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• APS NSW Annual Weekend Get-together, Armidale, 1-3 November 2024

  • Start
    1 Nov 2024
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • End
    3 Nov 2024

  Hosted by the Armidale Group, Armidale. 
  

  Join us on the at Armidale on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, for a very exciting  weekend of nature, gardening, and art. 

  Registration fee:  
  

  $100, which includes morning tea, a boxed lunch and a two course dinner at the New  England Regional Art Museum on Saturday. 

  $35 for bus for all Saturday daytime venues. Only 57 places are available so book early  to ensure a seat. The bus cost will be kept separate as some people may wish to ‘tag  along’ in their car. A reserve list will be kept and a second bus may be organised. Full Registration (with bus) $135.

  RSVP your interest: Maria Hitchcock OAM, maria.hitchcock@gmail.com. You will be sent payment details and other information about accommodation options, etc Costs will be itemised before payment to allow for your selection. 

  Program:

  

  Friday, 1st November
  

  President's dinner at the Mun Hing Restaurant. APS NSW will pay for District Group presidents or their representatives. Other attendees are to pay for their own meal. All welcome.

  Saturday, 2 November

  All day, bus tour will take you to all daytime venues – remember there is a limited capacity of 57, so book early to ensure a seat.

  9:30am: Bus boards at Armidale Visitor Information Centre, 82 Marsh St., Armidale.

  9:45am: Arrive at Keith and Colleen Finlayson’s garden. Keith has successfully drafted many native plants over the years and has over 80 of these planted in his garden. Morning tea in the garden. (top photo)

  12 Noon: Boxed lunch at Kent House. Kent House is opposite the historic Central Park and is worth a stroll across to visit it with your lunch.

  1pm: Arrive at the Armidale Bicentennial Arboretum, Kentucky St., Armidale, for a tour.

  2:15pm: Arrive at Wollomombi Falls for a tour and a wander. The Falls are within the extensive Oxley wild Rivers National Park.

  4:15pm: Return to Armidale Visitor Information Centre to freshen up for evening event.

  6:30pm: New England Regional Art Museum, (NERAM) 106- 114 Kentucky Street, Armidale, for drinks, a two course dinner and a speaker. We will be seated in the east gallery which displays the outstanding Hinton Collection of early Australian Art.

  

  Museum Curator, Rachel Parsons, will speak about Howard Hinton and his collection. Dinner will be catered by the Six Counties Restaurant and offers four options of mains and three options of dessert. The bar will be open for attendees to purchase drinks by the glass (or canned soft drink).

  
  9.15pm:  Arrive back at the Information Centre

  Sunday, 3 November.

  The annual Armidale Garden Festival, 12 Barney St., Armidale. The Festival brings together nurseries, gardeners, garden suppliers, eco displays, garden ornaments and along with a great range of retail therapy with a vast array of stall holders. There will be inspiring gardens open both days. Entry to the Garden Festival entry is to be booked individually at a later date. We will advise you when bookings for the Festival open.

  
  The Hinton Gallery - New England Regional Art Museum Image: NERAM
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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