On the agenda will be the election for Secretary, Treasurer and four ordinary members of Council. If a current member of Council nominates for and is elected to another vacant position, there will be an additional vacancy for an Ordinary Member.
Shelley, PhD candidate at the UNE and a holder of a Friends ANBG scholarship, will discuss the species limits and the dominant processes affecting the breeding and conservation of the Chrysocephalum genus.
Friends, Staff and Volunteers of the ANBG will have exclusive access to hundreds of plants from a large variety of groundcovers to familiar or unusual large and small shrubs. A limited number of ferns will also be for sale.
The upcoming Canberra Writers Festival will feature a dedicated gardening panel this year, Saturday 25 October. There will be a plant swap on site.
Tom and Gemma, from the National Seed Bank here, will provide a ‘behind the scenes’ look at why the upgrade was necessary and how the new facility has been designed to ensure improved plant germplasm conservation and research.
At our next weeding work party we plan to remove lots of the Sollya and other woody weeds near the Forest Loop Car Park. Meet: Forest Loop Car Park, about 2/3 the way up Black Mountain Drive. Blue and white Parking sign points to the right.