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Caring For Your Indoor Plants This Winter

Winter is here. It is time to cosy up inside and stay warm. To keep your leafy house mates healthy and looking good throughout this period, they need a little bit of extra care in these colder months. The term 'indoor plant" merely describes a plant that will better tolerate the living conditions within our homes. Mimicking a plants natural environment, by controlling light levels, airflow, temperature and moisture, greatly influence's their potential to grow and thrive in an artificial environment such as our home.

Light levels - Most plants that grow well inside are those that originate from tropical areas of our world. They are shade loving plants that enjoy bright light, naturally growing under the shelter of large trees. Keep your plants in well-lit areas of your home (avoiding any direct sun radiating through glass or skylights). If you are unable to provide enough light for your plants, place them next to an LED lamp & leave on for 6-8hrs each day. This will provide enough artificial light for your plants to grow. Airflow & Watering - these two factors greatly influence the health of plants. Outside, water and wind removes accumulated dust from leaves and dislodge and remove pests. This helps the vegetation to remain pest free and allows photosynthesis to occur, enabling the plant to grow. In order for our plants to thrive we need to replicate outdoor conditions.

Routine Maintenance

- Hose/spray entire plant every couple of weeks to remove dust and dislodge pests. - Check underside of leaves and any junctions on the plant where they can hide. - To generate more airflow, turn on your ceiling fans when you go out. - Wipe the surface of plant leaves with a damp cloth regularly. - Trim off any damaged or infected leaves. - Remove and discard any plants heavily infected with pests. - Spray pests with water and a tiny amount of dishwashing liquid.

Remove with a cotton wool bud. - Water your plants enough to make the soil damp but not wet. Mealy Bug - a small sap sucking creature that pierces the surface of a leaf and removes nutrients. They form areas of what looks like 'cotton wool' or cobwebs in crevices and on the underside of leaves. Scale - black or white circular bumps on plant stems or the underside of the leaf... the honey like residue they excrete often attracts ants and causes 'sooty mould' on leaves (unattractive grey residue).

happy gardening!

Bach Akademie Australia, featuring Lane Cove musicians, continues 2022 season with The Weapons of Rhetoric

The Weapons of Rhetoric concerts in June take their name from the book of the same name by Judy Tarling.

“For centuries, musicians and orators have recognised and encouraged the use of accent and rhythm as essential for perfect communication. To ‘make music speak’ is the ultimate aim of both composers and performers alike,” Tarling said. The concerts feature not only Bach’s celebrated Double Violin Concerto, but also famed writer-actor Jonathan Biggins and urbane rhetorician Jonathan Horton QC (one of Australia’s outstanding legal brains!) as guest presenter/ performers. The duo will demonstrate the art of rhetoric and the relationship between speech and music in theatrical debate interwoven throughout the program. The ideas and concepts of rhetoric have produced music of unrivalled beauty, depth, and intelligence by many; however, says Akademie artistic director Madeleine Easton, the sheer inventiveness of Bach’s music separates him from all others. “From his miraculous G minor Fuga for solo violin, showing how polyphonic music could be written on a monophonic instrument, to the six-part Ricercar from his Musical Offering, ending with his much loved Double Violin Concerto, no other composer in history wielded the weapons of rhetoric with as much skill, grace and heart as J.S. Bach.” This sumptuous concert – featuring Lane Cove’s Easton with Neal Peres Da Costa, Laura Vaughan, Jenny Eriksson and Julia Fredersdorff, among a host of some of Australia’s finest instrumental interpreters of early music – also includes the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and a selection of chamber favourites. Bach Akademie Australia presents: The Weapons of Rhetoric

• Sat 11 June 7pm* • Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music • Sun 12 June 2.30pm • Our Lady of Dolours Church, Chatswood * Also livestreamed on www.australiandigitalconcerthall.com

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artXtra! is an exhibition that all paying members of the Lane Cove Art Society can show their work in.

The exhibition is an insight into the diversity of the Society. Painting, Printmaking and Drawing are included in the exhibition. All works are eligible for the prestigious Lloyd Rees Prize and the Guy Warren Prize for the two Best in Show. The names of the winning artists of both the Lloyd Rees Prize and the Guy Warren Prize are inscribed on an Honour Board displayed in the Lane Cove Library. The venue for the exhibition is Gallery Lane Cove, Upper Level, 164 Longueville Rd.

DATES:

Closing Date for Entries: Friday 3rd June Delivery of works: Tuesday 14th June. 11am – 2pm Exhibition Open: Thursday 16th June – Saturday 2nd July Opening Night: Thursday 16th June at 6.00pm Venue: Gallery Lane Cove, 164 Longueville Rd, Lane Cove Collection of works: Saturday 2nd July 2.30pm – 5pm

PRIZES

The Lloyd Rees Prize Prize: $ 1,500* Sponsored by LCAS The Guy Warren Prize $ 1,250* Sponsored by Lane Cove Council & LCAS Joyce Mills Prize for Oils or Acrylics Prize: $1,000 Sponsored by Joyce Mills Bequest Watercolours Prize: $1,000 Sponsored LCAS Mixed Media Prize: $1,000 Sponsored LCAS Pastels & Drawings & Prints Prize: $1,000 Sponsored LCAS The Art Scene Prize for Small Works Prize: $200 Sponsored by Art Scene – voucher for art materials * These prizes are awarded to the most outstanding artworks in the Exhibition. An artist cannot win the Lloyd Rees Prize or the Guy Warren Prize more than once in five years.