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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120405T123000
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SUMMARY:Rosemary Purdie ‘Wildflowers and vegetation of Kamchatka\, Far East Russia’
DESCRIPTION:Rosemary Purdie is a plant ecologist who cut her botanical teeth doing vegetation mapping in western Queensland in the 1970s\, has never been able to walk past plants since without checking them out\, and has done extensive plant collecting in all Australian states and territories. A decade ago she exchanged a career with the Commonwealth Government for voluntary work in\, for example\, the Australian National Herbarium\, plus regular trips to Central Asia where she continues to be enthralled by the cultures\, landscapes and vegetation. \nRosemary recently visited Kamchatka\, known as Russia’s land of ice and fire: ice because of its long\, extreme winters\, and fire because of the many volcanoes. These elements contribute to a varied and beautiful floral display over spring and summer. Rosemary will introduce lowland forest\, tundra\, lava flow and alpine vegetation and plants she saw\, and show a colourful relationship between some local plants and brown bears!
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/rosemary-purdie-wildflowers-and-vegetation-of-kamchatka-far-east-russia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120412T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120412T235900
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SUMMARY:Andrew Thornhill ‘Pollen – nothing to sneeze at’
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Thornhill is currently a research scientist at the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research aka Australian National Herbarium aka CSIRO working on the phylogenetics of Acacia\, Mosses\, Liverworts and Hornworts. His PhD project at ANU was on the pollen morphology of the Myrtaceae family; he investigated whether there was variable pollen morphology within the family\, and whether this could be linked to a phylogenetic tree of the family. He also researched Myrtaceae fossil pollen\, some of which was up to 60 million years old\, and determined when the main pollen groups within the family first appeared. While doing his PhD Andrew also helped compile the Australasian Pollen and Spores Atlas\, based at ANU\, and took many of the images that can viewed on the web. \nTo most people pollen is a yellow dust that causes hay fever; but if you look a little closer\, pollen comes in a multitude of shapes and sizes. Andrew will present pollen images belonging to Australian plants and describe the many ways that pollen can be used in scientific research.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/andrew-thornhill-pollen-nothing-to-sneeze-at/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120413T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120514T164500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
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SUMMARY:Art in the Gardens with Friends - Visitor Centre Gallery
DESCRIPTION:A collection of paintings and drawings of Australian native plants. Presented by the Friends Botanic Art Groups.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/art-in-the-gardens-with-friends-visitor-centre-gallery/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120516T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120629T164500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120515T230000Z
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SUMMARY:Illustrating Australian nature: illuminating The Scrolls. Exhibition 16 May to 28 June
DESCRIPTION:Visitor Centre Gallery \nA selection of sketches and watercolours that are reproduced in Fiona Pfennigwerth’s recently published book The Scrolls Illuminated: an illuminating presentation of Solomon’s Song of Songs\, Ruth\, Lamentations\, Ecclesiastes and Esther from the Bible. Many of the paintings include flora that Fiona sketched in the ANBG\, in other Botanic Gardens and National Parks\, and other beautiful places.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/illustrating-australian-nature-illuminating-the-scrolls-exhibition-16-may-to-28-june/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120517T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120517T235900
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CREATED:20120516T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Fiona Pfennigwerth talks about the paintings in her exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Fiona Pfennigwerth will talk about the paintings in her exhibition and her course in Natural History Illustration at University of Newcastle. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/fiona-pfennigwerth-talks-about-the-paintings-in-her-exhibition/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120524T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120523T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Ann Mont ‘Australia is not all eucalypts – living in a native pine forest’
DESCRIPTION:Ann Mont is a farmer’s daughter and retired public servant. \nAnn spent her childhood living on a farm in a Murray pine (Callitris) forest in the Riverina. Flat land\, no streams\, no rocks and hardly a eucalypt in sight. How could this be? She studied geography at ANU and on a field trip to this area she realised that social history\, geomorphology\, and factors such as irrigation and rising salt are interconnected\, and these impact on the vegetation. The talk will discuss Ann’s observations. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/ann-mont-australia-is-not-all-eucalypts-living-in-a-native-pine-forest/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120526T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120525T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005308Z
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SUMMARY:Right Royal Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:Crosbie Morrison Building\, ANBG \nWhether you are a Republican or a Royalist\, the Coronation was a significant event. Come and celebrate the coronation anniversary with a Right Royal Trivia Night at the Gardens. \nBook a table (8 people per table) for your friends\, neighbours and family\, or come on your own\, or with a partner. Wear your regal rags\, decorate your table\, enjoy the fun. Each table will be supplied with a cheese and fruit platter but bring whatever other nibbles you would like. Wine and juice will be available for purchase on the night. Cost is $20 per person. Enquiries and credit card bookings to: Fran Johnson on (02) 6288 6865. \nEmail bookings may be sent to royaltrivia@friendsanbg.org.au and should include your name\, email address and number of people. Once your booking is confirmed\, pay via direct credit to the Friends bank account (BSB 082902; A/c # 176544896\, A/c Name: Friends of the ANBG) including your name and “TRIVIA” to identify your payment (please do not send credit card bookings via email). \nMail bookings (with cheque or credit card details) to: Right Royal Trivia Night\, Friends of the ANBG\, GPO Box 1777\, Canberra ACT 2601. Or drop in the Friends mail box in the Visitors Centre at the Gardens.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/right-royal-trivia-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120531T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120531T235900
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CREATED:20120530T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Theresa Knopp ‘Conservation Genetics of the Pink-tailed Worm Lizard in the ACT'
DESCRIPTION:What can Population Genetics tell us about Habitat Fragmentation and Prioritising of Areas for Conservation in and near Canberra? \nDr Theresa Knopp is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Institute for Applied Ecology\, University of Canberra\, with a passion for amphibians and reptiles. In 2009 she was awarded a PhD at the University of Helsinki for a thesis on the phylogeography and population genetics of the endangered Moor frog\, Rana arvalis\, in Northern Europe. She has studied the genetics of Malagasy dung-beetles and since October 2010 has been at the University of Canberra researching the population genetics of the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard\, Aprasia parapulchella. Her research will provide information on population genetic structure or patterns of gene flow of this small\, endangered species that will assist in its conservation. \nThe Pink-tailed Worm Lizard is a small and cryptic legless lizard with a current distribution largely confined to the ACT. With the increasing threats posed by urban development\, concerns have been raised about the long term survival of the species\, along with an urgent need for a comprehensive management plan. Population genetic methods have been combined with GIS mapping to identify the regionally most important populations and the main barriers and corridors for dispersal in this endemic species. Theresa will explain the methods used and results gained thus far. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-theresa-knopp-conservation-genetics-of-the-pink-tailed-worm-lizard-in-the-act/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120607T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120607T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120606T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Wenju Cai ‘Warming in the Tasman Sea\, a global warming hotspot’
DESCRIPTION:A CSIRO Office of Chief Executive Science Leader\, Dr Wenju Cai specialises in global climate variability\, change\, and impact. He publishes extensively on identification of modes of climate variability\, their mechanisms\, and climate detection and attribution. He is Chair of the WCRP/CLIVAR International Pacific Panel (CLIVAR is the World Climate Research Programme project that addresses Climate Variability and Predictability\, with a particular focus on the role of ocean-atmosphere interactions in climate.) Dr Cai is also a climate science leader in CSIRO’s contribution to the $50m Queensland Government-CSIRO research alliance and the $50m Goyder Research Institute. He leads CSIRO’s climate characterization and prediction research within the Wealth from Oceans flagship. \nOceanographers have identified a series of ocean hotspots around the world generated by strengthening wind systems that have driven oceanic currents\, including the East Australian Current\, polewards beyond their known boundaries. Motivated by a previous finding of an accelerated warming in the Tasman Sea\, the new research looks at changes along other oceanic currents\, and finds a synchronised enhanced warming signal\, strengthening the argument for a role of greenhouse warming in driving these oceanic hot spots. Other supporting evidence includes a poleward shift of weather systems and expansion of the tropics that affect our rainfall. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-wenju-cai-warming-in-the-tasman-sea-a-global-warming-hotspot/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120614T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120614T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120613T140000Z
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SUMMARY:David Taylor ‘Pruning Australian native plants’
DESCRIPTION:David Taylor is the ANBG’s Curator of Living Collections. \nDavid will demonstrate pruning native plants with assistance from his staff. The session will begin in the Theatrette with an introduction to pruning at the ANBG\, followed by some hands-on pruning using a selection of very different techniques from mild to wild! 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/david-taylor-pruning-australian-native-plants/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120621T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120621T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120620T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Judy West Executive Director ANBG ‘The new ANBG Management Plan'
DESCRIPTION:In 2009 Dr Judy West was appointed Executive Director of the ANBG and head of Parks and Biodiversity Science within the then Department of the Environment\, Water\, Heritage and the Arts. Judy has also been Director of the Australian National Herbarium since 1989 and has held a number of other scientific appointments during her career. \nEvery ten years the ANBG must develop a detailed plan to guide its management and development for the next decade; the latest such Plan is expected to be finalised by mid-2012. Judy will discuss the new Plan’s vision for the future of the Gardens.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-judy-west-executive-director-anbg-the-new-anbg-management-plan/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120628T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120628T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120627T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005308Z
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SUMMARY:Ian Lawrence ‘The place of home gardens in a sustainable world’
DESCRIPTION:  \nIan Lawrence is an environmental engineer\, planner and scientist with 50 years’ experience in planning\, assessment and management of water resources in Australia and South East Asia. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Cooperative Research Centre for eWater\, Canberra.\n \nRecognising that residential gardens are a key element of open space and water management systems across urban areas generally\, and particularly in Canberra\, Ian and his wife Helen decided in 2000 that it was time to re-develop their garden to be more sustainable\, and to contribute to a limited set of ‘waterwise’ gardens available at that time\, to raise awareness regarding sustainability and alternative landscaping opportunities.\n \nIan’s interest in exploring the application of ‘waterwise’ principles to a residential garden arose from a professional role nationally and internationally in changing the way in which we manage water in urban areas\, with particular emphasis on the detention\, harvesting and management of rainwater across urban areas\, and the need to move away from pipe-based drainage systems.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/ian-lawrence-the-place-of-home-gardens-in-a-sustainable-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120703T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120716T164500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120702T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005308Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Working on Country
DESCRIPTION:Visitor Centre Gallery \nA photographic exhibition displaying works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as they capture and convey the spirit and feel of their country.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/exhibition-working-on-country/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120705T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120705T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120704T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005308Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Roslyn Russell ‘Travel writers\, botanic gardens and the nineteenth century British empire in Australia’
DESCRIPTION:Roslyn Russell is a historian\, author\, editor and museum consultant who has lived and worked in Canberra since 1982. Her published works include Literary Links: Celebrating the Literary Relationship between Australia and Britain\, and One Destiny! The Federation Story: How Australia Became a Nation (with Philip Chubb). She edited a selection of Manning Clark’s correspondence\, published in 2008 as Ever\, Manning: Selected Letters of Manning Clark 1938–1991. Her latest publication is The Business of Nature: John Gould and Australia\, for the National Library of Australia\, and she is currently working on another book commissioned by the National Library\, on voyages to Australia in the nineteenth century. \nOver a scant hundred years of European settlement a network of botanic gardens\, part of an empire-wide system under the direction of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew\, was created in Australia. Nineteenth-century travellers who wrote and published accounts of these botanic gardens did more than inform their home audiences about these attractive cultural landscapes. Their accounts and opinions in effect constituted a ‘report card’ on the progress of the imperial civilising mission\, of which botanic gardens were a significant part. The views of literary and botanical celebrities such as James Anthony Froude\, Anthony Trollope\, Mark Twain\, botanical artist Marianne North and influential horticulturalist James Veitch\, and those of lesser-known writers\, about the effectiveness of Australian botanic gardens range from flattering to scathing\, and from amusing to controversial.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-roslyn-russell-travel-writers-botanic-gardens-and-the-nineteenth-century-british-empire-in-australia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120712T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120712T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120711T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Murray Evans ‘Saving the Northern Corroboree Frog in the ACT’
DESCRIPTION:Dr Murray Evans joined the ACT Government as an ecologist after several years with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service\, which included studying endangered species and managing the Kangaroo Management Unit. He completed his honours thesis on brushtail possums in the Tanami Desert with the help of the local aboriginal people and studied the ecological energetics of wombats for his PhD. After having worked on cane toads in Venezuela\, kangaroos\, bridled nailtail wallabies and hairy-nosed wombats in Queensland\, he came to the cooler climes of the ACT about 10 years ago to focus on threatened species here. Murray’s current role involves conservation of all threatened fauna in the ACT\, though he is particularly passionate about trying to save the corroboree frog. \nThe Northern Corroboree Frog has Special Protection status in the ACT. Murray will talk about the ACT Government’s Action Plan and progress being made to protect and conserve this frog.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-murray-evans-saving-the-northern-corroboree-frog-in-the-act/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120715T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120828T173000
DTSTAMP:20260419T064610
CREATED:20120714T230000Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Reflections of Country
DESCRIPTION:Visitor Centre Gallery \nA special exhibition by Duncan Smith\, recipient of the 2003 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artist of the Year Award.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/exhibition-reflections-of-country/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120719T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120719T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120718T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005309Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen Midgely ‘Global uses of Australian acacias – recent trends and future prospects'
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Midgley is a forester and development specialist who runs his own consulting business\, Salwood Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. He is an Asia-specialist\, and has worked continuously in Asia for over 37 years with long-term assignments in Laos\, Nepal\, Sri Lanka and China and via many short-term projects. \nStephen had a long career with CSIRO where he was leader of a major team specialising in the domestication and utilisation of Australia’s trees\, mainly eucalypts and acacias. Over many years he led detailed seed collection programs of acacias through Australia’s arid zones and in the moist tropics of Indonesia\, PNG and northern Australia. Stephen also has an acacia\, Acacia midgleyi\, named after him—a tree to 25 metres which occurs naturally in Cape York. \nIn recent years there has been wide scale planting of Australian acacias for commercial purposes in Asia and elsewhere. The talk will describe current uses\, the scale of these plantings and the social and economic benefits being obtained from them. It will also consider future trends in the use of acacias and potential problems.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/stephen-midgely-global-uses-of-australian-acacias-recent-trends-and-future-prospects/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120726T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120726T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120725T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005309Z
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SUMMARY:David Coutts: ‘Where are we going: future direction for the Gardens and the Friends in the light of the new Management Plan’
DESCRIPTION:David Coutts is the current President of the Friends. He is an agricultural scientist\, and has worked with the Australian Government in a variety of roles and overseas with the OECD and FAO. \nAs President of the Friends\, David has been closely involved with the process of delivering the new Management Plan for the Gardens. David will speak about what he sees as the opportunities and challenges for the next few years—for the Gardens and for the part the Friends might play. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/david-coutts-where-are-we-going-future-direction-for-the-gardens-and-the-friends-in-the-light-of-the-new-management-plan/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120802T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120802T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120801T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005309Z
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SUMMARY:Steve Thomas 'Problems and opportunities for Canberra’s urban forest'
DESCRIPTION:Steve Thomas will present some thoughts about tree management in Canberra from his experience of looking closely at trees in the urban setting\, as well as considering the future of the urban forest which has been developed over the last 99 years. \nFor over ten years Steve has conducted tree assessments in Canberra. He is a member of the Friends of ACT Arboreta and the Chair of the Canberra Monaro Branch of Australian Forest Growers. He has nurtured over 25000 trees on land near Captain’s Flat for the last 23 years and grown thousands of native trees in the past. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/steve-thomas-problems-and-opportunities-for-canberras-urban-forest/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120806T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120806T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120805T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T005309Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Brendon Lepschi - 'The new ACT plant census'
DESCRIPTION:The census is the work of the Australian National Herbarium (which is jointly managed by the Australian National Botanic Gardens and CSIRO) in association with ACT Territory and Municipal Services \nBrendan will talk about the science that goes into it and some of the stories behind entries in the Census. \nA thumbnail sketch about the new census taken from a recent article in The Canberra Times follows: \n\nThe new census provides the scientific community and general public with quick\, easy-to-access information about native and introduced plants growing in the wild in the ACT. \nIt finds that we have about 1645 different species of ”vascular plants” (most of the trees and shrubs and small herby plants we notice). In addition we have three kinds of hornworts\, 77 sorts of liverworts and are rich in slime moulds. \nOf these 1645 “vascular plants” almost 600 are weeds and about 45 of these trespassers are Australian plants\, eg the Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) that never used to occur here. The ACT is ”remarkably rich” in native\, naturally-occurring plants with for example about 119 orchid species\, 36 eucalyptus species\, 24 acacias\, 12 kinds of pomaderris\, 11 pimeleas\, 11 leptospermums (tea-trees)\, six grevilleas\, three boronias and much\, much more. However\, the ACT has only one of our continent’s 170 species of Banksia. \nThis talk is in the monthly series of talks for volunteers in the Botanical Resource Centre\, but members of the Friends are welcome to attend. Venue is the Crosbie Morrison Building.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-brendon-lepschi-the-new-act-plant-census/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120809T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120809T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120808T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
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SUMMARY:Alison Russell-French ‘Shakespeare\, the Tale of Genji and Migratory Shorebirds – what’s the connection?'
DESCRIPTION:Alison Russell-French is Past President of Birds Australia. \nHow is decision-making about the conservation of our landscape influenced and\, in particular\, that relating to birds – especially migratory shorebirds and their habitat? Alison asks ‘how can we make a contribution?’
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/alison-russell-french-shakespeare-the-tale-of-genji-and-migratory-shorebirds-whats-the-connection/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120810T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120811T164500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120810T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
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SUMMARY:Cafe Scientifique 'Climate Change: Threat or Theatre?'
DESCRIPTION:A Science Week activity at the Floresco at the Gardens Cafe \nCafe happy hour from 5pm\, with presentation from 6pm. Free admission. \nLively and social science discussions facilitated by expert speakers. Learn\, engage and consider a range of environmental science issues. Special Tapis menu available. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/cafe-scientifique-climate-change-threat-or-theatre/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120811T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120819T234500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120810T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000028-1344643200-1345419900@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Science Week: Gardens Science Trail
DESCRIPTION:Outdoor science engagement for all the family\, with a hands-on self-guided trail investigating the science behind the Gardens’ plants. Free admission.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/science-week-gardens-science-trail/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120812T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120813T094500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120812T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000029-1344765600-1344851100@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Gerry Gillespie 'Transform Your Garbage into Gold: backyard composting'
DESCRIPTION:Science Week: ‘Down to Earth Horticulture’ workshop 1 with Gerry Gillespie (Zero Waste Australia) \n10-11:30 am at the Banks Glasshouse \nPractical gardening for the Canberra home/community/farm\, designed for hands-on learning with professional experts. Free admission. Limited numbers. Bookings essential: see www.anbg.gov.au/gardens
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/gerry-gillespie-transform-your-garbage-into-gold-backyard-composting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120812T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120813T094500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120812T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000030-1344765600-1344851100@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Science Week: Family Science Day
DESCRIPTION:For a rare learning experience\, the ANBG will be opening the doors of the Australian National Herbarium\, Production Nursery and Seed Bank for behind-the-scene tours. \n10:00am – 3:00pm. Free admission.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/science-week-family-science-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120815T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120815T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120814T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000031-1344988800-1345075140@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Cafe Scientifique 'Exam time stress and the natural cure'
DESCRIPTION:A Science Week activity at the Floresco at the Gardens Cafe \nCafe opens from 4:30pm\, with presentation from 5pm. Free admission. \nLively and social science discussions facilitated by expert speakers. Learn\, engage and consider a range of environmental science issues. Gourmet Hamburgers available. 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/cafe-scientifique-exam-time-stress-and-the-natural-cure/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120816T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120816T235900
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120815T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000032-1345075200-1345161540@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Dr Ben Wallace 'An Australian garden in China'  NOTE CHANGED DATE
DESCRIPTION:Following a visit to the Australian National Botanic Gardens in November 2003\, Professor Lu Yongxiang\, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences\, asked Dr Ben Wallace to create a garden in the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou. Opened in 2007\, the garden includes Australian native flora and aboriginal cultural elements. There are showy and fragrant plants from the Proteaceae\, Myrtaceae\, and Fabaceae families\, together with ancient ‘dinosaur’ plants such as ferns\, cycads and conifers. It has a tropical billabong\, shrubby woodland\, rainforest and a rock garden. A major feature of the garden is the extensive educational signage\, on rocks\, plaques\, theme signs and plant labels. \nBen Wallace was the Horticultural Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney (1982-1990)\, travelling to many Australian as well as overseas locations including Chile\, Costa Rica\, PNG\, China\, Borneo\, Thailand\, New Caledonia\, Kenya\, Zimbabwe\, and New Zealand. He was also Director of the Living Collections Division  at the ANBG (1991-2000)\, and a member of the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. He is a frequent presenter of lectures on various aspects of orchids as well as other plant groups. He operates eco-tours to China\, Tasmania and Western Australia. \n 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-ben-wallace-an-australian-garden-in-china-note-changed-date/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120817T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120818T164500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120817T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000033-1345222800-1345308300@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Cafe Scientifique 'Benefit of foods with local footprint: fact or fallacy?'
DESCRIPTION:A Science Week activity at the Floresco at the Gardens Cafe \nCafe happy hour from 5pm\, with presentation from 6pm. Free admission. \nLively and social science discussions facilitated by expert speakers. Learn\, engage and consider a range of environmental science issues. Special Tapis menu available.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/cafe-scientifique-benefit-of-foods-with-local-footprint-fact-or-fallacy/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120819T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120820T094500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120819T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000034-1345370400-1345455900@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Matt Kilby 'Nuts and Bolts of Healthy Soil: how soil works and how to improve it'
DESCRIPTION:Science Week: ‘Down to Earth Horticulture’ workshop 2 with Matt Kilby (Global Land Repair) \n10-11:30 am at the Banks Glasshouse \nPractical gardening for the Canberra home/community/farm\, designed for hands-on learning with professional experts. Free admission. Limited numbers. Bookings essential: see www.anbg.gov.au/gardens
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/matt-kilby-nuts-and-bolts-of-healthy-soil-how-soil-works-and-how-to-improve-it/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120821T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20120822T104500
DTSTAMP:20260419T064611
CREATED:20120821T010000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T010047Z
UID:10000035-1345546800-1345632300@friendsanbg.org.au
SUMMARY:Information session and training workshop for new Flora Explorer volunteers
DESCRIPTION:The Gardens invites interested members of the Friends to attend this information session on becoming a volunteer Flora Explorer driver guide. The session will be held in the Gardens’ Theatrette and will last about 1 hour. For more information\, phone Jennifer Salkeld on 6250 9559 / 6250 9540 or email jennifer.salkeld@environment.gov.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/information-session-and-training-workshop-for-new-flora-explorer-volunteers/
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