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Address all correspondence to: PO Box 826 Williamstown 3016
ABN 58407650184
Email:  williebotgardens@gmail.com 
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Paint the Gardens is Back!
Paint the Gardens competition

The Pond is looking wonderful.
Thanks to Shelley, Michael and the contractors for a lovely job, and to Lorraine Callow for her beautiful pictures.
You can see more photos of our gardens taken by Lorraine HERE.

Upcoming  Events
The Friends of Williamstown Botanic Gardens invite you to attend the following events:
Story Time in the Gardens
24 February 2012 		 - Bugs in the Gardens  Meet under the Golden Elm, from 10.30 to 11.15am.  
Paint the Gardens Competition It will be the first item in the "Art in Public Places", and judging will be on the April, 2012.  Entry details and  conditions, and the judging criteria can be downloaded by clicking on the links.
There is a comprehensive list of events from Garden Clubs around the state at http://rhsv.org.au/rhsv-news/whats-on/, and also in the Friends box at the Williamstown Library, along with flyers from various horticultural groups.


Our group was established in 2009, with aims  of  encouraging and supporting  conservation, development, wellbeing and public appreciation of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens, representing the interests of the Friends of Williamstown Botanic Gardens throughout the City of Hobsons Bay and the wider community ,advocating sustainability and long term development of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens and  supporting the work of Hobsons Bay City Council in maintaining these Gardens.
The Committee is::
 
Committee:
President: Sue Murray - President's Report, 2011 here
Vice President: Kim Sawyer
Secretary: Geoffrey King
Treasurer: Diane Robinson
Representative of the City of Hobsons Bay Williamstown Botanic Gardens Advisory Group (WBAG): Helen Page
Barbara Sloan (Publication/Website) and Alan Murray (Newsletters) are ordinary members.		 SubCommittees:
Art: Kim Sawyer, Leo Frankom
Education: Anja  Lee,
Publicity: Barb Sloan, Bev Roberts, Carol Challis


Membership forms can be downloaded here.  We have a bank account with the Bendigo Bank, and payments for membership can be made directly to them..  

The current newsletter is available here.

We also have a Flickr account here with pictures that we have received.

This is our permanent  website.The information here will change as the group changes.  Those with queries please contact us through our email address williebotgardens@gmail.com or write to us at PO Box 826 Williamstown 3016

 Pictures from Paint the Gardens, 2011 available here.

Information about the gardens can be found HERE.  Melway Reference: Map 56 C10  Google map here.