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Alex, from the ANU, will talk about the value of fossilised pollen for understanding environmental changes over time, and measuring the amounts and types of pollen across Australia today to understand the links, including collection by VegeMap, a citizen science project. Abstract Fossilised pollen is a little-known but essential part of our understanding of environmental […] |
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Thank you very much to our wonderful weeders for removing more than 1760 woody weeds at our September work party in the grassland and woodland area of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. We look forward to seeing you at the next work party on 5 October. Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking […] |
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Discover some spring-flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Jean Egan, Shoko Okado, and Tobias Hayashi. DATE Sunday 6 October, 9:30am–12 noon and repeated 1:30pm–4pm MEET at the car park on the mountain side of Caswell Drive. Look for FOBM banners; (from Belconnen Way drive […] |
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Graham, an internationally awarded photographer, will describe his artistic approach to photographing botanic subjects and will give practical insights into producing exhibition quality shots of flora and associated fauna, from the tallest tree to the most detailed macro view of flowers, fungi and associated pollinators. Abstract When faced with a botanical subject that requires photographing […] |
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The Growing Friends will hold their Spring Native Plant Sale on Saturday 12 October in the car park between the Banksia Centre and the Crosbie Morrison Building. While a little later than last year, this still allows sufficient time for plants to be established before the challenges of summer. The sale will run from 9:00-11:00 (unless sold […]
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Our very popular Annual Spring Wildflower Ramble celebrates the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble for wildflower lovers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge, continued by George Chippendale, and then Jean Geue. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with […]
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The Walcotts will provide a guided walk for Friends through the native garden that they established after settling in Canberra. Numbers are limited to 20 per session, so bookings are required. Please choose the appropriate date at https://www.trybooking.com/CVMYI Entry is $5 with proceeds to Friends of ANBG. Coffee, tea and nibbles will be provided by Friends. Address: 10 Wickham […] |
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Rebecca will provide perspectives on achieving transformational change to conserve biodiversity in striving for nature restoration and a nature positive future. Biography Dr Rebecca Pirzl has worked in science and organisational leadership roles across research, government and business, and was appointed to oversee the ANBG in October 2023. In her role as Branch Head […]
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Anna Monro, of the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, will focus on electronic plant databases: Australian Plant Census (APC), Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Australian Plant Image Index (APII), Australian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) and possibly other national and state/territory plant nomenclature and related datasets. Various datasets will be displayed on the large screen, with […] |
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The Walcotts will provide a guided walk for Friends through the native garden that they established after settling in Canberra. Numbers are limited to 20 per session, so bookings are required. Please choose the appropriate date at https://www.trybooking.com/CVMYI Entry is $5 with proceeds to Friends of ANBG. Coffee, tea and nibbles will be provided by Friends. Address: 10 […] |
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Anna will look at how the influence of southern Californian ideas for town planning and architecture were overtaken by Australian native garden movement in in Canberra. Some shared characteristics of both areas now face some common challenges that raise concerns about the future of our Bush Capital. Abstract The growth of Canberra in the 1970s […]
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The 36th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the ANBG will be held in the ANBG Theatrette at 3pm, followed by light refreshments in the Dickson Room. Please arrive at 2.45 pm for a 3.00 pm start. If you plan to attend the meeting, please advise by email to secretary@friendsanbg.org.au. This will assist us […]
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All Friends of the ANBG are invited to a Special viewing of the new display in the Visitor Centre foyer, and the new fogging system in the Tasmanian Rainforest section. This free event will commence from the Visitor Centre at 4:30pm following the AGM. Please RSVP by 21 October 2024 (acceptances only) by booking at […] |
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Dr Mitzy Pepper, an ARC DECRA Fellow at ANU, will focus on the exciting synthesis of biology and geomorphology in understanding the evolution of both the biodiversity, and the landscapes of the Australian deserts. Abstract The distribution of lizards in arid Australia is an example of the complex influence of geology, climate and geomorphological processes […] |
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Thank you very much to our wonderful weeders for removing more than 835 woody weeds at our October work party in the grassland and woodland area of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. We look forward to seeing you at the next work party on 2 November. We are starting at 8:30am now that it is Summer […] |
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