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| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Nick Dos Remedios, Australia's Virtual Herbarium and the Atlas of Living Australia - getting the most out of these free online biodiversity resources. | Monday, 2 November 2015 - 10:30am |
Australia’s Virtual Herbarium has been around for over 10 years and is now maintained by Atlas of Living Australia on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Over that time it has been refined and new tools added. Come along and find out what these online tools can do for you. Venue: Theatrette at the ANBG. |
| Doug Laing ‘The mysterious baobab’ | Thursday, 29 October 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
This talk explores the ecology, distribution and lore of the baobab, from ancient times to the present. It takes us on a journey across the Indian Ocean from Africa, through Madagascar to Australia, and ponders on how and when these regal trees might have got from there to here and how they may have changed along the way. Doug Laing is a retired diplomat with a long fascination in natural history, ornithology and how things in nature are connected. He is an educator at the ANBG, a volunteer guide and a member of the Friends’ Thursday Talks Committee. |
| Dr David Shorthouse ‘STEP: a regional botanic gardens for the southern tablelands – from vision to reality’ | Thursday, 22 October 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David will talk about Southern Tablelands Ecosystem Park (STEP) and its collaboration with the National Arboretum, ANBG, TAMS and John Stanhope and others to develop Forest 20 as a special place to visit. David Shorthouse is Vice-President of STEP and an active member since the foundation of STEP more than ten years ago. David is also a Visiting Fellow in the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU. David is a former member of the ACT’s Natural Resource Management Council and before retirement was manager of the ACT Government’s wildlife research and monitoring unit. |
| Schools Photographic Competition: Prize Ceremony | Saturday, 17 October 2015 - 12:00pm to Sunday, 18 October 2015 - 11:45am |
The prize presentation ceremony for the 2015 Schools Photographic Competition will be held at 12 noon on Saturday 17 October 2015 in the ANBG Theatrette. Earlier in the year, information packs about the competition were delivered to high schools and colleges for students. Entries for the competition closed on the 18 September 2015. Entries will be on display in the ANBG Visitor Centre from Wednesday 14 October to Sunday 8 November. |
| Darren Le Roux ‘Biodiversity-sensitive cities: fact or fiction’ | Thursday, 15 October 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
This talk will explore whether cities can find strategic ways to balance socio-economic interests with wildlife habitat, thereby creating a ‘shared space’ in our parks, roadside margins and backyards. Darren Le Roux is a PhD candidate in the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU. His research and work experience has had a strong focus on wildlife conservation and on monitoring biodiversity in human dominated landscapes.
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| Schools Photographic Competition: Exhibition | Wednesday, 14 October 2015 - 9:30am to Sunday, 8 November 2015 - 4:30pm |
Entries for the 2015 Schools Photographic Competition will be on display in the ANBG Visitor Centre from 9.30 am on Wednesday 14 October to 4.30 pm on Sunday 8 November. Earlier in the year, information packs about the competition were delivered to high schools and colleges for students. Entries for the competition closed on the 18 September 2015. The prize presentation ceremony for the 2015 competition (the 19th) was held on Saturday 17 October 2015 in the ANBG Theatrette. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Sunday, 11 October 2015 - 7:45am |
This event is now fully booked.
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| 44th Black Mountain spring wildflower ramble | Saturday, 10 October 2015 - 9:30am to Sunday, 11 October 2015 - 11:45am |
Celebrate the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble for wildflower lovers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge and George Chippendale. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with experienced guides and good company. Click on heading in left hand column for more information. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Saturday, 10 October 2015 - 7:45am |
This event is now fully booked.
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| Annual General Meeting 2015 | Thursday, 8 October 2015 - 5:00pm to Friday, 9 October 2015 - 4:45pm |
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the ANBG will be held on Thursday 8 October at the Gardens. Refreshments will be served from 5pm in the Dickson Room, and the AGM will be held in the Theatrette from 5.30pm. The President, Treasurer and Executive Director of the ANBG will report on the year just ended. |
