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SUMMARY:19th Annual Art Exhibition of the Friends' Botanic Art Group
DESCRIPTION:The 19th Annual Art Exhibition by the Friends Botanic Art Group\, entitled Wetlands\, will be in the Visitor Centre Gallery from 10 April to 3 May 2025\, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. \nIt features artworks of native flora\, with a special focus on wetland plants and habitats. The works are in a variety of media from the more traditional watercolour to linocuts and scratchboard. \nA special Members’ Preview will be held from 2pm to 4pm Thursday 9 April 2026. \nAll works are for sale. \nLudwigia peploides by Cornelia Buechen-Osmond
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/19th-annual-art-exhibition-of-the-friends-botanic-art-group/
LOCATION:Visitor Centre Gallery\, Australian National Botanic Gardens\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Cameras and Cafe Walk
DESCRIPTION:The next Cameras and Café Walk will be held on Saturday 18 April 2026. \nLet’s maintain the excellent turnouts for these walks. It is a chance to widen your friendships within the Photographic Group and extend a welcome to fresh faces. \nTo be part of it you need to be at the bus stop at 8.40 am. Participants can choose to move around the Gardens as a group or head off with their camera individually. We reconvene for a chat at Pollen Cafe at around 10.30 am. \nAt least one person from the Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Committee will be there to get things started\, orchestrate introductions and provide advice to anyone who needs it\, especially new members\, or members with new cameras or lenses who would like extra help and support.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/cameras-and-cafe-walk-6/
LOCATION:ANBG Bus Stop\, Australian National Botanic Gardens\, Canberra\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260420T133000
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SUMMARY:Plant Recognition Group – Would you like to know more about Myrtaceae?
DESCRIPTION:In April\, Jane Cottee will be facilitating a plant recognition workshop on the Myrtaceae family\, focussing on practical identification tips and useful botanical features and terminology. She will include some local species of Leptospermum\, Kunzea and Callistemon and several other familiar genera. (Eucalyptus genus will not be included in any detail as this has been covered in a separate session.) \nJane taught horticulture for 25 years at Canberra Institute of Technology and has been a Volunteer Guide at the Australian National Botanical Gardens since 2019. \nWhen: Monday 20 April 13.30 – 3.30pm including extra time to practice if you wish. \nWhere: Solander Studio\, Banksia Centre\, ANBG. \nBookings ESSENTIAL: Please send your name and phone number to plantname@friendsanbg.org.au   Seats are limited for this session\, so booking ahead is mandatory. \nPlease advise at least a day in advance if you need to cancel your booking\, so that a member on the waiting list can be offered the place.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/plant-recognition-group-would-you-like-to-know-more-about-myrtaceae/
LOCATION:Solander Studio\, Banksia Centre\, ANBG\, ANBG Clunies Ross St\, Acton\, Australian Capital Territory\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260422T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260422T200000
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SUMMARY:Masterclass - Designing Resilient Gardens [Sustainable Gardening Australia]
DESCRIPTION:Join horticulturist Alistair Kirkpatrick for a practical\, inspiring session on creating a garden that can handle Australia’s changing climate. Learn how to use plant layering\, diversity and smart design to build shade\, improve soil\, and reduce watering. If your garden struggles with heat\, hail or poor yields\, you’ll walk away with simple ideas to get it thriving again. \nThis one-hour Zoom session costs $33.\nBook here: https://weteachme.com/classes/1046998 \nDo you have a garden disaster story—hail smashing your camellias\, summer sun scorching your tomatoes\, or poor pollination leaving your fruit trees bare and plants constantly dying of thirst? Unsure what to plant\, where\, or when in this changing climate? Don’t give up just yet! Join horticulturist and landscape designer Alistair Kirkpatrick for this one-hour online Master Class. Using the real life case study of his own garden and home\, Alistair will demonstrate the key components needed to make your garden more resilient to whatever the climate throws at it and how this can also impact the resilience of your own home. Topics covered include: \n\nClimate changes across Australia and what they mean for our gardens\nWhat nature teaches us: using plant density\, complexity\, and diversity to adapt\nInsights from scientific research and local observations about what truly thrives\nCreating shade and microclimates using both vertical and horizontal structures\nLayering plants to boost transpiration and support nighttime cooling\nSmarter plant choices\, thoughtful clustering\, and regenerative planting strategies\nWhy certain exotics—though sometimes controversial—might still deserve a place in your garden\nSurface permeability\, raised beds\, and natural irrigation techniques—and how these can help you reduce or even eliminate the need for watering your garden\n\nJoin us and turn your garden challenges into long-term solutions! \nAll sessions are recorded and those booked in will receive the recording link which is active for two weeks. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/masterclass-designing-resilient-gardens-sustainable-gardening-australia/
LOCATION:Online Zoom session\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260423T123000
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SUMMARY:Leo Joseph '12 Birds\, 3 Books\, 5 Cities\, and 3 Continents: An Ornithological Life Not Yet Finished’
DESCRIPTION:Leo\, recently retired from CSIRO\, appreciates how pivotal it was for him to see certain species of bird in the wild in Australia and South America and the happy pursuit of a career studying evolution of birds\, especially in these countries. \nAbstract\nTriggered by glimpses in childhood of Adelaide Rosellas and further ignited by experiences of almost inhaling books on Australian birds\, seeing with awe museum collections of birds and not to mention a lifetime of camaraderie with like-minded friends and colleagues\, I will look back (and ahead) on a life studying the evolution of Australian birds (with a little more yet to come). Having recently retired from CSIRO where I was Director of the Australian National Wildlife Collection from 2005-2025\, I can look back and appreciate how pivotal it was for me to see certain species of birds in the wild\, and to travel across Australian and South American landscapes\, while all the while avidly absorbing the literature of ornithology and working with many colleagues. The result was perhaps dogged yet always happy pursuit of a career studying evolution of birds especially across Australia and South America. \nBiography\nLeo joined CSIRO as Director of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in November 2005. Originally from Adelaide\, he developed an early but lifelong interest in the evolution of birds and especially in a museum collections environment\, one that has always guided his work. He did undergraduate and Honours degrees at the University of Adelaide in 1977-79 and 1981\, respectively. Then he worked in Australia and travelled in South America until doing a PhD at the University of Queensland from 1989-1994. For his thesis\, he investigated the history of habitat diversity in eastern Australian rainforest birds. Then\, from 1994-97\, he held a Visiting Professorship in the Laboratorio De Evolución\, Faculdad De Ciencias\, Montevideo\, Uruguay where he worked on shorebird evolution and the evolution of bird migration. His interest in integrating ecological diversity and evolution was by then well-established. In 1997 he took up a position in the Department of Ornithology at the then Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia\, in the USA. From 2003\, he was Chair of the Department but returned to Australia in 2005. At CSIRO\, he developed an extensive network of collaborators including fellow researchers in Australia\, Europe and North America\, postdoctoral researchers\, PhD students and Honours students. He has amassed a body of work on the phylogeography and more recent evolutionary history of Australo-Papuan birds. He was awarded the D. L. Serventy medal for publication in Australian ornithology in 2018. In 2020 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Ornithological Societies. Despite all that\, he remains a birdwatcher at heart and plans to do a lot more birdwatching in the coming years. \nBooking Link – https://www.trybooking.com/DHLRE \nBooking\nLunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated. \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/leo-joseph-12-birds-3-books-5-cities-and-3-continents-an-ornithological-life-not-yet-finished/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Thursday Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260424T100000
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SUMMARY:Photographic Group April Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next regular meeting takes place on Friday 24 April at 10.00am in the Theatrette. \nStephen Hunter\, the Photographic Group’s publicity officer\, will talk about planning for overseas travel from a photographer’s perspective. He will illustrate his talk with stories and images from visits to Uzbekistan\, Italy\, India\, Peru\, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands and Amazon Basin)\, and the wilds of Patagonia. \nStephen will also bring along examples of the photo books he has compiled on his travels as well as the gear he uses to transport photographic equipment including in the field. \nThe meeting will also feature a further selection of images submitted for inclusion in the Gardens 2027 calendar \nThe regular show and tell session is on again. Bring up to six images on a thumb drive to share with your fellow PG members. You can include videos of up to ten seconds each if you choose.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/photographic-group-april-meeting/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Thursday Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260430T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260430T133000
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SUMMARY:Associate Professor Brad Tucker ‘The past\, present and future of Mt Stromlo: Celebrating Mt Stromlo’s 100th anniversary’
DESCRIPTION:In its 100 years Mt Stromlo has been at the forefront of astronomical discoveries\, but much of its history has remained hidden. Brad\, from ANU\, will talk about its past and how it is shaping the future of astronomy and Canberra\, and how it is helping to combat light pollution. \nBiography\nBrad is an Astrophysicist/Cosmologist and Associate Professor at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics\, Mt. Stromlo Observatory and the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science\, at the Australian National University. \nBrad has Bachelor’s degrees in Physics\, Philosophy\, and Theology from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Astrophysics and Cosmology from Mt. Stromlo Observatory at the ANU. He’s involved in programs using space telescopes to find stars within the first hours of explosion\, as well as surveys to measure the growth rate of the Universe. He’s developing an ultraviolet space telescope\, as well as uses machine learning to combat light pollution as well as gaining insights into the public’s understanding of science. \nBooking Link – https://www.trybooking.com/DHLRH \nBooking\nLunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated. \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/associate-professor-brad-tucker-the-past-present-and-future-of-mt-stromlo-celebrating-mt-stromlos-100th-anniversary/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Thursday Talks
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