This special Memorial Lecture will be held at 6pm at Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre, ANU. Australia is the most fire-prone continent on earth. This talk discusses many new insights into the ecology and management of wildfire and other kinds of fire in Australian landscapes.
Meet in the bottom row of the southern carpark ANBG. Wear HAT, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes.
Dr Ben Walcott will speak in the place of the scheduled speaker, Dr Roger Farrow. His topic is 'Frost and drought in a native garden' - increasingly relevant to everyone with an interest in how our unstable weather patterns will affect us and our plantings.
The Bushland Nature Walk meanders through the Bushland Precinct of the Australian National Botanic Gardens through open forest and with expansive views to Canberra City and Parliament House. This walk is for Friends of the ANBG only.
The first PRG workshop of 2026 will be on these two key wetland families – rushes and sedges. Participants will be able to know the main features of these plants, Juncaceae and Cyperaceae with the aim of being able to distinguish between these, using local species, by the end of the workshop.
This professional environmental practice talk offers an opportunity for you to gain an insight into the Atlas of Living Australia’s (ALA) need for more threatened species records and for wildlife camera data.