Festive Specials at the Gardens Shop

Buy two or more and get 20% Off!

The festive season and warmer weather is on us again!

To hep you celebrate summer in style, the Gardens Shop is again offering our wonderful end of year specials.

Special #1
Buy 2 or more Gardens Produce jars and get 20% the total price

Special #2
Spend over $100 in a single transaction and get a Gardens Shop eco bag and gift pack valued at $25

Or

Spend over $300 in a single transaction and get a Gardens Shop premium eco bag and gift pack valued at $40

Please note: offers are only valid for sales in store and not online orders

Now In Stock

The eargerly anticipated Gardens Table Breakfast Mug and Saucer Set is now in stock at the Garden Shop and on our E commerce site … the set retails for $19.95 and is available in 6 beautiful designs – get yours for Christmas now before they sell out!

Fly Protection at your Fingertips!

The Fox Fly Visor is available at the Gardens Shop Cranbourne for $32.95

The Australian-designed Foxfly visor offers an effective – as well as stylish – solution to the seasonal bush fly problem.

Foxfly looks and feels like a good quality regular visor, because that’s exactly what it is. But, unlike ordinary visors, Foxfly can also be turned instantly into an effective defence against bush flies whenever the need arises.

The key to the Foxfly visor is its unique headband, together with its specially tailored cotton flynet. The net is sewn into the lining of the headband from which it is easily released through an invisible zip along the full length of the headband.

Foxfly is easy to use and extremely comfortable, not hot and airless like fine mesh beekeeper-style nets. It is also attractive – with the net out, as well  as in. And, of course, people can wear their Foxfly visor anywhere, anytime … flies or no flies.

The visor is available only at the Gardens Shop Cranbourne for $32.95. It comes in 3 colours – Ghost Gum (grey), Sand Dune (tan) and Tidal Flow (green).

Fresh from the Gardens Table

Spruce up your home this season with the latest from the Gardens Table.

Fresh from the Gardens, these beautiful breakfast mugs and matching saucers retail for $19.95 and are the perfect gift for Christmas or the perfect tablewae treat for yourself!

The mugs and saucers are will be for sale as a set and will be available in our popular range of designs. We will let you know when they will be for sale at the Gardens Shop outlets and online.

Artist in Residence – Sandra Sanger

 Artist in Residence

 The Gardens Shop, South Yarra
 Sunday 10 October 2009
 11am – 3pm

Join us as reknowned botanical artist Sandra Sanger gives us an insight into her art. Sandra joined Dianne Emery’s botanical art classes in 2000 after retiring from work. She enjoys working in a realistic and detailed way, and this subject area combines her interest in plant forms, rendering and watercolour. Sandra has exhibited in The Art of Botanical Illustration 2000 and has this year exhibited in Australian Guild of Realist Artist Gallery. She has also exhibited in the Royal Botanic Gardens Shop in Melbourne.

Introducing EnviroSax!

Just in time for Spring, our new range of Envirosax bags make a great addition to your handbag or the perfect eco-friendly gift .

The perfect bag for all occasions, we now stock the standard graphic series ($9.95) made from lightweight polyester and the premium organic range ($24.95), made from bamboo and linen.

Pictured is the Graphic ‘Amazon’ series with a wide range of designs and colours… Read on for product specifications and prices for the range.

 

 

Mick Harding Indigenous Artist

Artist in Residence

The Gardens Shop, South Yarra
4 October 2009
10am – 2pm

Mick Harding - Indigenous Artist

Come and discover the world of Mick Harding, a local award-winning indigenous artist. For Spring Open Day 2009, Mick has kindly agreed to be our Artist in Residence and do a demonstration of his amazing wood working skills.

Mick belongs to the Yeerun-Illam-Baluk clan of the Taungurung people. He lives with his family in the rolling foothills of Gippsland’s Strzelecki ranges, a short drive from Morwell National Park, and is an active member of the Taungurung, local and Victorian Indigenous communities.

From a very young age, Mick demonstrated a strong talent as a sketch artist. Through a journey of discovery about his own heritage and many years of honing his artistic talents, Mick has become a skilled artisan creating high quality works in his purpose built studio-workshop on the family property.

Janet Flinn – Wildlife Artist

Red-capped Robin, An original painting by Janet Flinn

Our popular artist in residence program continues this winter with the wonderful Janet Flinn at the Australian Garden shop on Sunday 16th Aug from 11am – 3pm.

Wildlife Artist, Janet Flinn, paints the color and character of the Australian birds that visit her garden and nearby bushland in Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Janet finds most of her favourite subjects such as parrots, kookaburras, robins, wrens and magpies, close to her Melbourne home. However, each year she travels hundreds of kilometres to observe Australian birds and animals in their natural habitat.

Allowing the subject to suggest her approach and medium, Janet contrasts opaque paint against transparent watercolour, solid shapes against fine lines and accurate rendering against loose and spontaneous brushwork. Compositions are carefully planned with a particular interest in the use of space and asymmetry. She depicts her subjects in a realistic manner, but places them on a background where the colours and shapes work in a non-narrative way to suggest their environment.

For more information, please contact the Gardens Shop at <!–[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]–> <!–[endif]–>Ph: (03) 9252 231 or
E-mail: gardenshop@rbg.vic.gov.au

 

pped Robin

An Original Painting by Janet Flinn

Welcome to Winter

Winter is upon us again and the Gardens Shop is rugging up for winter.

Come and check out our range of wonderful scarves and Toshi beanies to keep the young and old warm this winter.

For the keen gardener, winter is the best time to catch up on chores like weeding and composting. The Gardens Shop has Fiskars tools, Bucket in a Bag, Sprout Gloves and much more to make your gardening this winter a pleasure!

Now Sprouting in store

If you’re looking for eco-friendly yet effective skin care, then Sprout has just the thing.

After a long, happy day of gardening your skin will love the luxurious soap, hand balm and hand cleaner from this Australian-owned company. The heavenly scent of organic lemongrass, lemon myrtle and bran has been described as addictive!