About BOGI > Membership > Member Services
Being a member of BOGI means you have access to the following services:
The BOG Shop, situated in the garage adjacent to the main Albion
Centre building, is for the exclusive use of members.
It is our aim to supply organic products to members
at specially reduced rates as an encouragement to grow their own
requirements, organically.
Products
The products listed below are available for purchase at our monthly
meetings.
- Fish Emulsion (1 Litre)
- Garlic Spray
- Seaweed Extract (1 Litre)
- Pyrethrum
- Molasses
- Blood and Bone
- Organic Extra (5kg and 16kg)
- Natural Gypsum (5kg and 20kg)
- Rock Minerals
- Wettable Sulphur
- Q Fly Wicks
RECYCLING: Bring along your clean bottles so we
can recycle them with Fish Emulsion or Seaweed Extract. Hand them
in at the BOGI shop. Do not leave them outside as they cause litter
and are dangerous if broken. Please remove the label first, it saves
us work..Thanks!
All persons wishing to purchase books from the BOGI bookstore should
be aware that our former bookseller, Ron Charteris has retired and
is now living in a retirement village where his parents Ray &
Myrtle reside.
The books listed below are for sale at the BOGI book stall. They
have been chosen by the executive committee members and are available
at meetings or by mail order.
MAIL ORDER: For mail orders please add $5.00 for
postage and packaging, except those books marked with an * add $1.50
for postage and packaging.
Please make cheque payable to Brisbane Organic Growers
Inc.
Send Mail Orders to:
BOGI Books
PO Box 236
Lutwyche QLD 4030
OUR BOOKSELLER: Ron Charteris who has faithfully
been the mainstay of our BOGI Book Shop has retired from activities
and is no longer at the Heaton Street, Rocklea address. Ron has
become a legend and synonymous in BOGI Books over the years. For
this sterling effort, we must thank him.
However, please tell all your friends not to send anything further
to him or to the Heaton Street address, as he has moved to a retirement
village where his mother, Myrtle and father Ray now reside.
Phil Ryan has taken over the selling of books at meetings and all
orders are to be sent to him at PO Box 236, Lutwyche QLD 4030.
* All prices are quoted in Australian Dollars
and include postage within the Brisbane metropolitan area.
The Rules of the BRISBANE ORGANIC GROWERS INC. may be obtained
at any general meeting
or by writing to:
The Secretary
P.O. Box 236
Lutwyche Queensland 4030
The price is AUD $1.00 per copy (plus postage).
The BOGI Seed Bank is a collection of seeds donated by various
members of BOGI.
Seeds are 50 cents a packet (for members) and $1.00 (for non-members).
Seeds are available for purchase at the BOGI monthly meetings only.
If you have any problems sprouting seeds brought from the BOGI Seed
Bank please return them for exchange.
** When donating seed, please make sure it is clean and ready for
packaging, and that it is from plants which are organically grown
and non hybrid varieties. We are currently accepting all types of
seed, from insect attracting flowers to all vegetables and herbs.
You can either bring your seed to a meeting and give directly to
the seed bank or send to: BOGI Seed Bank, PO Box 6298, Mitchelton
Q 4053. **
Library facilities are available to Brisbane-based members. A deposit
of $20 is required to join the library, which allows members to
borrow free of charge. This deposit will be refunded on request
when you return all books and no longer wish to be a member of the
library.
A system of a fine on books not returned on-time is now in place
- $1 per book per month. Borrowed books can be extended by a call
to the librarian.
The library will open for the perusal of books, magazines and cassettes
only when the librarians are present, 1/2 hour before and 1/2 hour
after each General Meeting.
All items borrowed must be returned at the next meeting or with
notification to and approval of the librarians.
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