Masterclass
Successful hot inland
summer gardens
Brought to you by The Diggers Club
Your Masterclass
Diggers Head of Gardens, Julian Blackhirst, will share techniques to drought and summer proof your garden, select plants for hot inland climates and reduce your water bill. Our Australian summers can be devastating to gardens. By selecting the right plants and working with our climate you can make summer the season in your garden.
What you will learn:
- Methods to drought proof your garden to help it survive our long dry summer months.
- How to choose plants which not only survive our summers but thrive in hot dry conditions.
- Soil preparation and ongoing soil management to ensure a healthy, living soil in your orchard.
- How to design a garden which flowers right through summer and into autumn.
- Soil preparation methods which help the garden retain moisture and encourage deep rooted, resilient plants.
- Practical techniques to make the most out of your water use and reduce your water bill.
This Masterclass is designed to teach you everything you need to know to garden in hot inland climates. Whether in the vegetable garden or perennial flower garden drought proofing your garden is essential to success over summer.
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Member price
$80
Non member price
$110
Your Presenter
Julian is our Head of Gardens here at The Diggers Club. He brings a wealth of experience from his time at St Erth, where he was the curator of the espalier orchard, the food forest and the bulb meadows. Julian is also a highly experienced market gardener and a passionate farm-to-fork foodie.
The Location
Featuring over 4 acres of food, cottage and bush gardens each season provides different delights and inspiration to both experienced and aspiring gardeners. The gardens are filled with plants which thrive in central Victoria’s cold winters and hot dry summers. A huge range of daffodils, hellebores and other flowering bulbs bring the garden to life in spring.
Visitors can admire the colour and beauty of our perennial flower borders throughout summer and autumn with hardy, long flowering perennials creating an amazing cottage garden display amongst our Australian bush setting.
The Garden has been certified organic since 2008 and Digger’s range of perennials, bulbs and heirloom vegetables are grown at St Erth using the best organic methods. Seasonal produce from our kitchen gardens is served at St Erth café throughout the year.
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Masterclass
Successful hot inland summer gardens
29 November 2025
The Garden of St Erth (Blackwood)
Sunday 11 am - 12.30 pm
Limited tickets, don't miss out.