MILDURA resident Marie Howden celebrates her 90th birthday today at the Inland Botanic Gardens.

She will be surrounded by family and friends to mark a life of giving, providing, and loving.

Mrs Howden was born in Maryborough, Victoria in 1935, the second youngest child of Bill and Mary Noonan.

She was raised in a large family with five brothers and four sisters.

Her father died when she was ju...