Lupton Park Community Garden, Maryborough

20/06/2026

We were given some great pointers on growing orchids from the Maryborough Orchid Society today while sharing some beautiful weather and cameraderie over morning tea.

18/06/2026

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👑 Where Do Queen Bees Come From?

🐝 Every queen starts life as an ordinary fertilised egg.

🍽️ The difference is what she's fed.

👩‍🍳 Nurse bees select a very young larva and flood it with special brood food.

🏰 Workers build a large peanut-shaped queen cell around her.

🛏️ Around Day 8-9 the cell is capped.

👑 Day 16 she emerges as a virgin queen.

⚔️ She may destroy rival queens and queen cells.

✈️ Weather permitting, she takes several mating flights.

🥚 A few days later she begins laying eggs and becomes the colony's new queen.

Bee Club Quick Tip

If you make a split and introduce a queen cell:

📅 Don't panic if you don't see eggs for a few weeks.

The queen still needs to:

emerge

mature

mate

return safely

start laying

Patience saves many unnecessary hive inspections!

🐝 "The hardest part of raising queens isn't the bees... it's stopping beekeepers from checking them every second day."

18/06/2026

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🌞 Our much-loved Grow It Local workshops are back, packed with practical tips, free goodies and plenty of inspiration to help your garden thrive this winter.

Register for a wonderful morning at 👇
🍅 Halcro Street Community Garden, Hervey Bay - Wednesday 15 July, 9am to 10:30am
🌶️ Lupton Park Community Garden, Maryborough - Wednesday 29 July, 9am to 10:30am

🌱 Learn seasonal gardening tips
🌱 Improve your soil and composting
🌱 Take home seedlings and planting guides
🌱 Meet other local growers & chat!

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or have never grown a tomato in your life, everyone is welcome.

🍋 Grab your spot for free here: https://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/grow-it-local

09/06/2026

Amethyst Cove Guest Suite are sponsors of our monster raffle. They are offering a weekends accommodation at their Guest suite. This is one of our fabulous prizes. Drop in to the garden or ask members for a ticket. $2 each or $5 for 3.

Views from Amethyst Cove are always magnificent, particularly at this time of year!!

Come and see for yourself!

You’ll love the tranquility🙏

09/06/2026

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Please support this coffee shop. They are suffering badly through the Walker Street roadworks. Stop in and have a coffee, buy a Burger. Support this small business doing it tough through no fault of their own.

04/06/2026

Interested in attending the Queensland Garden Expo on Thursday 4th July this year. The Maryborough Horticultural Society are taking a coach...leaving McDowell Carpark at 7.00am and returning 4.30pm. Coach fare is $40.00 and you will need to purchase your ticket at the venue for entry. Further particulars from Joy 0418585708. 🌻

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02/06/2026

We have launched our major raffle for the year with six great prizes. We could not do this without the generosity of our sponsors who I have listed below. Join us in thanking them and if you are looking for a place to stay, a place to go or spoil someone with a gift these sponsors are able to help you out. Please support our local sponsors.

LIST OF PRIZES
MONSTER RAFFLE 2026

TICKETS $2 EACH OR 3 FOR $5
DRAWN 12TH SEPTEMBER

FIRST PRIZE
Weekend accommodation/breakfast for 2 (Donated by Amethyst Cove Guest Suite, Boonooroo)
Bottle of wine/2 glasses
$20 Voucher (Donated by Maryborough Sports Club)

SECOND PRIZE
Choice of Ultimate Whale Watch OR Great Sandy Straits Ultimate Wildlife Cruise for 4 (Donated by Pacific Whale Foundation, Eco-Adventures, Hervey Bay)
Bottle of Wine with 2 glasses

THIRD PRIZE
Artwork (Donated by local artist Neil Kirkby)
Bottle of Wine/2 glasses
$50 Voucher (Donated by Maryborough Services Club)

FOURTH PRIZE
Morning Dolphin Cruise for 1 adult (Donated by Blue Dolphin Marine Tours, Hervey Bay)
$50 Voucher (Donated by Maryborough Services Club)

FIFTH PRIZE
Wheelbarrow/assorted products (Donated by Bunnings – Maryborough)
$20 Voucher (Donated by Maryborough Sports Club)

SIXTH PRIZE
Homewares Package (Donated by Lupton Park Community Garden Members)
$20 Voucher (Donated by Maryborough Sports Club)

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01/06/2026

New to the area or a local just needing advice or some time out to wander through our garden. Lupton Park Community Garden members are a mine of information. Everyone has a different skill and everyone is learning. If you need any gardening and propagating advice feel free to drop in and have a chat! We are at 45 Aberdeen Avenue, Maryborough and are open from 8 til 11am every Wednesday and Saturday.

23/05/2026

Did you know that Blue Dolphin Tour's donated a Dolphin tour as a prize in our monster raffle. THANK YOU!

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Join a small group and enjoy champagne, gourmet bites, and panoramic Hervey Bay views.

21/05/2026

These Dames are waiting for you at the Show in the Horticultural Pavillion to tell you all about our garden and sell some tickets to our monster raffle for this year. Hope to see you there tomorrow. Here are some highlights of what you will find in the Horticultural Pavillion! There are some marvellous displays.