Dr John Turnbull ‘Trees, woods and man’
John, formerly with CSIRO, will trace the importance of trees from earliest times to the present day.
Charlie Blumer and Jon Darvill ‘Flower power and no bad bees: Getting the big picture on pollinators in the ACT’
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ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Black Mountain Summit Ramble
Black Mountain Summit Terrace Black Mountain Summit Trail, Black Mountain Drive, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaDr Michael Doherty, a local plant ecologist, and ANBG Guide, will talk about winter colour among the plants down the north-eastern slope from the Summit of Black Mountain to the ANBG Visitor Centre. Michael will talk about the interesting variety of mechanisms through which the local flora copes with fire and drought and he will also be pointing out the characteristics of the different eucalypts found along the way, including some very old veteran scribbly gums with lumpy bumpy ‘elephants feet'!
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Bruno Ferronato ‘TurtleWatch ACT: citizen-science, monitoring and conservation of turtles in Canberra’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaBruno will talk about the biology of the Eastern long-necked turtles, their adaptations to flood-dry cycles in Australia, their active life in suburban areas, and recent findings in the turtle monitoring program in Canberra.
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Getting to know wattles
Solander Studio, Banksia Centre, ANBG ANBG Clunies Ross St, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaThe next Plant Recognition Group workshop will focus on native wattle trees and shrubs (Acacia, family Mimosaceae) that flower during winter.
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Emeritus Professor Patrick De Deckker ‘On the extraordinary expedition of Dumont d’Urville that discovered Antarctica in 1840’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaPatrick, from the ANU, will present many of the Dumont d’Urville’s expedition's findings between 1837 and 1840, from 6740 pages of text, 481 plates of illustrations and 77 maps of Antarctica.
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Dr Veronica Briceno Rodrigez ‘From lab coats, hiking boots, and hot desks to plant conservation at the ANBG’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJoin Vero, Conservation Horticulture Manager at the ANBG, as she shares her journey from plant ecophysiology research to conservation policy, and ultimately bringing it all together with hands-on plant conservation at the ANBG.