Fronds 112, April 2026

In this issue

  • Various vile weeds: Close up
  • National Seed Bank upgrade
  • Friends Briefs:
    – Member Jungle, Friends’ new online membership system
    – Bushland Nature Walk
    – Bruce Lindenmayer Memorial Lecture
    – Get snapping: The annual student photo competition
    – Donation of photos to ANBG
    – Butterfly Walks
  • Botanical Bookshop book reviews:
    Good Nature – Kathy Willis
    The Garden at the End of the World – Cassy Polimeni
    – and a special note – Sue Dowling retires from the Bookshop
  • Friendly Chatter:
    – Botanic Art Group
    – Growing Friends
    – Nature Journaling
    – Photographic Group
    – Volunteer Guides
  • Gardens Shorts:
    – Director’s report
    – ANBG hosts Botanic Gardens Congress
    – STEM Extravaganza at the Canberra Show
    – Corpse Flower turns over a new leaf
    – Securing species on Balawan / Mount Imlay: collaboration and innovation
  • What’s on at the Gardens
  • Exhibitions
  • Thursday Talks: April to August 2026