Mayor's Community Message

29 July

SPRING GARDENS

As we enter the last phase of winter, it’s time to look forward to the warmer months ahead and spending more time outdoors, which means it’s the perfect opportunity to start preparing our gardens for spring.
And the City of Ryde has the best incentive with our annual Spring Garden Competition.
This enduring competition, which has been held for more than 30 years, has an incredible popularity among our community’s keen green thumbs, providing a wonderful opportunity to showcase our outdoor spaces.
There are 11 major categories, and four mini categories open to gardeners of all ages and abilities, with a judging panel of appointed garden judges and horticulture professionals selecting the winners.
Entries are now open and will close on 31 August, so get your trowels and pruners ready.
For more details on spring gardens, click here.

LIBRARY OPEN DAY

ICouncil’s five libraries provide a fantastic resource for our community and we’re celebrating their vital contribution to City life on Thursday 30 July with Library Open Day.
The theme for the day is Open Doors, Open Books, Open Minds! and I cannot think of a more apt description for the learning opportunities and the joy that our libraries – in Ryde, West Ryde, Eastwood, North Ryde and Gladesville – bring us.
For those who are new to our City, it’s a great time to join the library, and we’ll have welcome gift packs for everyone who signs up or renews their library card on the day. For more details on times and activities during library open day, click here.

CENSUS HUB

Census night is taking place on Tuesday 11 August across Australia and in preparation for this important and compulsory national information gathering event, Council is holding two Census 2026 Information Hub Drop ins.
At the Drop ins – at Eastwood Library on 3 August and at Ryde Library on 8 August, both from 10.00am – 2.00pm – you can collect your form and get help with understanding and completing it. At Eastwood, there will be a Cantonese and Korean speaker on site and at Ryde there will be a Mandarin speaker to assist during the sessions.
Separate Fill in the Form sessions, in Korean (from 10.00 –11.30am), English (from 11.00am –12.30pm), and Mandarin (from 2.00 – 3.30pm), will be held at Ryde Library on 18 August.
Information collected in the Census is used to inform important decisions about transport, schools, health care, infrastructure and business.
For more detail on the census click here.

Sincerely, 
Trenton Brown – Mayor