The Friends of the ANBG's Botanic Art Group will hold its 18th annual exhibition and sale at the Visitor Centre Gallery, with the theme 'Rainforest'. The exhibition will feature Australian native plants that grow in rainforest zones from tropical, subtropical, coastal, dry or temperate. Our rainforests extend from the far north to Tasmania. Most of […]
David, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, will highlight the effects and challenges of plantations on forest biodiversity. Biography David is a world-leading expert in forest and woodland ecology, resource management, conservation science, and biodiversity conservation. He has maintained some of the largest, long-term research programs in Australia, with some exceeding 42 years […]
The next Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Cameras and Café walk will be held on Sunday 13 April. We meet at the bus stop at 8.40 am, then follow our interests and instincts around the Gardens. Regroup for a refreshment and conversation at Pollen Cafe at around 10.30 am. At least one member of the Friends of […]
The next Plant Recognition Group workshop will be on macrophytes in streams and wetlands. The workshop will be led by Dr Jane Roberts, a retired vegetation ecologist, who has an ecological consultant to government […]
Peter and Chris, from Canberra Birds, will describe the extent to which rodent a control program caused a detectable change in abundance of birds on Lord howe Island. They matched […]
Emma will discuss work done over the last nine years by the National Seed Bank, ANBG nursery, ACT Office of Nature Conservation and the Parks and Conservation Service teams to collect seed from across the region, establish a seed production orchard, grow on established plants for translocation and design and implement a translocation plan incorporating […]