Sports day donations Contra Guitar Duo

The Glenlyon Sports Club New Year’s Day raised $13,700 and the proceeds have now been distributed to community groups.

Club secretary Evan Davis said the club thanked the generosity of the sponsors who made the day possible, the volunteers for their tireless efforts and Hepburn Shire Council for the upkeep of the ground prior to the day and other administrative support.

“Finally, we would like to thank the patrons who come along and create the atmosphere for the day. Without any of these, the day would not be as successful as it is year after year, we thank you all.”

Recipients were: Ballarat Cancer Research Unit - $500, Central Highlands Rural Health - Daylesford Health - $4000, Central Highlands Rural Health - Trentham Health - $1000, Daylesford Christmas Cheer - $800, Daylesford Community Brass Band - $400, Daylesford Girl Guides - $400, Daylesford Junior Football and Netball Club - $400, Daylesford Junior Tennis - $400, Daylesford Preschool - $400, Daylesford Riding For The Disabled - $400, Daylesford Senior/Junior Pipe Band - $400, Daylesford Volleyball - $400, Denis Beddoe Boxing Gymnasium - $300, Glenlyon & District News - $200, Glenlyon Adult Riding - $400, Glenlyon Pony Club - $400, Glenlyon Recreation Reserve Upgrades - $500, Grove of Gratitude$400, Hepburn Junior Football and Netball Club - $400, Hepburn Preschool - $400, New Year’s Eve Gala Daylesford - $200, Royal Children’s Hospital - $200, St Johns Ambulance - $400 and Trentham Junior Football and Netball Club - $400.

Queensland-based Contra Guitar Duo – Hamish Strathdee and Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle will close the Newstead Arts Hub winter program on Saturday, July 29.

The concert will showcase the varied and richly expressive capabilities of the guitar.

Describing themselves as opposing yet complementary performers, Hamish and Emma-Shay met at university auditions in 2011 and have been making music together ever since. Their contrasting musical personalities and personal chemistry bring a dynamic spin to the fantastic combination of two guitars.

Their performance of around 70 minutes will featuring works by Johann Kasper Mertz, Phillip Houghton, Maria Grenfell, Ross Edwards, Alexandre Tansman and Clarice Assad.

Tickets: events.humanitix.com/contra-guitar-duo-hamish-strathdee-and-emmashay-gallenti-guilfoyle

Link: www.newsteadartshub.org

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Pig & Whistle, Trentham East

July 22, 6.30pm - Cockatoo - country rock with a twist

Palais-Hepburn, Hepburn

July 21 - Michael Meeking - “You’ve done the country thing, let’s rock.”

July 22 - Backyard Banjo Club - five-piece trad-jazz/bluegrass bonanza

July 28 - Little Tree - a local, contemporary folk trio

July 29 - Steve Balbi - transcending rock and pop

Gardening was far from the minds of the early European settlers of this wide brown land. Survival would most likely be the word as they broke their backs clearing and working their plots for sustenance.

When it came to actually planting a garden, they chose anything that would remind them of home.

Even when civilisation came to town, street trees and garden beds were planted with familiar trees and shrubs, native shrubs were considered scrappy and colourless. Oaks, elms, plane trees and the odd flowering prunus flourished.

It wasn’t until the late 1950s that indigenous trees and shrubs really began to take hold. Thankfully these days, almost all civic plantings are of native origin. So it was with any public celebration of trees in Australia.

The first Australian Arbor Day was held in Adelaide on June 22, 1889 when literally hundreds of trees were planted throughout the surrounding parklands.

In my case I took part in the ceremony of tree planting. My father used to donate a batch of trees (never native) to my school - usually flowering prunus, crab apple or cherries.

He never took up the offer of also providing the accompanying words - the role was given to me. I shouldn’t complain - it was probably the key to my career in radio talkback.

School Arbor Days have suffered spasmodic doldrums since then so it’s great to acknowledge the wonderful coming on Sunday, July 30 of National Tree Day 2023preceded by Schools Tree Day on Friday, July 28.

In the image is my Victorian-born wife, Peta, centre behind the flag. She rummaged through her photographic library and found this relic of her school’s 1961 planting ceremony.

Pruning time for roses

Prune your roses and deciduous trees now. Keep in mind the ultimate size and desired shape of the subject and make each cut sharp and clean, near to a plump growth bud pointed in the direction the branch should grow, toward open space. Avoid selecting buds that will form crossed branches.

When you have finished pruning and cleaning away the cuttings, treat all the ends and wounds with tree pruning paint or something similar to prevent any infection. Got a gardening query? Email glenzgarden@gmail.com