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 …

 WELCOME TO THE  HERB SOCIETY OF VICTORIA  WE ARE A VERY FRIENDLY GROUP We meet every First Thursday at Burnley Horticultural College In Room MB10 at 7.30pm sharp for two talks and a Herb Supper and a Raffle of Herbs Hills Branch meets 7.45pm the third Wednesday  at           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Photographs taken at Ballarat Botanic Gardens, Garden of St Erth and the Geelong Botanic Gardens by J.Bryant.   Welcome to the Herb Society of Victoria! We meet the first Thursday each month at the Burnley Campus  of the University of Melbourne  Yarra Boulevard in the Main Building Room MB10 Enter from The Yarra Boulevard via the double gates and …