The City of Ballarat, together with the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group, is asking the community to help find historic Begonia Festival memorabilia and information.
Lake Wendouree and Ballarat Botanical Gardens memorabilia and information is also sought.
Photos, home movies, slides and stories will be collected and will be returned to the original owner.
This information will be collated for a pictorial history book of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and a memorabilia display for next year’s Ballarat Begonia Festival which will celebrate the event’s 60th anniversary.
Items can be delivered to the Robert Clark Centre (Ballarat Botanical Gardens) on Sunday 28 August and Sunday 11 September between 10am and 3.30pm. Image scanners will be made available on the day so that people can take their originals away with them.
For more information contact Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group member Kathleen Hobson on 5339 3443.