Conferences

Melbourne - 2022

• Links to individual videos are provided here Australasian Botanic Guides Conference 2022 – YouTube
• A list of the videos available is here

Canberra - 2017   Australasian Botanic Gardens Volunteer Guides Conference

• Conference Convenor's final report (presented to Friends Council on 5 December 2017). 
• Conference Convenor’s Thankyou to Volunteers” (presented at Guides meeting 21 November 21 2017 

• Program Booklet. The 4 pages were printed double sided and then folded together to get them in the right order.

• More information about the conference, including the program and speakers, may be found on the Conference website.
• Speakers' presentations. The keynote speakers on Monday, in keeping with the conference theme, addressed some of the 'mysteries' of Australia's botanical world. Tuesday was dedicated to communication and guiding issues, with two different perspectives on communication and staff from several of the national cultural institutions sharing insights into guiding issues. On the final day of the conference, four guides, from four very different gardens, told us about some of the challenges and joys of guiding in their gardens.
• See Fronds 87 December 2017 issue for Christianna Cobbold's article about the Conference.
• Conference walks  See under Special Walks

Sydney - 2015   14th Australasian Conference of Volunteer Guides in Botanic Gardens, 21-25 September 2015

• Favourite bits of the conference. Includes:

Glenys Bishop: Aboriginal Heritage Walk; Christianna Cobbold: Nuts and Fruits Workshop; Jill More: Teeming with life and Excursion to Mt. Tomah; Kath Holtzapffel: Cabbage Tree Hat Workshop: ‘From Convicts to Colonials’; Fran Johnson : Royal Botanic Gardens Herbarium and the Daniel Solander Library; Els Wynen : Living fossil younger than thought; Trish Munro :Historical talks and walks at RBGS