Mount Macedon’s annual Autumn Flower and Produce Show will return from March 16 to 17, for more than a century of horticultural history.
The free show is open to all residents in the Macedon Ranges, with no charge for entries, and entries from children especially welcome.
Mount Macedon and District Horticultural Society president Stephen Ryan still remembers attending the annual show and the excitement that lingered after submitting an entry as a young child.
“It’s very nostalgic because some of my earliest memories was entering as a young child… it was highly exciting,” he said.
“I guess it sort of hooked me to being a part of a horticultural society in the first place.”
And hooked Stephen was. He became president of the society when he was 19 and attended both milestone celebrations.
“I was at the 50th birthday party as a 10 year old. For me to have been there at that one and the 100th one, there has to be some record there,” he said laughing.
“[The show] is like an old fashioned country fair. It’s unashamedly slightly daggy… [but] a great way for children to become engaged in horticulture.”
Visitors are welcome on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday when Devonshire teas will be available. It will be held in the society’s hall at 583 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon.
Details: www.mountmacedonhorticulture.org.au/
Zoe Moffatt
