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  • Special Friends Preview – Botanic Art Group exhibition

    Members of the Friends are invited to a special preview prior to the opening of the ‘High Country Natives’ exhibition at the Visitor Centre Gallery. The preview, when all drawings and paintings are for sale, commences at 2pm on Friday 7 April. The exhibition will be open to the public on Saturday 8 April until 7 […]

  • Botanical Art Group 16th Annual Exhibition – “High Country Natives”

    The Friends of the ANBG's Botanic Art Group will hold its 16th annual exhibition and sale at the Visitor Centre Gallery, with the theme ‘High Country Natives’. Most of the works will be on sale, with a proportion of the proceeds donated to the Friends of the ANBG to support the Gardens. Several works will […]

  • Dr John Turnbull ‘Lindsay Pryor: A Man of the Trees’

    John, formerly from CSIRO, will cover the career of Lindsay Pryor (1915-1998). He was a forester, botanist, landscape architect and educator whose legacy involved the biology and cultivation of native and exotic trees in Canberra, elsewhere in Australia and internationally. Abstract Biography Dr John Turnbull has degrees in forestry from the University of Wales and […]

  • Genevieve Wright & Pete Bredell ‘The story of three threatened Eucalypts

    Genevieve and Pete will talk about three threatened species of Eucalyptus and research into their conservation; the Mongarlowe Mallee (Eucalyptus recurva), the Mount Imlay Mallee (Eucalyptus imlayensis) and the Suggan Buggan Mallee (Eucalyptus saxatilis) Abstract Biography Genevieve Wright is a Flora Ecologist who has worked with NSW Department of Planning and Environment, in the National […]

  • Dr Liz Truswell ‘Marie Stopes – palaeobotanist extraordinaire!’

    Marie Stopes was one of the most flamboyant and influential figures of the early twentieth century. Liz will discuss Marie’s wide-ranging contributions to palaeobotany, and the way these were over-shadowed by her later career on birth control and the role of women in marriage, published in 1918. Abstract Biography Dr Liz Truswell was born in […]

  • Wonderful Australian Trees

      Celebrate Canberra Tree Week by joining a free guided walk. See a variety of wonderful Australian native trees including Eucalypts, Casuarinas, Bunya pines and many others. Learn about the evolution of Australian trees and how they have been adopted across the world.   Walks (one hour in length) will take place at 11am and 2pm […]