	{"id":73222,"date":"2020-12-28T04:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T17:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=73222"},"modified":"2020-12-22T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T04:41:59","slug":"buninyong-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/buninyong-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Buninyong\u2019s bright bikes back in bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAVE you ever spotted red bicycles with colourful flower baskets around Buninyong over the summer period?<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re an initiative of the Friends of Buninyong Botanic Gardens, embracing the Australian National Road Cycling Championships as the event rides into the village, and delighting visiting spectators.<\/p>\n<p>This month, the group\u2019s volunteers have partnered with Buninyong Primary School students at the Gardens\u2019 Old Police Station to plant petunias, Liberia and red geraniums into baskets and pots which are attached to the front and back of the 30-bike fleet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73224\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73224\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/DSC_0523-Copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buninyong Primary School groups helped FBBG volunteers with the plantings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FBBG president, Roger Permezel said there would be seven \u201cgrowing weeks\u201d to see the \u201cwelcoming\u201d two-wheeled displays around the town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RoadNats are being held from Wednesday, 3 to Sunday, 7 February, so with good care and good luck, our flowers should be at their blooming colourful peak,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil has provided the garden consumables and seedlings via Bunnings Delacombe, who have been most generous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to there still being a good turn-out for the RoadNats this year. There is usually around 10,000 people in Buninyong, although some may drop-off due to the coronavirus effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FBBG volunteer, Lorraine Powell assisted BPS\u2019 grade 3 pupils to create some potted colour last Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s lovely that these kids are going to be able to show their families what they did on the last week of school,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll be scattered around the village, and one will be up the Mount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Buninyong residents or passers-by think the baskets and pots look a bit dry, volunteer Judy Wilson asks people to please \u201cgive them a water,\u201d in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAVE you ever spotted red bicycles with colourful flower baskets around Buninyong over the summer period? 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