Shakespeare’s Herbs and Flowers   Jill Bryant’s Plants the Bard’s Words                                        Ideas to  Refresh your Garden Thursday December 1st   7.30pm sharp                                       Burnley Horticultural College 500 Yarra Blvd Richmond Melway 45A12 Main Building room 10 Enter via steel ramp Mini talk Raffle of Plants and Book Herb Supper Free Library to Members  Join at the Meeting New coloured ‘Herb Age’ …

In 2016 Bioscientists managed to grow a flowering plant in a Space Ship. What is that flower’s name and why was this done?   Surprisingly the plant is Zinnia. A very commonly grown plant in domestic gardens in the 1950s and 1960s the Zinnia flower is edible!! petals of this one are orange. The purpose of this exercise is to have fresh plant food  for …