Market just blooming

T MIGHT be the school holidays, but if you’re a gardener, there’s no such thing as time off.
There’s always something that needs planting or pruning. If you find roses a prickly plant to tackle, join the market-goers at the Coal Creek Farmers Market, Korumburra, this Saturday and learn the art of pruning the roses from an expert.
Stan Nieuwesteeg from Kurinda Rose Nursery will be making an appearance on the community stage at 10.15am to demonstrate where, how and when to cut back your colourful and fragrant friends, to get a blooming fabulous show in spring.
You might’ve already visited their picturesque nursery and farm in the hills between Warragul and Lardner where Stan and Marjoliijn have 24 acres dedicated to roses.
It’s taken over 20 years to develop a range of this size, but with more than 40’ years experience growing roses for the wholesale and retail market, Stan certainly knows what it takes.
The nursery specialises in hybrid tea, floribunda, climbing and old fashioned roses. Plants are grafted onto multiflora rootstock and field grown for two years, then dug in winter, and sold as bare-rooted plants or potted up for spring/summer sales.
The nursery stocks over 150 varieties that are well suited to Gippsland and all the roses sold at the nursery are grown on the farm. Every year, new release varieties are trialed and the best are added to their growing list.
Stan attends many of the local farmers markets in Gippsland, including Koonwarra, Inverloch, Traralgon, Warragul and this Saturday at the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market.
His pruning demo will start just after Meredith from Grow Lightly chats about vegetables at 10am.
Catch other local growers, producers and makers with their fresh and delicious offering from 8am to 12.30pm at the Coal Creek car park in Korumburra.
There’s a park for the kids and tasty treats to try and buy. Stock up on supplies for the holidays, and learn a thing or two, in a pretty gum tree setting.
Kurinda Rose’s gardens are open to nursery visitors during November and December.
Kurinda Rose Nursery is open Tuesday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and most weekends 10am to 4pm.
Please phone before visiting to confirm opening hours on 5623 6827.

Magical spot: Kurinda Rose Nursery brings the appeal of roses to the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market this Saturday.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jul 8 2014. Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Community. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry