Colour and fun came to the Kilmore Community Garden on Saturday, with the addition of the Kilmore Mechanics Institute’s Scaretactics scarecrow competition to a community open day.
Scaretactics organiser Leanne Stute said visitors were impressed by the variety of vibrant scarecrows featuring names such as ‘The Happy Gardener’, ‘The Tooth Fairy’, ‘Mr Barbecue’ and ‘The Snail’ and made by local primary schools and kindergartens.
Guest judge Kit Holland of Bendigo Bank Kilmore chose ‘The Happy Gardener’, pictured above, made by Kilmore Primary School’s art club, and ‘Cleo The Mermaid’, made by Wallan’s Dudley Street Childcare and Kindergarten, as her winners.
The Broadford Singers entertained visitors throughout the day, pictured below.

Visitors to the Kilmore Community Garden open day enjoyed the vibrant colours and friendly atmosphere, pictured below.

Bjorn and mum Jenny make plant pots at the Kilmore Community Garden open day, pictured below.

The Kilmore Community Garden thanked all the schools, kinders and community groups that made scarecrows and took part in the open day, and hope to host a similar event next year.

‘Cleo the Mermaid’ [pictured below] made by three-year-old kinder pupils at Wallan’s Dudley Street Childcare and Kindergarten, was a standout in the Scaretactics scarecrow competition run by Kilmore Mechanics Institute at Kilmore Community Garden’s open day on Saturday.
Read about the new Little Library built for the community garden here.