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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
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- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Tag Archives: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Thursday at the RTBG
Yesterday was Thursday. Long term blog followers will know the day is always glorious if I am (we the Food Garden volunteers are) going to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). And we did. And it was. Earlier in the … Continue reading
RTBG – new visit
A couple of fellow Food Garden volunteers, R and A, visited the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) last week and have forwarded their photos for this blog. The panorama shot below encompasses some of the end of the Food Garden … Continue reading
Collecting seeds – an RTBG story
Previously I have talked about my meagre seed collecting thrills with cosmos, lettuce, tomatoes, silver beet, chard, paper daisies, calendulas and parsley. These pale into existence compared to some grand seed collecting expeditions. Earlier this month friend J (thanks) sent … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 16th May 2019 – remembering
For my first week volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) you can read about eggplant, garlic and feijoa here. In my second week, I picked olives, planted two different kinds of mustard under the olive trees, cleared out … Continue reading
RTBG reopens to the public – with conditions
Tasmania’s Minister for Heritage announced the reopening of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG); her media release can be read here. This decision took effect on Monday the 11th May. I read with interest ‘Residents visiting the Botanical Gardens for … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 9th May 2019 – remembering
Last week I recalled my first week volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) – in May 2019. That day the main Food Garden changes, with which I was involved, were the removal of the almost dead mini eggplant … Continue reading
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Tagged Compost, Eggplant, Feijoa, Food Garden, Garlic, oxalis, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG
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Thursday 2nd May 2019 – the first day at RTBG
Memory lane. Twelve months have passed and the world has changed. My life has changed. When I started volunteering in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) on Thursday 2nd May, I believed that if I enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged First day, Food Garden, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG
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