Following on Anne Holmes' resignation as the Friends Treasurer, effective 31 August, 2023, Council has appointed Dr Rod King to be the new Treasurer as from 1 September, 2023. Rod has been a Friends Member for a number of years, and before his retirement from CSIRO in 2008 was a noted scientist in the Plant Industry Group. We look forward to working closely with Rod in his new role.
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Library Connect June 2023
This month’s Library Connect has the usual listing of new books, some very old ones, two new art works and links to a couple of recent articles on the herbarium of the future and the importance of mosses. The library is staffed Mon - Fri 9.30 - 4.30. Alex can be contacted by email or phone (02 6250 9480) if you need assistance. The "Click and Collect” boxes in the Visitor Centre are still available for returning items, and Alex is very happy to leave items there for collection if that’s easier than visiting the library.
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Friends of the ANBG Student Scholarships
Three student scholarships will be made available in 2023-24. The Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (FANBG) Student Scholarship supports students (Honours, Masters or PhD) engaging in collaborative research projects with the ANBG that bring direct benefits to the Gardens and its objectives. As part of the FANBG Student Scholarship program, the Don Beer Scholarship will be awarded in honour of the late Don Beer and his legacy of work with the ANBG.
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Library Connect, April / May 2023
This month’s Library Connect has the usual listing of new books and links to a couple of recent articles on the biological control of weeds and indigenous-led restoration of degraded ecosystems. The library is staffed Mon - Fri 9.30 - 4.30. Alex can be contacted by email or phone (02 6250 9480) if you need assistance. The “click and collect” boxes in the Visitor Centre are still available for returning items, and Alex is very happy to leave items there for collection if that’s easier than visiting the library.
Friday, 05 May 2023
New faces on Friends Council
The recent vacancies on Friends Council have now been filled: Marg Nicholls has joined as Secretary, and Sue Serjeantson has joined as a General Member. As casual appointments, their positions will last until the Annual General Meeting in October. Our thanks to Marg and Sue for stepping forward to help.
Tuesday, 02 May 2023
The Don Beer Memorial Fund
Friends Council have recently resolved to establish the Don Beer Memorial Fund as part of our Public Fund. The Fund will finance a series of scholarships for the study of, and research into, Australian native plants. Administration of the fund will operate alongside the ANBG Scholarship Programme. The Memorial Fund has been made possible by an extremely generous commitment of $25,000 from Ella Beer. The Fund also welcomes donations from Friends members and the general public, all of which are tax deductible under the Friends Public Fund.
Monday, 17 April 2023
Library Connect, March 2023
This month’s Library Connect has the usual listing of new books and links to a couple of recent articles on ecological fire management. The library is staffed Mon - Fri 9.30 - 4.30. Alex can be contacted by email or phone (02 6250 9480) if you need assistance. The “click and collect” boxes in the Visitor Centre are still available for returning items, and Alex is very happy to leave items there for collection if that’s easier than visiting the library.
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Library Connect, February 2023
This month's Library Connect has the usual listing of new books, a video of a tiny, wooden device designed to plant seeds in remote locations, and a reminder to return all completed field notebooks. The library is staffed Mon - Fri 9.30 - 4.30. Alex can be contacted on 02 6250 9480 or by email if you need assistance. The “click and collect” boxes in the Visitor Centre are still available for returning items, and Alex is very happy to leave items there for collection if that’s easier than visiting the library.
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Botanical Resource Centre closed
The Botanical Resource Centre (BRC), a former joint initiative of the Gardens, the Herbarium, and the Friends of the ANBG, has now closed. The Public Reference Herbarium specimens and the BRC's reference collection will be moved to the ANBG Library for storage. [Correction: an earlier draft stated that these materials would still be available to members of the Friends. This is not the case.]
Thursday, 22 December 2022
Superb fairy-wrens of the Botanic Gardens
The ANU College of Science has just published an article and video all about the research on the superb fairy-wrens of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. This long-term project by researchers from the ANU Cockburn group has been happening since 1986.
See the article here: https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/under-her-wing-thirty-years-observing-secret-lives-superb-fairy-wrens
Video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/KfpQCcvEL3w
Friday, 21 October 2022
