Gardening across the Generations
The upcoming Canberra Writers Festival will feature a dedicated gardening panel this year, Saturday 25 October. There will be a plant swap on site.
Friends Photographic Group Monthly Meeting
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Events
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Patrick White Terrace Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Dr Gemma Hoyle and Tom North – ‘National Seed Bank 2.0: Evolution of seed collection, banking and research for world class conservation’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaTom 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.
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Black Mountain Weeding Work Party
Forest Loop Car Park Black Mountain Drive, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAt 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.
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Jay Nicholson – ‘Why do some plants die while others survive? Exploring the impacts of extreme drought in the Red Centre’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJay, a PhD candidate at ANU and has a Friends ANBG scholarship, works with Anangu, the Traditional Owners at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, to work out why certain culturally important species are dying, and what the future might be for Australia’s arid landscapes.
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Josh Coates – ‘Australian alpine pollinators in a changing world’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJosh, a PhD Student at the ANU, will present his research in pollination ecology in Kosciuszko National Park, from the community level down to a few case studies of charismatic species such as the Bogong moth.
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Cameras and Café Walk
ANBG Bus Stop Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, AustraliaBe at the bus stop at 8.40 am. We then disperse, either individually or in groups, to capture in images the beauty that make the Gardens such a special place. We get back together for a chat and a snack at Pollen Cafe at around 10.30 am.