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Yallourn Zygocactus Survives! From Wicks family to Lerche for almost 50 years
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2015
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This is a tribute to both Wilma and Ralph Wicks, wonderful people who were my former parents-in-law, and also a tribute to the gardeners of Yallourn, who in its heyday created such a lovely, well-kept town...and finally, a tribute to my mother, Elna Lerche, a keen gardener, who passed away in 2006. Ralph Wicks was also devoted to his garden in Yallourn. The original, mature, plant was given to my mother by Wilma Wicks in 1969, and was kept in Mum's garden until 2006, when I (Inge) inherited it.
FROM THE NEWSPAPERS - 1945 - The Yallourn Flower Show - Nursery Horticultural Society
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Monash Square Parade - Yallourn & District Horticultural Society Float 1960 at the Yallourn Nursery
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1960
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Horticultural Float leaving Yallourn Nursery to parade in the town
THE YALLOURN FLOWER SHOW
In May this year (2015), under the heading ‘Zygocactus Survives’, Inge Meldgaard posted a fitting tribute to Wilma and Ralph Wicks, her mother (Elna Lerche) and other residents of Yallourn for the interest and pride that was shown in the flower and vegetable gardens of homes in the town. In her article, Inge wrote…
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