Membership Benefits

As a large and active group and there are many benefits to membership of the Highlands Garden Society. Some of these are:

  • Ten Monthly Meetings per year, each meeting offering our members:
    • Guest Speaker from both within or outside the Society covering a diverse range of topics. Recent subjects include: Chelsea Flower Show, Mediterranean gardens, designing and establishing a garden in the Southern Highlands, floral photography, use of organic fertilizers and visiting historical gardens.
    • The opportunity to exhibit flowers and vegetables they have grown. Please click here to review plants exhibited at Meetings
    • Apply their skills in Floral Art to display their arrangements. Each meeting has a different theme.
    • Plants for sale at the Trading Table.
    • Access our Library’s huge range of gardening publications and DVDs. Please click here to review DVDs available for members
    • A Q & A session that enables those new to gardening to gain advice and guidance from experienced gardeners
    • And a supper of tea, coffee and cakes.
  • Eleven issues of our informative ‘Highlands Garden Bulletin’. Please click here to review a recent Bulletin.
  • Entry to Friendship Gardens in Spring, Summer and Autumn. The majority of these gardens are owned by members who freely share their experiences in establishing and maintaining their garden.
  • Access to Garden Workshops held from time to time.
  • Access to valuable gardening information held in the Members’ Information section of this website.

All these benefits are included in the annual membership fee of $40 for a person or $70 for a household. There is a one only fee of $10 per person to cover the expense of producing a membership badge.

Membership of the Society also offers these activities, each for a small additional fee:

  • Access ten Floral Art Classes each year
  • Entry to a wonderful Summer Garden Evening in February each year
  • Entry to the Society’s Annual Camellia and Rose Shows (exhibitors have free entry)

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