. A quick change of venue was found after the visit to Bringalbit was cancelled late in the week due to unforseen issues.  Peter May kindly offered a visit to his garden in Kyneton, then a special opening of Brocklebank by Carl and Adrian was organised and gratefully accepted.   A big thankyou to Geoff Howard for your work with the new plan, and especially to Peter May who organised the visit to both his home and Brocklebank and Carl and Adrian who walked around their amazing garden answering questions from so many enthusiasts.  Peter Mays home.  The grapevine over the pergola is an American variety called Glenora.  The Pink flowered succulents are Calandrinia Spectabilis from Chile.  Peter noted that the garden is geared to cold winters, dry summers and is non irrigated, apart from the vegetables.  The garden was professionally planted, howev