August 2013 - Riverside Gardens

Riverside Gardens
Garden Centre
Riverside Gardens Garden Centre @ Emerald Bank
7715 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Shepparton 3631
Ph: 03 5823 1515 Fax: 03 5823 1919
Email: [email protected] Website: www.riversidegardens.com
The Riverside Leaf-letter
August 2013
Gardening by Phone by Simone
Nowadays you can do just about anything with your phone, including gardening. If you
own a smart phone then the ABC Vegie Guide App is definitely worth downloading onto
your phone. This guide is an ideal way to plan and keep a record of what you have planted
in your vegetable garden.
By providing the app with your location on application it will
also recommend the vegetables best suited for your climate.
Then go into The
Nursery section
and choose the vegetables you are planting into your real
vegetable garden, this will follow on to being saved in the next
area, The Patch. This section will individually record information
about the vegetable including when it was planted and how many days until harvest. You can even add notes
and take photos of your vegetable to record its progress as it grows.
When the vegies are ready to be harvested, the progress bar will turn from green to red. Once you have
harvested your vegetables, tap on the red progress bar to indicate that you have harvested that vegetable.
The next area on this app is The Facts section, which is full of handy information such as companion planting,
crop rotation, plant health and pest remedies.
I have had this app loaded into my own phone since June this year and
have found it a different and interesting way to keep a record of what I
have planted in my winter vegetable garden. It can be installed onto
your phone by going to the app store and typing in ABC gardening then
simply press the install button. And the best thing of all, its free!
Free Golf for Dad’s
On Father’s Day Sunday 1st September
This Month’s
Special
15% OFF
UNIVERSAL
ROCKS
Shelf stock only
‘Where Gardener’s Grow’
Judged Best Medium Garden Centre of Victoria 2008, 2009 & 2010
Last Chance for
Bare Rooted Stock
With day light hours growing and the morning temperatures
rising early, now is really the last chance for purchasing bare
rooted stock.
All bare rooted plants are dormant over winter which allows
them to be dug up and sold in this form—a stick with exposed
roots, or in the case of roses, sticks with thorns—no pot
required.
But as spring approaches these plants start to grow again. This is
evident by the buds along the bare branches starting to swell
and burst open as the sap flow returns behind them.
Once this begins to happen the plants must be potted or
planted to avoid setting back this critical growth period,
allowing the roots to develop and supply the moisture and
nutrients that the new growth requires.
If you leave it too late you will miss out on the opportunity to
purchase your plants bare rooted because what we have in
stock will have to be potted up.
At a recent national forum for retail garden centres that Larry
attended, the following youtube clip was shown. If you forget
the accent and the American references it is all very relevant to
us here in Australia. It makes you realise just how much we under
value plants in our modern society and it is about time we did
something to change it.
Follow the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EfvNEHvYY8
Plants give back—The Amazing Value of Plants & Landscaping
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Introducing
Riverside Gardens Mini Golf
FACEBOOK PAGE
‘Like’ our page to be
regularly updated of any Mini
Golf news or special offers.
We will also be posting
regular updates to the
‘Leaderboard’ . Let our staff
know if you think your score
is enough to be the new
leader.
Planning an outdoor wedding?
Be sure to inspect our
Ceremony Lawn
area at any time within our
opening hours.
Trading Hours
9am—5pm
7 days a week
Mini Golf Prices
Adults $8.50 Children $6.00
Family $25.00 (two adults and two
children Under 16)
Last start for Mini Golf 4pm
The Windmill Cafe
&
Chocolate Shop
Open Mon—Fri
10am—4pm
Sat—Sun
9am—5pm
Shepparton Motor
Museum
Open 7 days
10am—4pm
Lloyd’s Produce
Store
Open 7 days a week
10am—4pm
‘Where Gardener’s Grow’
Thankyou to all those of you that have offered feed back on our ‘Leaf-letter’. We really appreciate your
comments. If you have any topics you would like us to cover please let us know.
Here’s a few of the comments we’ve received this month from some of our readers.
Hi,
Thank you for your newsy magazine. I look
forward to receiving your email because
it keeps me up with the gardening
maintenance tasks for each month.
Thank you.
Charlie the cockatoo guarded your fish.
Many thanks
I love reading the newsletter. I have
for a great
a "fishing rod" plant in my garden,
which took many years to flower.
newsletter.
Should I feed this plant at any stage?
Don’t Forget..........
What’s Going On!!
Free Golf for Dad’s
On Father’s Day
Sunday 1st September
MAINDAMPLE C.F.A
PLANT/GARDEN SALE
SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST
9-2PM
For information about what’s happening at
Emerald Bank Leisureland, check out the website
www.emeraldbank.net.au
So, Why Buy Our Plants?
AT MAINDAMPLE C.F.A FIRE SHED
15 MINUTES FROM MANSFIELD
WE HAVE STALLS SELLING- PLANTS,
SEEDLINGS,TREES, SEEDS, GARDEN TOOLS,
OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND ORNAMENTS.
HOURLY RAFFLES, TEA, COFFEE AND
SAUSAGE SIZZLE AVAILABLE
ENQUIRES-0427 170 297 OR 5778 7610
• We only purchase our stock from quality, accredited
growers.
• We only stock plants that we know will grow well in
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Northern Victoria.
We only keep indoor plants in our showroom.
We know our outdoor plants are ‘toughened up’ and
ready to plant out in your garden straight away.
We offer you ongoing expert gardening advice.
We don’t accept stock from suppliers that is not up
to our standards.
We can keep a record for you of past purchases on
our system.
We can source plants for you that we don’t currently
have in stock.
We offer a garden advice service and can help you
with knowing what type of plants are best suited to
your garden.
We have a collective total of over 150 years of
experience with all things gardening in the Goulburn
Valley and surrounding areas.
We’re open 7 days a week
We want you to have success with your garden and
keep coming back to us because you know you will
always get quality plants, expert advice and we really
love all things gardening.
Win Win Win
Here’s your chance to win a $50 ‘in-store’ credit simply
by answering the following question. The answer can
be found in one of this month’s Leaf-letter articles.
Question:
Who is working at the Heritage rally?
Either email your answer along with your name and
phone number to [email protected] or drop
your answer along with your name and phone number
into our competition box in our showroom by the 30th
of the month . The winner will be notified and their
name published in the next Leaf-letter.
The answer to last month’s question was of course
Charlie the Cockatoo. Thanks to all those that
entered. The lucky winner of a $50 ‘in-store’ credit to
spend at Riverside Gardens is
Mrs E Paynter
Be sure to get your entry in by
30th of the month!
‘Where Gardener’s Grow’
Dwarf Yellow Broom
Cytisus racemosus nana
by Deyon
Also know as
‘Yellow Imp’,
the Dwarf
Yellow broom
is a hardy
evergreen
shrub, with the
genus
originating
from the
mediterranean
region.
Growing to
about 1.5 to 2m in height, this is a fast
growing plant that will thrive in a sunny
position in the garden. That said, Yellow
Broom has also been proven to tolerate
partly shaded spots as well.
As the name suggests, the plant will display
a wonderful show of bright, golden yellow
pea-shaped flowers in spring. The plant will
be almost covered with these cheery
flowers, helpful for attracting birds and
wildlife to the garden. Pet and livestock
friendly, the plant makes a great low screen,
potted specimen or filler shrub. An
adaptable plant, it will tolerate periods of
dry and most soil conditions. For best
results, Yellow Broom will thrive in moist
well drained soil and a warm sunny position.
Yellow Broom is an exceptionally easy to
grow and forgiving plant. It will tolerate
hard pruning when required, best
implemented after flowering. Being part of
the Legume family, Broom also has the
ability to fix nitrogen on their root system,
improving soil fertility.
A great way to introduce some low care,
easy to grow colour into the garden, Dwarf
Yellow Broom makes a great choice.
If you like what you see around Riverside Gardens then be
sure to have a look at our Pinterest page. We have boards of
gift lines, images of flowers, the mini golf course in all the
different seasons, some garden inspiration worth sharing and
in general some very pretty pictures.
Pin your likes, especially your gift line and garden decor items
to your board just to remind you of the things that you might
like for Christmas or a birthday, or, suggestions of things that
you might want to purchase as gifts but you haven’t decided
yet.
Be sure to follow our Pinterest page and visit us whenever
you want. And tell your friends and family about our
Pinterest page (so they know where to start looking for a gift
for you)!
‘Where Gardener’s Grow’