Buying new plants for your garden could also mean supporting the Royal Children’s Hospital this weekend, as the Riddells Creek Nursery hosts its annual plant sale fundraiser.
Running across several days of the Easter weekend, the nursery will be selling a wide range of plants and trees – including native and cottage garden varieties – at heavily discounted prices.
Funds raised through each sale will be donated to Good Friday Appeal, supporting the Royal Children’s Hospital to support its patients, families, staff, equipment, cancer research, and more.
The nursery will be joined by the Riddells Creek CFA brigade on Good Friday, which will be running a sausage sizzle fundraiser for the Good Friday Appeal, and the Riddells Creek Football Netball Club on Saturday, which will also run a barbecue fundraiser to raise funds for its women’s team.
Nursery owner Geordie Taylor said that the nursery enjoys supporting charitable causes across local, national, and international levels – with staff enthusiastic about the Good Friday Appeal and its objectives.
“I think fundamentally, we love helping out children and we love raising money for children – and you can see it in all the other organisations we help with … [it’s] a very good cause and one everyone in the business loves to get behind,” Mr Taylor said.
Along with the Good Friday Appeal, the plant sale will also assist the nursery in recovering from a robbery last month.
The sale will run during the nursery’s regular opening hours of 9am–5pm from Good Friday until Tuesday, April 16 – but the nursery will be closed for Easter Sunday.
The nursery is located at 675 Kilmore Road, Riddells Creek.
Oscar Parry
