BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Your Garden - Our Future - A special Evening Celebrating  Gard ens\, Bees and our Shared Environment   Rotarians for Bees has not had a major event since 2022 \, Mainly due to Covid and other factors.  But now \, we are back with a huge event at Box Hill Golf Club on Monday 7 April\ , featuring Costa Georgiadis from the ABC Gardening Program\, Aris Petrat os (Past President of Victorian Apiarist Association)\, Andrew Laidlaw (Me lbourne Botanical Gardens Botanical Architect) and Fiona Chambers (CEO of the Wheen Bee Foundation).   Our presenters will talk about the threats f acing Bees and Pollinators\, what is being done to combat the challenges\, what we can all do in our own garden space from rooftop to nature strip t o large areas. We will also learn about the history and treasures of our o wn Botanical Gardens and the wonderful education and habitat initiatives f rom the Wheen Bee Foundation and Beechworth Honey. In his own inimitable s tyle\, Costa will get amongst the audience and enthuse us all.   There wi ll be some exclusive auction items including a guided personal tour of the Botanical Gardens (by Andrew) for a group of ten plus afternoon tea\, a f ully functioning bee hive for your garden including maintenance for a year \, an exclusive hamper of Beechworth Honey products etc etc. - all under t he professional control of our own Jonathan Shepherd.  And this being Rot ary\, there will be a Raffle with numerous and high value prizes.   Funds raised will go towards education programs and habitat creation with R4BEE S and our partners who have strong school garden projects and information material.   Bookings available by link and QR code to the Trybooking site ... bookings will be on a "first in" basis with a limit of 150 attendees.   The evening will include an excellent two course meal and drinks at bar prices. DTEND:20250406T140000Z DTSTAMP:20261017T150117Z DTSTART:20250407T083000Z LOCATION:Box Hill Golf Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:YOUR GARDEN - OUR FUTURE UID:265e6a6b-7348-4ae4-aa48-c400b256391f X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Your Garden - Our Future - A special Ev ening Celebrating \; Gardens\, Bees and our Shared Environment< /strong>

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Rotarians for Bees has not had a major event since 2022 \, Mainly due to C ovid and other factors. \; But now\, we are back \;with a huge event at Box Hill Golf Cl ub on Monday 7 April\,  \;featuring Costa Georgiadis from the ABC Gardening Program\, Aris Pe tratos (Past President of Victorian Apiarist Association)\, Andrew Laidlaw (Melbourne Botanical Gardens Botanical Architect) and Fiona Chambers (CEO of the Wheen Bee Foundation).

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Our presenters will talk about the threats facing Bees and Pollinators\, what is being done to combat the challenges\, what we can all do in our own garden space from rooftop to n ature strip to large areas. We will also learn about the history and treas ures of our own Botanical Gardens and the wonderful education and habitat initiatives from the Wheen Bee Foundation and Beechworth Honey. In his own inimitable style\, Costa will get amongst the audience and enthuse us all .

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There will be some exclusive auction items including a guide d personal tour of the Botanical Gardens (by Andrew) for a group of ten pl us afternoon tea\, a fully functioning bee hive for your garden including maintenance for a year\, an exclusive hamper of Beechworth Honey products etc etc. - all under the professional control of our own Jonathan Shepherd . \; And this being Rotary\, there will be a Raffle with numerous and high value prizes.

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Funds raised will go towards education prog rams and habitat creation with R4BEES and our partners who have strong sch ool garden projects and information material.

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Bookings availab le by link and QR code to the Trybooking site ... bookings will be on a &q uot\;first in"\; basis with a limit of 150 attendees. \; The eveni ng will include an excellent two course meal and drinks at bar prices.

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