OPENING DOORS 2020 | A GARDEN PARTY | The Melbourne Club

Due to the rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) A GARDEN PARTY at The Melbourne Club on Saturday 28 March 2020 has been cancelled.

Dr Graeme L Blackman AO | Chair of The WR Johnston Trust
invites you to

A GARDEN PARTY
in the walled garden of
The Melbourne Club

This is a rare opportunity to visit one of Melbourne’s oldest clubs, established in 1838. Guests will enjoy delicious canapes and sip cocktails in the private garden under Victoria’s oldest London plane tree.

Guest speaker, Clive Blazey AM, cofounder of The Diggers Foundation and The Diggers Club, is a pioneer in the rescue of heirloom vegetable, fruit and flower varieties and is the author of eight gardening books.

Clive Blazey is a self-taught gardener and is passionate about trees and their preservation.

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. 
I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.
DR. SEUSS, THE LORAX

DRESS: LOUNGE SUIT

For further information or assistance please email admin@johnstoncollection.org or call 03 9416 2515.

Bow porcelain factory, (English, active circa 1747-1764, closed 1776)
dish, London, circa 1756-58
porcelain | 40 x 210 (irregular) mm
The Johnston Collection (A1342-2014)
purchased with funds provided by the Nina Stanton 18th Century Porcelain Bequest