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    Chris and Mason Reynolds. Horsham Spring Garden Festival.
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    Paramedic Stu Mills shows Maddee Townsend how to treat a snake bite, Horsham Spring Garden Festival.
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    Archie Vincent with a blue-tonguw lizard.Horsham Spring Garden Festival.
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    Archie Vincent with a blue-tonguw lizard.Horsham Spring Garden Festival.
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    Chris and Katy Clark. Horsham Spring Garden Festival.
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    Natalie Upton nad Olivia Naylor, Natives by Nat. Horsham Spring Garden Festival.

PHOTOS: Spring garden lifestyle showcase

By Bronwyn Hastings

Horsham Spring Garden and Lifestyle Festival organisers are already planning next year’s two-day event after the proven successes and feedback from the weekend’s event.

Organiser Graham Gerlach said the festival was ‘great overall’.

“The weather was perfect, there was good food, and good fun,” he said.



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“The exhibitors all did their very best, some of the features of the show being Ambulance Victoria and the CFA, who gave out lots of practical advice,” he said.

Mr Gerlach said paramedics demonstrated CPR and defibrillation as part of their October Call Push Shock campaign, and showed how to treat snakebite.

“The CFA did their presentation on fire preparation too, the coming fire season and the appropriate plants to have to minimise fire danger around the home,” he said. 

“Fair Dinkum Fauna had kids everywhere, they talked about the good things native animals can do for your garden – they said you’ll never need to buy snail bait if you have a blue- tongue lizard in your garden. 

“That was all really good, relevant to lifestyle.”

Mr Gerlach said the native flower bunches and nursery plants were popular, amidst a nursery shortage.

“There are very few nurseries in our area – in about a 100-kilometre radius, they just don’t exist anymore, they’re shutting down,” he said.

Mr Gerlach said the venue – ‘Horsham’s best-kept secret’ was part of the event’s success. 

“We’re so lucky to have the botanic gardens. They’re so well-kept,” he said

Mr Gerlach said some exhibitors had already booked a site for next year’s festival, and invites feedback  from the public for its planning

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