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SUMMARY:Photo competition for students of Australia schools and colleges
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 competition is open to students attending Australian primary or secondary schools or colleges. All entries must be digital photographs taken in the ANBG\, featuring some aspect of the Gardens such as plants\, wildlife or scenery. \nEnter online at fanbg.local/students-photographic-competition/. Entries must be received by the organisers before 5pm on Friday 30th August 2024. To avoid delays and congestion\, submit your entry as early as possible. \nDownload the information sheets for secondary schools & colleges (PDF\, 254KB) and for primary schools (PDF\, 254KB).
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/photo-competition-for-students-of-australia-schools-and-colleges/
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SUMMARY:The Challenge of Change: AAFBG 2024 Conference
DESCRIPTION:The coming AAFBG Biennial Conference 2024 will be hosted by The Friends of Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens\nJoin us as we tackle the big issues and explore solutions\n\nto create rewarding relationships\nto work well with volunteers\nto identify opportunities within a changing climate\nto employ technology that enhances our message and effectiveness.\n\nKeynote speaker: Dale Arvidsson\, Curator of Brisbane Botanic Gardens.\nPre and post conference tours of Sunshine Coast Gardens.\n	Twilight welcome drinks and Handbury Award presentations\nConference Dinner at Mooloolaba Beach. \nKey Takeaways\nYou will leave armed with a portfolio of experiences gleaned from Gardens around Australia.  Learn what has worked and what hasn’t as well as: \n\nvaluable information\nnew networks\nactionable ideas\n\nto share with your Friends group. \nYou can register online now:\n	 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/the-challenge-of-change-aafbg-2024-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20240829T100000
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SUMMARY:National Film and Sound Archives - Special Free Event
DESCRIPTION:Open daily until 8 September 2024 at National Film and Sound Archive\, Acton. Admission is free. \nThe National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is staging a special event titled Ghost Trees : Promoting sustainability through audiovisual art. This is a unique audiovisual artwork currently showing in the NFSA Gallery space. \nGhost Trees invites viewers into an immersive experience of the endangered Rushworth Forest on the lands of the Ngurai-illam Wurrung people in Victoria. Using environmental data captured by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network\, Australian artists James McGrath and Gary Sinclair have created an immersive experience that invites us to connect with nature in a new way and reflect on our place in it and our impacts on it. \nThis installation reflects the NFSA commitment to curating powerful and thought-provoking audiovisual experiences where people can gather to learn\, reflect and be inspired to take action that moves us towards a more sustainable future. \nGhost Trees is open daily in the NFSA Gallery (10.00am to 4.00pm\, free admission) until 8 September 2024.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/national-film-and-sound-archives-special-free-event/
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SUMMARY:Violet Marriott ‘Ginninderry Conservation Trust- who we are and what we do’
DESCRIPTION:Violet\, from Ginninderry Conservation Trust\, will provide insights into the Ginninderry Conservation Trust\, its community engagement\, and the current on-ground activities taking place to help protect and conserve the cultural and environmental values of the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor. \nAbstract \n	The Ginninderry Conservation Corridor is currently a 280ha patch of land that is nestled between the urban area of Ginninderry and the Murrumbidgee River. The Trust oversees the protection and enhancement of this land through various restoration programs guided by the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Management Plan. The aim is to preserve and restore the natural environment and cultural values in the context of major nearby urban development. As the Ginninderry development grows\, the Conservation Corridor grows alongside it and will be approximately 600ha in area upon completion and will span the ACT-NSW border. \nThis talk will discuss the current on ground projects taking place\, how the Trust balances conservation alongside the Ginninderry development and the strong emphasis on community engagement to encourage more people to care about environmentally protected areas. \nBiography  \n	Violet  Marriott graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Environmental Science at the end of 2022. Around this time\, she also started work with the Ginninderry Conservation Trust\, first as a work-placement student\, then as a casual ranger working weekends. This progressed into a full-time role as the Rehabilitation and Reporting Officer. Violet’s main responsibilities include overseeing reporting requirements and facilitating monitoring programs in the Conservation Corridor. She also gets involved in a range of other land management activities and community engagement projects. \nBooking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMO \nBooking\n	Lunchtime 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.  \nBooking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMO \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/violet-marriott-ginninderry-conservation-trust-who-we-are-and-what-we-do/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: 'To nurture a garden is to feed the soul: gardens\, community and wellbeing'
DESCRIPTION:9th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture\nThis year’s lecture will draw on records documenting the establishment and work of the of the Phoenix Garden Group. The Phoenix Group was initiated by members of the community and supported by the ACT Government to help to re-establish home gardens impacted by the 2003 bushfires. \nThis year’s lecturer\, Professor Jacki Schirmer\, is Chair of the University of Canberra’s Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Network and leads the Living Well in the ACT Region survey\, which provides data informing the ACT Government’s Wellbeing Framework. Her research focuses on understanding the social dimensions of natural resource management and resilience to extreme climatic events\, particularly how people’s access to and use of natural resources affects their health and wellbeing. \nProfessor Schirmer will be joined by a panel of speakers to discuss these issues. \nThe lecture will begin at 6.00pm\, with drinks and refreshments to be served from 7.15pm. \nVenue: 220 London Circuit Canberra\, ACT 2601 \nBooking: Tickets are free\, but book at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/9th-chief-ministers-lecture-tickets-970236843517 to reserve a place \n 
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/lecture-to-nurture-a-garden-is-to-feed-the-soul-gardens-community-and-wellbeing/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20240830T090000
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SUMMARY:Schools Photo Competition closes today
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 competition is open to students attending Australian primary or secondary schools or colleges. All entries must be digital photographs taken in the ANBG\, featuring some aspect of the Gardens such as plants\, wildlife or scenery. \nEnter online at fanbg.local/students-photographic-competition/. Entries must be received by the organisers before 5pm on Friday 30th August 2024. To avoid delays and congestion\, submit your entry as early as possible.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/schools-photo-competition-closes-today/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20240831T093000
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SUMMARY:Summit Ramble
DESCRIPTION:The Summit Walk\, a joint initiative between the ACT Government\, the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) and Telstra\, was officially opened in 2000. \nJoin our ANBG Guides\, and FoBM guide Michael Doherty\, a local plant ecologist\, to hear about some of the winter flowering plants in the gardens and on the mountain as well as other plants during a ramble up the north-eastern slopes from the clock near the ANBG café bridge up to the Summit of Black Mountain. Michael will also be talking about some very old trees (with ‘elephants’ feet’?)\, and trees and shrubs that show scars and rejuvenation as they cope with fire. \nParticipants are welcome to walk up and back\, but if you would prefer not to walk down\, ask a friend to meet you at the top. Or if you would like to only walk down then meet us at the top about 1.5 hours after the start. \nThe Summit Walk has steep sections\, so it is suitable for fit walkers (including children over the age of 12). \nMeet     at the clock near the café bridge\, Australian National Botanic Gardens.\nBring    Friends\, water\, and snacks\, if you wish.\nWear    sturdy shoes\, hat\, and sun cream …and remember to dress for walk in winter weather if it is cold. \nBookings essential      Places are limited on these very popular rambles\, so please use the booking link to register for the walk. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CUCSZ \nIt helps so that you can be contacted in case arrangements need to change (e.g. adverse weather). \nTickets are limited\, so if you have booked\, please notify us if you are unable to come on 0437 298 711.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/summit-ramble/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20240901T110000
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SUMMARY:Wattle We Call It? guided walks
DESCRIPTION:Wattles are acacias\, or are they? The first tree called a wattle in Australia is not an acacia at all. The acacias of Africa are no longer acacias. Many of the wattles have leaves that are not leaves. On this free guided walk\, hear about some of these paradoxes while visiting a variety of wattles in flower at this time of the year. \nThese one-hour walks will be held at 11am and 2pm each day from Sunday the 1st September until Sunday the 8th.   \nMeet at the clock near the Café bridge.  \nNo booking required for individuals but groups of more than six people should contact walks@friendsanbg.org.au a week before the planned walk.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/wattle-we-call-it-guided-walks/
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