MAYOR Noel Playford opened the Noosa Botanic Gardens 25 years ago and was back last week to celebrate the garden’s 25th birthday.
The birthday celebrations, organised and hosted by the Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens (FoNBG), were held in the garden’s amphitheatre on Wednesday 19 August, and were designed to celebrate the hard work of the park’s volunteers and council staff who keep the gardens looking beautiful all year.
It was a great community celebration of a public space built by the community 25 years ago.
Lake Macdonald resident Ida Duncan began the push for the gardens, urging locals to contribute plants and labour, local businesses to offer support and even the local brickworks supplied time, labour and materials to help build the amphitheatre, kindly designed by local artist and designer Bill McKay.
The FoNBG began their work within the garden more than four years ago, contributing not only labour but also funds they raised through community activities.
The next planned community initiative is the Plant Fair for Father’s Day at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday 6 September from 9am to 3pm, with a huge range of plants and advice on offer for the budding gardener.
Bring Dad along to pick out some plants and help support the Noosa Botanic Gardens.
