PLANT RECOGNITION GROUP Getting to know local wattles The next Plant Recognition Group workshop will focus on local native wattle trees and shrubs (family Mimosaceae) that flower during winter. Dr Suzette Searle (President Wattle Day Association Inc.) will host a presentation on the main identification features and will have selected samples on display. Binocular microscopes, hand […]
Matt and Anthony will discuss the progress and overall impacts from listing of ecological communities under national environment law over the past 25 years, as well as recent unique examples such as the Empodisma peatlands of south-western WA, the Karst springs of the Naracoorte Coastal Plain, and the Drooping sheoak grassy woodland of the Eyre Peninsula. Bookings […]
Dear Friends, We hope you are keeping wonderfully warm in this wintery weather … Maybe a way to be warm is the 25th Anniversary of the Summit Walk. The Summit Walk is between the summit of Black Mountain and the Visitor Centre of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), and was officially opened by the […]
The next Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Cameras and Café Walk will be held on Sunday 17 August. Meet at the bus stop at 8.40 am. After introductions we head off, either individually or in groups, in search of beautiful images from around the Gardens. Participants regroup for a sociable gathering up at Pollen Cafe at […]
Michael, a former Government ecologist, will update eight years of citizen science research and cover new discoveries since 2022 into Gang-gang nesting ecology and behaviour. Abstract Michael will provide an update of the eight years of citizen science research into Gang-gang nesting ecology and behaviour which is now nearing its conclusion. The talk will cover new discoveries […]
AIM (Art in Miniature) Canberra is delighted to be holding its 25th exhibition as a group at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. We are a friendship group of artists living in Canberra and its regions who enjoy working and exhibiting miniatures together. In this exhibition we are taking inspiration directly from the beautiful ANBG. Its flora, fauna, herpetology, […]