Our very popular Annual Spring Wildflower Ramble celebrates the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble for wildflower lovers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge, continued by George Chippendale, and then Jean Geue. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with […]
The Walcotts will provide a guided walk for Friends through the native garden that they established after settling in Canberra. Numbers are limited to 20 per session, so bookings are required. Please choose the appropriate date at https://www.trybooking.com/CVMYI Entry is $5 with proceeds to Friends of ANBG. Coffee, tea and nibbles will be provided by Friends. Address: 10 Wickham […]
Rebecca will provide perspectives on achieving transformational change to conserve biodiversity in striving for nature restoration and a nature positive future. Biography Dr Rebecca Pirzl has worked in science and organisational leadership roles across research, government and business, and was appointed to oversee the ANBG in October 2023. In her role as Branch Head […]
Anna Monro, of the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, will focus on electronic plant databases: Australian Plant Census (APC), Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Australian Plant Image Index (APII), Australian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) and possibly other national and state/territory plant nomenclature and related datasets. Various datasets will be displayed on the large screen, with […]
The Walcotts will provide a guided walk for Friends through the native garden that they established after settling in Canberra. Numbers are limited to 20 per session, so bookings are required. Please choose the appropriate date at https://www.trybooking.com/CVMYI Entry is $5 with proceeds to Friends of ANBG. Coffee, tea and nibbles will be provided by Friends. Address: 10 […]
Anna will look at how the influence of southern Californian ideas for town planning and architecture were overtaken by Australian native garden movement in in Canberra. Some shared characteristics of both areas now face some common challenges that raise concerns about the future of our Bush Capital. Abstract The growth of Canberra in the 1970s […]