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Buy the Friends of The Gardens� unique greeting cards and send a message with style. You can order any of these cards by downloading our order form, emailing us, or ringing 02 9231 8182 during business hours. Each year the Friends commissions a Christmas card, raising funds for the Botanic Gardens Trust and increasing awareness of the beauty of plants. View our 2009 Christmas card below. We also currently have available a variety of blank correspondence cards and postcards.

Friends' 2009 Christmas Card

Friends of The Gardens are proud to present their 2009 Christmas Card. This year our Christmas card features a stunning reproduction of the Waratah - an original watercolour by Annie Hughes. Originally from Santiago, Chile, Annie exhibited in Botanica exhibitions in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Her keen eye and sensitivity to texture resulted in her being awarded first prize for both Australian natives and the People's Prize at the botanical Artists Society of Australia exhibition in 2005. Annie's beautiful work has earned her an international reputation and her work is enjoyed in private collections in Australia, the USA and the UK.

Telopea speciosissima (the Waratah ) is the floral emblem of New South Wales. It is an evergreen shrub with flaming red globular flowers that appear in spring.

The Friends of The Gardens 2009 Christmas Cards are available in packs of 10 for just $18 including postage by filling in the order form, or you can pick them up directly from the Friends� Office in the Royal Botanic Gardens and get a special rate of only $15 per pack!

The 2009 Waratah card also available as a blank correspondence card for the same price.

The Charlotte Thodey Art Postcard Pack

From the brush of artist Charlotte Thodey comes a sumptuous collection of postcards and bookmarks. For twenty years Charlotte has exhibited her beautifully depicted fruit, vegetables and flowers, which have been described as having something of the quality of 17th century Dutch masters. She has also run several very successful art classes for Friends of The Gardens.

Each pack contains 16 of Charlotte�s distinctive acrylic images, on 10 postcards and 6 bookmarks. The pack features a variety of still life images, including persimmons, apples, plums, and a postcard-sized Hippeastrum (as seen in the Friends� �Red Collection� of greeting cards).

You can have this wonderful collection for just $20 per pack (including postage and handling) by filling in the order form. As a special offer, collect your packs from the Friends of The Gardens Cottage in the Royal Botanic Gardens for only $18, saving $2 per pack.

The 'Red Collection'

The �Red Collection� is a stunning collection of four beautifully illustrated cards by award-winning botanical artists Charlotte Thodey, Sarah-Jane Kelsey, Deirdre Bean and Tricia Oktober. Produced exclusively for Friends of The Gardens, the set of 12 cards features the beautiful Gymea Lily, Haemanthus coccineus, Eucalyptus macrocarpa and Hippeastrums in glorious hues of vibrant red. A pack contains 3 cards of each design (blank inside) with envelopes for the very reasonable price of $18 per pack including postage. Fill out the order form.

Botanical illustration postcards

Two postcards of exquisite illustrations by artists from our annual �Botanica the Art of the Plant� exhibition. Deirdre Bean's luscious 'Pomegranates' look juicy enough to eat. Kathy Harrington captures the delicacy of the rare native �Pagoda Rock Daisy�. Buy singly for only 50 cents each, or in assorted packs of ten for $4. No postage charge if included with other items.

Friends� Recipe book

Our 2003 Edition has been reprinted (see cover below). The delicious sweets, drinks and savouries provided by the Friends� catering volunteers are a highlight of our talks and exhibitions. Now you can have the recipes for all the tantalising favourites: mini quiches, the Friends� famous lemon-poppy-seed cake, onion marmalade, myrtle blinis, beetroot dip, ginger and almond slice … The Recipe Books are spiral-bound for easy use, and give metric and Imperial measurements. $11 including postage. Available by mail through the booking form and at the Friends� Office.