Maurice Hermann ‘Success in propagating and growing Australian native plants’

Maurice will coach us to success on propagating and caring for Australian native plants.

Abstract
Maurice will describe how the home gardener can successfully propagate Australian native plants, without the need for a glasshouse or a ‘green thumb’. He will also give some tips on how to plant and care for native plants.

Biography
Maurice has been a keen gardener since he and his wife moved into their home in Kambah over 50 years ago. Battling droughts, frosts, some wet years and heavy clay soil, Maurice now has a hardy garden of mainly native plants. Being naturally parsimonious, many of the plants grown in his garden have been propagated by himself or bought as young tube stock from local propagators such as the Friends of the ANBG Growing Friends group. After retiring, Maurice wanted to get more involved in gardening or environmental groups and was attracted to the Growing Friends group, where he ended up being the group’s Convenor for eight years.

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One-hour talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. We welcome donations by gold coins, notes, or electronically. The Friends use donations to support Gardens’ programs and development and thank all those who have donated.

Please note: unless otherwise indicated, talks are in the ANBG Theatrette.

It is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; several talks are booked out very quickly. Bookings can be made about 30 days in advance until Wednesday night before the talk.

The Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Some summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG Library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au