Hobart Horticultural Society Inc

04/09/2026

A huge shout out 🎉 to those who made our early Early Spring Show a success! 🙏🏻
The Waterside Pavillion looked amazing with the daffodils and camellia’s on display, as well as our floral art designs and the various entries for cut flowers and pot plants!💐
Let’s not forget our budding gardeners - our Juniors - who are showing their evolving talent as they progress each season.🫶🏻
Thank you to our volunteers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes. Bringing everything together under new circumstances certainly paid off. 👏
Congratulations to our Champions and place getters - these get listed in our journal as there are many who received kudos 🏆
And most of all - thank you to you - the public, for coming along and supporting us. The feedback we received was positive and encouraging 😊
Now…work is underway again as we prepare for our Late Spring Show ~ featuring Roses and Irises 🌹
We hope to have the schedule out soon to give exhibitors time to prepare.
See below flyer to pop in your calendar 📆

31/08/2026

🌸Hello Spring!🌸

Spring is here, bringing blossom, bulbs, fresh growth and busy pollinators back into the garden, but Hobart weather can still swing between warm sunshine, cold nights and late frosts.

🌱 What’s happening in the garden now: bulbs and fruit trees are flowering, new shoots are appearing on trees and perennials, w**ds are growing fast, and bees are becoming more active. It’s also the time when slugs, snails and aphids start looking for soft new growth. (So watch out!)

🥕 Veg to sow now: peas, broad beans, lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, beetroot, carrots, radish, spring onions and herbs. Start tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins, cucumbers, beans, capsicum and eggplant under protection until the soil warms.

🌼 Flower focus: enjoy spring bulbs, pansies, violas, primulas and alyssum now, and sow hardy favourites like sweet peas, poppies, calendula, cornflowers and nigella. As the soil warms, plant dahlia tubers in late spring once frost risk has passed. Tender annuals such as zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers can be started earlier in a hothouse or protected trays, then planted out when nights are warmer.

✅ Spring jobs: add compost, mulch beds, feed hungry plants, w**d early, divide suitable perennials, check stakes and trellises, tidy pots, and prepare garden beds for summer crops.

❄️ Tip: don’t rush tender seedlings outdoors.
Keep covers, cloches or sheltered spots ready until nights are warmer and conditions are more settled.

What’s growing, flowering or buzzing in your garden this week? 🌷

30/08/2026

After more than a decade, chrysanthemums are making their way back to the Hobart Horticultural Society! 🌼

Follow along as Andrew, our President, works to bring chrysanthemums back to life in Tasmania, from growing and propagation through to future displays and shows.

It’s only the beginning of this new chapter, so give the page a follow and come along for the journey!

A section of the Hobart Horticultural Society. Re-established 2026.

29/08/2026

Here’s just a snippet of the magnificent entries in our Spring and Floral Art Show.

Thankyou to the Show Manager, judges and numerous volunteers who worked hard to coordinate another successful show.

29/08/2026

Just some of the stunning entries in our Spring & Floral Art Show - open until 4pm today!

28/08/2026

Day 2!
We are open from 10am-4pm today!
If you’re heading to the waterfront for fish and chips or to Salamanca Market - pop in!
It’s free entry, we have a raffle and we have some potted colour and seedlings for sale on the stall.
View the incredible varieties of daffodils, miniatures as small as a coin and camellias as big as dinner plates. We have a stunning display of floral art designs and our juniors have been creative on the bench too!
We’d love to see you! 💐

28/08/2026

Grand Champions 🏆

Daffodil - ‘Terminator’ (J & J Noble)
Camellia - ‘Massee Lane’ (Neuschwanger/Cowles)

Congratulations 🎉

28/08/2026

Don’t forget where we are!!
Waterside Pavillion!!! 1-5pm.
Judging has been completed. We won’t share those details yet as I’m sure the exhibitors would like to discover this when they come in!
Stay tuned!

27/08/2026

We are at the Waterside Pavillion till 8pm!
Setting up is a little different this show, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to someone wearing a hi-vis vest and they will guide you.
Have your schedule with you, look for your section number and spot the ‘section signs’.
If you can’t get here tonight, you can bring in your e tried tomorrow from 8am-10.30am (11.00am for Floral Art).
Good luck!

22/08/2026

Just 6 days away!
We look forward to seeing you at the show!
Exhibitors - please review the schedule as there are a few considerations that need to be adhered to for the new venue.
Entries can be benched on during the usual time of Thursday evening or Friday morning (page 2 of schedule).

For any further information, please call the Show Manager on 0438 700 457

Waterside Pavilion (opposite Mawsons Hut Museum) - 28th and 29th August!

STOP PRESS!
VENUE AND DATE CHANGE ALERT!
Our Early Spring Show has had to move location due to the Town Hall lift being out of service. It's now EARLIER!
This has also forced us to change the date due to venue availability!
See the flyer below, amend your diaries or visit our website to view the schedule details.

Waterside Pavilion (opposite Mawsons Hut Museum) - 28th and 29th August!