Red Hill Gardening Society

Committee Meeting
2023-05-22 16:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Victoria
Regular Committee Meeting

RHGS Member Meeting
2023-05-26 10:00 - 12:00 | The Mechanics Hall, Mechanics Road, Red Hill South, Victoria, 3937, Australia
This is our regular monthly meeting.
We will be welcoming Julie Prent again. She last spoke to us via Zoom during the Covid 19 pandemic. We look forward to Julie speaking about Perennials, amoung other things. More details soon.

Meeting Friday 19th February.
2024-02-23 10:00 - 12:00 | 267 Red Hill Road, Red Hill South, 267 Red Hill Road, Red Hill South, Victoria, Australia
Speaker from Chooktopia Composting Community
Further details www.chooktopia.com.au
Note link to Mornington Peninsula Shire rate payers for a part subsidy for some products.

March 2024 Meeting
2024-03-22 10:00 - 12:00 | The Mechanics Hall, Mechanics Road, Red Hill South, Victoria, 3937, Australia
We will be meeting again in the Red Hill Mechanics Hall this Friday at 10am. This week we will have a presentation and demonstration of the Japanese art of Ikebana. Ikebana is about finding beauty in all of nature and expressing that admiration through the use of flowers, branches and leaves with a minimal number of blooms. Our speakers are highly regarded experts in the field, Toula Karanikolopoulos and Betty Karanikolopoulos.

We will also be having our usual Trading Table and raffle. We would also love you to bring anything from your garden for our display table.

Please BYO cup as usual for morning tea and a small plate to share.

Meeting and AGM
2024-09-27 10:00 - 12:00 | The Mechanics Hall, Mechanics Road, Red Hill South, Victoria, 3937, Australia
We will be meeting this Friday in the Red Hill Hall to hear a speaker from Fytogreen. Fytogreen is based in Somerville and they describe themselves as green infrastructure specialists. They design, build and install green walls, green roofs, planter boxes and floating wetlands. I suggest you take a look at their website https://fytogreen.com.au if you would like to know a bit more.
We will also be conducting our Annual General Meeting so hope you can be there.
We have a tradition of exhibiting flower arrangements, flowers and pot plants as part of our normal meeting, so if you have something in your garden you would like to bring along, please do.
We will also have the usual raffle and trading table and would welcome contributions to the table. The funds raised help with the activities of the Society. Some cash might come in handy if reception for our tyro machine fails.
Morning tea will follow the speaker – so don’t forget to put your BYO mug in the car and please bring a small plate to share.

RHGS Dandenong Ranges Gardens Tour
2024-10-25 08:30 - 17:00 | Cloudehill and DRBG, 89 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda, Victoria
Hurry – only two places left as of Sunday 29 Sept

RHGS is pleased to offer our members an opportunity to enjoy guided tours and a lunch at two of the premier gardens of the Dandenong Ranges, Cloudehill Garden and Nursery and the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden, both just outside Olinda.
We will leave by bus from the car park at Red Hill Showgrounds, Red Hill, promptly at 8:30 am, and travel first to Cloudehill, arriving about 10am. We will be met there by guides who will take us through the garden, and provide history and information about plantings and maintenance of the garden. This will be followed by lunch at Seasons Restaurant at 12 o’clock, included in the tour price. The included lunch is two courses – main and dessert, and tea and coffee, we will order at the restaurant.
You may also take advantage of visiting the nursery and Digger’s Garden Shop at Cloudehill.
After lunch we go back to the bus and down the road towards Olinda to the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden, famous for their rhododendrons. We will be treated to a guided tour of the Chelsea Australian Garden at Olinda designed by Phillip Johnson and Wes Fleming. They will both be available as guides to take us around this first ever Australian winning entry to the Chelsea Flower Show. We will have an opportunity to visit the rest of the Botanic Garden self-guided. In addition, the Cloud Forest Garden is a new resilience planting of Queensland Rainforest plants, and this will be available to be seen as well.
We will return to the bus and depart DRBG at 3:30 pm for a planned arrival back at the Showgrounds, Red Hill at approximately 5 pm.
Members only
This event is part subsidised by RHGS member funds, and is limited to RHGS members only.
Self-drive option
If you would like to join our event tours with guides and the lunch, but not join the bus, that’s allowed. Simply register as normal, and indicate you will self-drive. There is no discount for self-driving. You must register each person involved.
Cloudehill Accessibility
Due to the incline of the property, there is very limited access to the garden for wheelchairs and walking frames. The Diggers Garden Shop and Seasons Restaurant and its deck do have disability access, and both car parks have a designated disability parking bay. However there are steps from the Diggers Garden Shop into the garden and also steps between the many gardens within Cloudehill.
Cloudehill has been made on the side of a mountain and there are steps between the various gardens throughout. We have made these to be as comfortable as possible and upper flights also have handrails.
DRBG Accessibility
Due to its location, shape and topography, accessibility at the garden can be challenging. The site has one entry/exit and extends approximately 1.5km to its furthest point. While the main paths are wide with sealed surfaces, some sections are steep and many of the minor paths are gravel.
The return walk from Serenity Point has some long and steep uphill sections. Allow plenty of time to visit this garden or stay close to the areas nearest the gift shop. Unassisted wheelchair access is not recommended.
Note to Digger’s members
If you’re a Digger’s member, we will receive approximately a $10 discount. Since RHGS is subsidising this event, the discount would assist to defray our costs. You will be asked to provide your Digger’s membership number as a checkout option.

A Gardening Christmas - 2025
2025-11-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Sheoaks, 9 Tubbarubba Road, Merricks North, Victoria, Australia
The Red Hill Gardening Society will be celebrating with a Christmas Morning Tea at 10 am this Friday, 28 November, in the garden of Lee Carmody. The address is 9 Tubbarubba Road, Merricks North and the name on the gate is “Sheoaks”. This replaces our normal monthly meeting and will be an opportunity to meet up with old friends and get to know some of our newer members.
Parking is available in the paddock and will be signposted. Those with a disability can park at the house where there is space for six cars. There won’t be a Trading Table at this get together but there will be a raffle.
Please BYO cup for morning tea or coffee and a small plate of Christmassy fare to share.
We hope you can come and look forward telling you some of the RHGS plans for 2026 and hearing your suggestions and preferences for future garden related activities.
The Committee
Red Hill Gardening Society

Rabbit Information Session
2026-05-01 11:00 - 12:00 | The Mechanics Hall, Mechanics Road, Red Hill South, Victoria, 3937, Australia
Breeding like rabbits ….
Community meeting.
The Peninsula is overrun by rabbits at the moment and it has never previously been this bad. It does not affect everyone, some areas are suffering badly and others are not. It is however a community problem and cannot be controlled property by property and so the Red Hill Gardening Society has organised for a speaker from Agriculture Victoria to speak at 11 am on 1 May 2026 at the Red Hill Hall. This is open to anyone in the community with an interest.

Annie Lamb, the Leading Biosecurity Officer and David Scott the Engagement Officer for invasive plants in the South East will be coming to meet with us and will speak about bringing together government, the Shire and residents to co-ordinate a response.

Learn about:
• Building the community’s capacity to respond to pests
• Legislation
• Integrated control methods
• Rabbit biology and behaviour

Please email your intention to attend to rhgs@rhgs.com.au by April 27
