General Meetings

We meet on the last Tuesday each Month 9:30am – 12pm

NEXT MEETING:   Tuesday 25 August, 2026 

Venue:   The Pavilion Maleny Showgrounds
Time: 9.30..am -12.00pm. Morning tea served at 9.30am for meeting start at 10am.

Guest Speaker: Rhea Phelan a member of the Pest Plant Team at Sunshine Coast Council. For over 12 years, Maria has been helping landholders and the community to identify and manage invasive weeds while protecting local biodiversity and farms. She also runs community engagement programs on biosecurity awareness for pest plants. With bachelor’s degrees in environmental science and law and growing up in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Rhea is ideally suited to her position. Rhea’s talk at MGC will cover priority weeds in our area, including new emerging weeds and helpful information on weed hygiene.

PLEASE DO NOT attend the meeting if you have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue, loss of smell or taste, shortness of breath or any other symptoms that are associated with COVID.

❖ Sanitise hands on entry;
❖ Maintain social distancing;
❖ Masks – personal preference;
❖ Sign attendance sheet.

Members & Guests please sign the Attendance Book/Sheet on arrival at each Meeting and Sip & Snip as you are not covered by insurance if you have not signed in.


Sip & Snip

(MEMBERS ONLY) – Second Tuesday each Month  9:30am – 12pm

Next SIP & SNIP: Please see latest Newsletter for Sip & Snip Details


Coming Events

Gardening Events in Queensland

Date

Event

Location

Time

22 August 2026

Showgrounds, 45-55 Queen Street, Marburg

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

5 September, 2026

Brisbane Garden Expo 2026. Great range of stall holders. One day event.

Rcklea

Showgrounds

8am - 4pm

Admission $10.

11-12 September 2026

Laidley Spring Garden Fair

Over 50 plant-related stalls and vendors. Part of the Laidley Spring Festival. More info.

Recreational Reserve, Patrick Street, Laidley.

See website for the program

18 September - 5 October, 2026

Various. See website

See website for the program

3 October 2026

Maleny Showgrounds

Garden Market:

8.00am - 3.00pm

Open Gardens:

9.30am-4.00pm

 

Queensland Council of Garden Clubs Inc: Calendar of Shows – 2026
The calendar shows the events planned for garden clubs in Queensland on a monthly basis.

Calendar of Gardening Events in S.E. Queensland, Australia and New Zealand: 
Major Garden and Flower Shows.

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