Cameras and Café Walk
The next Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Cameras and Café walk will be held on Sunday 13 April. We meet at the bus stop at 8.40 am, then follow our interests and […]
Masterclass – Designing Resilient Gardens [Sustainable Gardening Australia]
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Plant Recognition Group – Macrophytes in streams and wetlands
The next Plant Recognition Group workshop will be on macrophytes in streams and wetlands. The workshop will be led by Dr Jane Roberts, a retired vegetation ecologist, who has an ecological consultant to government […]
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Dr Peter Fullagar and Chris Davey – ‘Potential impacts of a rodent eradication program on the Lord Howe Island lowland terrestrial avifauna’
Peter and Chris, from Canberra Birds, will describe the extent to which rodent a control program caused a detectable change in abundance of birds on Lord howe Island. They matched […]
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Emma Cooke – ‘Breaking family ties: The genetic rescue of Canberra’s Small Purple Pea population’
Emma will discuss work done over the last nine years by the National Seed Bank, ANBG nursery, ACT Office of Nature Conservation and the Parks and Conservation Service teams to collect seed from across the region, establish a seed production orchard, grow on established plants for translocation and design and implement a translocation plan incorporating […]
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Little-known stories about Black Mountain vegetation patterns and fire history
Join plant ecologist Michael Doherty for a walk and little-known stories about vegetation patterns, fire ecology and fire history on Black Mountain. We will also discuss fire and vegetation management past, present and into the future. This walk is part of the Heritage Festival. Fully booked - all places taken. Some books will be available […]
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Dr Rod King – ‘Not too hot… not too cold’
Rod, a retired CSIRO scientist and currently the Treasurer of Friends ANBG, will talk about temperature and reproduction of plants, including Australian natives. Rod ‘s research with the CSIRO focused first on environment and reproduction in cereals and grasses, and then on Australian plants with horticultural potential. After retiring in 2008 he continued as an […]