Claremont Flower Show still popular, but organisers hoping to attract a new generation of exhibitors
Claremont Flower Show still popular, but organisers hoping to attract a new generation of exhibitors Josef Neuschwanger and Sister Frances McShane prepare their exhibits for the Claremont Spring Flower Show. Key points : The Claremont Flower Show has been running almost continuously since the end of World War II There are concerns about the future of flower shows, with exhibitors getting older and gardens getting smaller Hobart Horticultural Society president Andrea Gerrard says flower shows are a chance to share flowers with others When Josef Neuschwanger found himself looking after the garden owned by his then parents-in-law, he thought he had better learn a thing or two about camellias. "It had 160-odd camellias in it … I didn't know anything about them," Mr Neuschwanger said. It was the start of a love affair with the flowering shrubs. Mr Neuschwanger now has 173 camellias in his own garden, and has been a regular exhibitor at the Claremont Flower Show in Hoba