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Here you will find a calendar of Friends’ activities in the Gardens including lunchtime talks, social events, exhibitions and the ever-popular spring and autumn plant sales. In addition to events arranged by the Friends, we include some events arranged by the Gardens and by other organisations. A full list of events arranged by the Gardens is in their What's On webpage.

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Tom North ‘Seed Banking and National Parks, an ideal conservation partnership’ Thursday, 28 March 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

This talk will cover recent examples of where the National Seed Bank has developed best practice protocols for the conservation of threatened plant species across our Commonwealth National Parks.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/COBHW

Andrew Skeoch ‘Deep Listening to Nature’ Thursday, 4 April 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Through vibrant recordings and spectrogram analysis that shows the beauty of birdsong, Andrew Skeoch will guide us into hearing the languages of nature; developing our auditory awareness, identifying species by ear, recognising behaviours and repertoire, and finding empathy with the voices of other beings.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/COBIA

Cormac Farrell ‘City living for pollinators’ Thursday, 11 April 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Once considered concrete jungles with no place for nature, cities are emerging as a surprisingly important habitat for a range of pollinators.  Join urban beekeeper and environmental scientist Cormac Farrell on a journey covering food, urban gardens and the return of bees to Parliament House.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/COBIC

Em. Prof. Dave Rowell - ‘A whirlwind tour of Brachychiton: Kurrajongs, Flame Trees, Queensland Bottle Trees and their relatives’ Thursday, 18 April 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

In this talk Dave, from ANU, will describe the origins and diversity of Brachychiton group and focus on some of the particularly interesting and iconic species.
Bookings can be made at https://www.trybooking.com/COBID from 30 days in advance until the night before the talk, or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are free, but a donation on entry is appreciated.)

No talk scheduled Thursday, 25 April 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

April 25th is ANZAC Day.  No talk is currently scheduled for this date.

Rachael Dawes, Carma Sweet, Sam Ning and Jo Wallner ‘Canberra’s trees: the plans, the problems, and the progress' Thursday, 2 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Rachael, Carma, Sam and Jo from ACT Government, will present the background, objectives and implementation of these documents and the progress made in keeping Canberra's monikers of the Bush and Garden City Capital.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLS

Dr Gemma Hoyle ‘Can we bank the cloud forests? Conservation and ecology of threatened species endemic to tropical mountaintops in Far North Queensland.’ Thursday, 9 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Gemma, from the National Seed Bank at ANBG, will describe synthesising current seed science knowledge, seed collection, storage behaviour and germination and will it enable ex situ conservation in Australia’s cloud forest flora?  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLW

David Shorthouse ‘STEP by STEP: 15 years for Forest 20’ Thursday, 16 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

David, a STEPer volunteer, will trace the story, with its ups and downs, of Forest 20 at the National Arboretum Canberra and outline the strategy for the next 10 years.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLY

Dr Tobias Hayashi ‘The sexual chemistry of greenhood orchids’ Thursday, 23 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Tobias will talk about research from his PhD on pollination in greenhood (Pterostylis) orchids. Greenhood orchids attract their male fungus gnat pollinators by mimicking the sex pheromones of the female fungus gnats.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette.   Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLZ

Graham Fifield ‘Can I get paid to plant trees?’ Thursday, 30 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Graham, from Greening Australia, will talk about the emerging opportunities for landholders and examples of how the carbon market can fund native vegetation restoration and conservation projects.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette.  Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMA

Dr Roger Farrow ‘Four years on from the 2020 mega-fires. The course of recovery of the vegetation in Morton and Tallaganda National Parks.’ Thursday, 6 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Four years on a complex pattern of succession is already apparent in two different plant communities, namely, heathland in Morton NP and forest in Tallaganda NP and will be illustrated in Roger’s talk. Roger is an un-retired entymologist, formerly of CSIRO.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette.  Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMB

Christina Gee ‘Quolls on tour – detecting trait differences between reintroduced and dispersing eastern quoll populations’ Thursday, 13 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Christina, a Masters student at Fenner School of Environment and Society, will describe her exploration of how the "quolls on tour" differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette.  Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMC

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