Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending a couple of wonderful Gardening events over the next week, one in Canberra, the other in Melbourne.
Firstly, in the ACT the Plant Fair at historic Lanyon will be held this weekend the 21 and 22 March. This is Canberra’s premier Plant Fair and we will have a nice range of Hellebores available. For more details see here: http://www.opengarden.org.au/events/nsw_act_events.html#nsw-plantfair
Then next week we will be at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (stand B38) from Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th March. This will be held in the Carlton Gardens and Royal Exhibition Buildings in the heart of Melbourne. More information here: http://melbflowershow.com.au/
A couple of the varieties we will have at Lanyon and Melbourne……..
Double BlackDouble yellow picotee
Mail order closing in 10 days
On October 31 we will be closing our Online Hellebore Store. We still have quite a few varieties still available and they are looking good and ready to plant. Last chance to get a few Hellebores in the garden before Summer. Images of a few of the varieties still available are below.
Our final fling for this year will be at the Historic Riversdale Homestead in Goulburn, NSW, on Sunday 2nd November. We hope to have a nice range of Hellebores available for sale, so if you live anywhere near do drop in to visit and see the Garden at Riversdale as well.
Hellebores have generally finished (or nearly finished) flowering now and should be putting on plenty of leafy growth. Unless you want lots of seedlings coming up next winter, you might like to remove spent flowering stems now. This will also help the plant expend its energy in root and shoot growth rather than seed production.
If your Hellebores are putting on plenty of growth a little liquid feeding now wont hurt, but the main time for fertilising is late Autumn and into Winter. Hellebores are not fussy about types of fertiliser – any of the commonly available liquid feeds at the standard rate will be fine.
Remove any old tatty or diseased looking growth (but leave the nice new growth). And finally keep your Hellebores well mulched over summer. Young plants put into the ground this season will probably need a bit of extra watering over Summer if it is dry.
Over the next two months we will be attending a number of specialist Plant and Gardening Fairs, starting this coming Saturday at Red Hill. Three of these are in Victoria and two in NSW. We will have a nice range of our smaller mail order sized Hellebores as well as other choice Hellebores in flower in larger pots. So if we are coming to your part of the world drop in and say hello. Lots of other interesting specialist Nurseries attend these events as well. See below for all the details.
The Red Hill Spring Garden Festival
Will be held on Saturday September 13, 2014 (9am to 3pm) at the Red Hill Recreation Reserve, Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill. For more information click on this link.
The Mt Macedon Plant Lovers Market
Is to be held on the weekend of 20th and 21st September 2014 (10am to 4pm) at historic Bolobek, 370 Mt Macedon Rd, Macedon. Note the wonderful new venue for this event this year. For more information click on this link.
The Central Coast Plant Lovers Fair
Will be held on the weekend of 27th and 28th of September 2014 (9am to 4pm) at Kariong Mountains High School, Kariong, NSW. For more information click on this link.
The Baw Baw Garden and Home Expo
Is to be held on the weekend of 11th and 12th of October 2014 (9am to 4pm) at Lardner Park, via Warragul. For more information click on this link.
The Riversdale Open Garden Fair
Will be held on Sunday 2nd November 2014 (10am to 3pm) at Historic Riversdale, 1 Maud St, Goulburn, NSW. For more information click on this link.
Nursery Open Days
Post Office Farm Nursery will be open for the next three Sundays until the end of September. The famous Hellebore Stock House is probably at its peak at the moment, the display bed is still looking good and we have lots of lovely Hellebores available to buy.
We have most varieties still available to buy on our website shop. We will be posting out Hellebores until the end of October. It is not too late to get some nice new Hellebore in the ground to flower next Winter.
A lovely composition of Hellebore flowers taken by Simon Griffiths at Post Office Farm.
It has been a late-ish flowering season for the Hellebores at the Nursery this year. But the Hellebores are really at their peak now and probably for the next month.
Post Office Farm Nursery is Open every Sunday (from 10am to 4pm) at the moment (until the end of September) so it is an ideal time to visit us. Nursery Tours are held at 11am and 2pm on each Open Day. Post Office Farm Nursery is just out of Woodend, in the beautiful Macedon Ranges, an easy hours drive from Melbourne, Ballarat or Bendigo.
Some images of the Hellebores in flower taken in last couple of days at the Nursery…….
Helleborus x hybridus Double PurpleHelleborus x hybridus PicoteeThe Nursery display bed in full bloom – Hellebore Heaven
Post Office Farm Nursery is now open to the public every Sunday 10am to 4pm, from now until the end of September
We have the full range of Hellebores featured in our 2014 Catalogue/Online Shop available to buy at the Open Days.
In addition we will have large flowering sized Hellebores – just a few of these this early in the season, many more in July and August.
Nursery Tours and Hellebore Talks at 11am and 2pm on each Open Day.
Post Office Farm Nursery is located at 934 Ashbourne Rd, Woodend, Victoria. We are in the beautiful Macedon Ranges just an hours easy drive from most parts of Melbourne, Ballarat or Bendigo.
The Hellebores at Post Office Farm are stirring into life for a new season.
The temperatures have dropped over the past few weeks. Cold misty mornings and a few light frosts. Just a wake up call for the Hellebores. The new Hellebore seedlings are germinating and flower buds are forming.
We still have all 40 varieties available in our online Hellebore store. See images below for a few of the fabulous Hellebores we are offering this season.
And if you are into Facebook, you might like to check out Post Office Farm Nursery’s Facebook Page which has lots of nice pics and information about what we are up to in the Nursery.
This year our online store features 40 different Hellebore varieties, including a number of new offerings.
Autumn is the ideal time of the year to plant Hellebores.
Double apricot peach
Green spotted
Double picotee
Helleborus x hybridus double white painted
It is Autumn Plant Fair time!
Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending several Plant Fairs in the next few weeks with lots of nice new seasons Hellebores ready for planting. These Fairs are all great events for keen gardeners and plant lovers with many other specialist nurseries attending. Details of each Fair is below.
Plant Fair at Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa, ACT
is organized by Open Gardens Australia and will take place on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd March 2014 at historic Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa, ACT. See the OGA website for more information.
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
will be at the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne from Wednesday 26th March to Sunday 30th March 2014. We will be at site B38 (on the path which runs parallel to Victoria St., between the entry gate and Nicholson St.) See this website for more details.
The Tesselaar Gardening and Plants Expo
will take place on the weekend of 5th and 6th April 2014, at Tesselaar Gardens, 357 Monbulk Rd, Silvan. See this website for more information.
The Gippsland Rare and Unusual Plant Fair
will be held on Saturday 12th April 2014 at the Jindivick Public Hall, Jacksons Track, Jindivick, 10am to 4pm. View a PDF information sheet for this event here: 2014 RARE PLANT FAIR
9th Collectors Plant Fair at Clarendon, NSW
will be held on the weekend of 12th to 13th of April, 2014 at the Hawkesbury Race Club, Racecourse Rd, Clarendon, NSW. See their website for more information.
Helleborus x hybridus pale pink
Our Online Hellebore Store will be opening in the first week of April.
We have a number of new introductions this year as well as lots of the varieties that we have become known for. The Hellebores are looking good at the moment having come through the Summer heat wave without any dramas. Autumn is the perfect time to get new Hellebores in the ground. We will be sending out an email update when the Shop is live.
Helleborus x hybridus green purple bicolour
Riversdale Plant Fair
For the information of our NSW customers, Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending the Plant Fair at historic Riversdale, 1 Maud St, Goulburn on Sunday 3rd of November. We will have a nice range of Hellebores available for sale at this Plant Fair and we are looking forward to meeting some of our customers from NSW. Other specialist plant nurseries will be in attendance as well.
One final reminder also that our mail order service for Hellebores will be closing at the end of October. So just 2 weeks to get in any last minute Hellebore orders. The plants are in fine order and we have most varieties still available. Last chance till April 2014 to get some Hellebores planted! A few of the varieties on offer this year are shown below.
Over the next few weeks Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending a number of specialist Plant Fairs. We will have a selection of our smaller mail order sized Hellebores as well as some larger flowering sized plants for sale. These Fairs all feature a wonderful range of specialist plant Nurseries and are great fun for all plant lovers.
Pakenham Garden Expo – Saturday September 7th at the Pakenham Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Pakenham, 10am to 3pm
Red Hill Spring Garden Festival – Saturday 14th September, at the Red Hill Recreation Reserve, Arthurs Seat Road, 10am to 4pm.
The Mt Macedon Plant Lovers Market – the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of September at the Mt Macedon Golf Club/Horticultural Society Hall, 583 Mt Macedon Rd, Mt Macedon.
Baw Baw Garden Expo and Home Show – the weekend of the 12th and 13th of October 2013 at Lardner Park, field days site, via Warragul.
Open Days
The next four Sundays (8th – 29th September) are our last Nursery Open Days for this season. Still lots of lovely Hellebores available and your last chance to visit Post Office Farm till next Winter.
Mail Order
Our mail order Hellebore service continues until the end of October. Our website Shop is open 24/7.
A particularly lovely Helleborus x hybridus ‘Double Picotee’.
Open Days
We are halfway through our season of Open Sundays at Post Office Farm.
Flowering is probably at its peak now with an amazing variety of Hellebores in full flower. Many visitors have been rendered speechless at our stunning display bed of Hellebores.
We have a wide range of flowering Hellebores as well as smaller plants available for sale each Sunday.
Our Nursery Tours held at 11am and 2pm each Sunday have been very popular and give people a chance to see the latest varieties before they become available and get tips on the best way to grow their Hellebores in the garden.
The sales and display areas are fully under cover. Post Office Farm is an easy 1 hour drive from most parts of Melbourne, in the beautiful Macedon Ranges.
Mail Order
For those unable to make a visit to the Nursery, our Mail Order service is still in full swing.
Order via our website Shop or download our 2013 Catalogue from the website.
Most varieties are still available and it is a good time to get Hellebores planted in the garden.
