IT MAY not feel like spring in Queanbeyan but it sure looks like it. The recently planted yellow, orange and white pansies up the centre of Monaro Street are providing little bursts of colour which are a welcome sight after a dreary winter. The colourful plants should endure through the onset of spring into October.
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Right next door, daffodils, jonquils, azaleas and freesias have popped up and around town wattle and cherry blossom trees are brilliant now (but wait for that wind that always comes hammering in).
After a cold and wet winter, Queanbeyan residents shouldn't pack away the blankets just yet with some cold nights and high winds still expected.
"Ahead, what we've seen should continue, not bad rain, less frequent cold nights but still some," the Bureau of Meteorology's Sean Carson said.
"We're heading into the windiest time of the year here on the tablelands and across to the coast - as the sun gets hotter the land will heat faster than the cool ocean to create the winds."
Spring time is the perfect opportunity for locals to attend the fourth spring open day of the Railway Park Organic Community Garden on Saturday, September 26 from 10am until noon. The community garden is so popular now that there's even a waiting list to claim a plot.
"People can meet the gardeners and find out how it operates, learn about different composting systems we use, see what people are growing and check out the worm farm," said Queanbeyan Sustainability Group convener Katrina Willis.
"We'll have seasonal planting guides and seedling giveaways.
"Investment in new facilities in recent years has attracted more people to grow their own food in a cooperative environment and we currently have a waiting list."
The sustainability group manages the garden, now in its 13th year, and is doing more upgrading with volunteer labour and a $1200 grant from Queanbeyan City Council.