{"id":72530,"date":"2020-11-05T04:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=72530"},"modified":"2020-11-05T07:26:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:26:13","slug":"free-plants-from-friends-of-the-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/free-plants-from-friends-of-the-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Free plants from Friends of the Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPRING has well and truly sprung, and the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens have been making the most of the growing season.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the organisation\u2019s 365 strong membership have lot of plants, including vegetable and flower seedlings to give away!<\/p>\n<p>Between 12 and 3pm this Sunday, 8 November, the FBBG are hosting an event called Seeding the Future. 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