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    • Who we are
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    • Art Exhibition Entry Forms
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    • Coming Events
    • Annual Spring Events
  • Facilities
    • Station Buildings
    • Robertson Common, Gardens & Grounds
    • Fettlers Shed Gallery
  • Trains
    • Cockatoo Run >
      • Robertson village walk
      • Where to eat in Robbo
    • The Robertson Loop Train >
      • Moss Vale food outlets
    • Model Trains
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2016 RHRS Gardens Report

Thanks to monthly working bees, attended mainly by the Tranters, Wallaces and Harveys , the gardens are now as nice as ever; but in future it will be  necessary to recruit volunteers  from those who use the gardens regularly to assist us.

​Helen has developed the “Cottage Garden” in front of the station and the “Robertson Sign” and “Lamp Shed” Gardens; I have maintained the “Reconciliation” and  “Fettlers Shed” Gardens and the waratahs, and Sandra is keeping the Rhododendron Garden ship-shape, as well as controlling the Cape Weed that was introduced with the sewerage connection.

Thanks to Anne, Gymea Lilies have added a spectacular “sculptural dimension” to the gardens , one of which will be in full flower for the Spring Fair. The  Micromyrtus ciliatus near the Lamp Shed are now in prominent flower and two more have been planted at the northern entrance to the parking area.
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Ian is looking after the bottle brushes on the Meryla Street slope, which need regular pruning for road safety reasons.  Some well established bushes have  been blown out by recent heavy winds and Ian is dealing with the resulting green waste that is too large for composting. The compost heap needs to be restructured with more sleepers (from The Country Store). Neil and Ian have erected signs in front of the Reconciliation Garden to guide mulch dumpers to the right place (among the Lomandras west of the Reconciliation Garden).

​Now that RHRS is short of funds , every effort needs to be made to sell waratah flowers  to open Gardens visitors at the Waratah Spring Fair, however I regret to say that Helen and I are no longer able to play as large a role in this as we have in the past. This has to be a group effort.


David and Helen Tranter
​RHRS Founding Members


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