Dr Kate Grarock and Dr Bryan Lessard - 'Nanda Kalbarri Bush Blitz: connecting with people to uncover our diverse species' Kate and Bryan, from ANBG, will talk about a Bush Blitz near Kalbarri, WA on Nanda country to gather information about the biodiversity there with representative of Nanda people, Parks Rangers, Bush Heritage, teachers and […]
Our June work party was cancelled because of wet weather, so we are keeping our fingers crossed for fine weather to remove lots of woody weeds at our next work party is scheduled for Saturday 5 July 2025. Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking link) are: Date: Saturday, 5 July 2025, 9am to […]
How do you study a bird that's a master of camouflage and only active in the dead of night? Shoshana, from the ANU, will talk about how GPS technology, tiny handsewn backpacks, and a conservation detection dog uncover the secret lives of reintroduced bush stone-curlews. Biography: Shoshana Rapley is a PhD candidate at the […]
The next Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Cameras and Café Walk will be held on Saturday 12 July. We meet at the bus stop at 8.40 am, then head off, either individually or in groups, in search of beautiful images from around the Gardens. Participants regroup for a friendly catch up at Pollen Cafe at around 10.30 […]
The Australian Garden History Society is presenting an online talk by John Blay, an Australian writer and naturalist who has written extensively about the Australian bush and its people in drama, prose and poetry. Sit back in your armchair, grab a pre-dinner drink and some nibbles and join John as he takes us on a winding ramble […]
Ryan, from the ANU, will summarise recent contributions towards understanding the evolution of the Australian terrestrial orchid flora and its associated funga spanning macro- to micro-evolutionary scales. Abstract The evolutionary histories of plants and fungi are inextricably linked, and no where is this more evident than in the hyperdiverse orchid family (Orchidaceae). All orchids are […]