Cowra Mens Probus recently inducted Roy Adams and Peter Curry, congratulations Roy and Peter.
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Neville Pengilly was the speaker of the Member behind the Badge. He gave a very interesting talk about the changes he had seen in his life.
Our guest speaker was Matthew Rush who is the facility manager of the Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre Australia.
With 30 years of experience as a gardener, Matthew has been working at the Japanese Garden for 13 years.
The garden covers five hectares, three hectares of lawn and two hectares of garden.
They have 124 different plants to care for.
Matthew told us of some of the projects that are planned and have been completed to improve the garden's facilities.
These were the construction of a new storeroom and toilets, a complete rebuild of the old bonsai house and roof replacement of the cultural centre.
He also told us about the chrysanthemum planting, different pruning methods, Tamamono pruning and Okarikomi style pruning.
Watering of the garden is done by irrigation with 350 sprinkler heads connected to 24 irrigation stations.
They have to care for the nutrition of the lawns and plants as well as the filtration of the lake.
They do all this with three full time staff, two part time staff and one volunteer who do a magnificent job to keep the garden in a very attractive condition.
Everyone who attended the Andre Rieu Maastricht Concert had a very enjoyable time.
There are 47 people going on the Tasmania cruise.
A mystery tour is being organised in September.
Cowra Mens Probus Club meet on the first Tuesday of each month.
The next meeting is on September 3 at the Cowra Services Club at 10am.
Would you like to come along and listen to an interesting guest speaker while meeting people and having an enjoyable outing? Then consider coming along to one of our meetings
Probus provides you with the opportunity to join together to progress healthy minds and active bodies through social interaction and activities.
Any retirees are most welcome to attend.
