The Valley of the Lakes Garden Club scored a home run with its massive Esk Garden Fair on Saturday.
The event, which has been a regular attraction in the Brisbane Valley since 2016, filled Pipeliner Park, with SES members parking hundreds of cars and filling the overflow car park at the Race Club.
President Kerri Melville of Toogoolawah thanked the 100 stall holders, saying the fair was the best ever.
“It’s an amazing turn-out,” she said.
“We’ve had 96 volunteers, some of them doing two hour shifts. They set up the bunting. They have been decorating bicycles, working the gates, looking after the tables and selling raffles.
“We’ve had 15 buses, most of them hired by other local garden clubs.
“We’ve one from Roma, two from the Sunshine Coast and others from Glebe Road in Ipswich, the Brisbane Organic Growers, Albany Creek, Stanthorpe and Toowoomba.
“I think it is our central location that makes the fair so successful.”
The Valley of the Lakes Garden Club draws 100 and more to its regular meetings at the Esk Civic Centre on the second Tuesday of the Month at 9.30am.
Kerry said the club, which was formed in 2010, is popular because it offers a guest speaker at every meeting and because its members are friendly people.
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