Garden club visits Japan

Members of the Killcare Heights Garden Club recently returned from a sister city exchange visit to Edogawa in Japan.

The garden tour group, consisting of 24 people, was sponsored by Gosford Council.

The group spent four days living with homestay families in Edogawa.

"The Japanese people could not be more friendly," club president Ms Lesley Sieper said.

"A highlight of the tour was the visit to the gardens maintained by the volunteer gardeners of the Edogawa gardening group who specialise in chrysanthemums, bonsai and iris."

Ms Sieper said that Australian garden clubs aim to develop friendship through gardens and the visit to Edogawa by the Killcare Heights members had established international friendships.

"We had a wonderful time in Japan," Ms Sieper said.

"And we saw many beautiful gardens."

Images taken during the tour can be viewed on the group's website at www.killcare.id.au.

Press release, 4 Oct 2007 Lesley Sieper, Killcare Heights Garden Club Inc