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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture: Crop Wild Relatives – ‘Adapting agriculture to climate change’ – Dr Michiel van Slageren | Monday, 14 October 2013 - 12:30pm |
Michiel van Slageren will deliver a talk on current work around adaptation of agriculture in changing climates. The Millennium Seed Bank, Kew is collaborating with Global Crop Diversity Trust (and others) on a project called ‘Adapting agriculture to climate change’. The main objective of the project is to collect, protect and prepare the wild relatives of the world’s most important food crops, in a form that plant breeders can readily use to produce varieties adapted to future climatic conditions. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Sunday, 13 October 2013 - 7:45am to Monday, 14 October 2013 - 9:45am |
The Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens presents Breakfast with the Birds again in 2013. This is a wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra’s amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast in Floresco in the Gardens Cafe. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. More information |
| Black Mountain Wildflower Ramble | Saturday, 12 October 2013 - 9:30am to Sunday, 13 October 2013 - 11:45am |
Belconnen Way entry, just before Caswell Drive turnoff (look for the balloons). Join wildflower lovers for the 42nd annual Black Mountain wildflower ramble. All welcome. Bring your friends, especially those who are new to plant identification. BYO morning tea, hat, sunblock, water and stout shoes. Please book:friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com so we have enough guides. Contact: Jean Geue on(02) 6251-1601. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Saturday, 12 October 2013 - 7:45am to Sunday, 13 October 2013 - 9:45am |
The Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens presents Breakfast with the Birds again in 2013. This is a wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra’s amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast in Floresco in the Gardens Cafe. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. More information |
| Annual General Meeting 2013 | Thursday, 10 October 2013 - 5:30pm |
The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of ANBG will be held on Thursday 10 October 2013 at 5.30pm in the Crosbie Morrison Room at the Gardens. Light refreshments will be served from 5pm in the Crosbie Morrison area. The AGM will be followed by a short talk by Dr Linda Broadhurst, Research Scientist with the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. Linda's research is directed towards improving the restoration of highly degraded Australian landscapes through a better understanding of the scale and importance of the seed and symbiont provenance. For more details, including the agenda, click here. To nominate someone to one or more of the three Friends' Council positions that will become vacant at this AGM: Vice President, Treasurer and one Council member, download the nomination form. |
| Max Bourke AM 'Interleaved: a lifetime of books and plants' | Thursday, 10 October 2013 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Max Bourke is an agricultural scientist with a commitment to biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. He will discuss how some key plant books have changed his thinking about Australian native plants, invasive plants, new crops, art, agriculture and forestry. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Sunday, 6 October 2013 - 7:45am to Monday, 7 October 2013 - 10:45am |
The Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens presents Breakfast with the Birds again in 2013. This is a wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra’s amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast in Floresco in the Gardens Cafe. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. More information |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Saturday, 5 October 2013 - 7:45am to Sunday, 6 October 2013 - 10:45am |
The Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens presents Breakfast with the Birds again in 2013. This is a wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra’s amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast in Floresco in the Gardens Cafe. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. More information |
| Allen Mawer: 'Canberry Tales: an informal history' | Thursday, 3 October 2013 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Allen Mawer will be talking about the history of Acton, which he describes as Canberra’s time capsule. His most recent book, Canberry Tales, takes readers through the three great discontinuities of Acton time: at European settlement white replaced black; at Federation nation replaced colony and state; and most recently institutions replaced people. Acton was also the site where Canberra’s love affair with plants began with Charles Weston’s first nursery. |
| Dr Roger Farrow: 'From the Plenty to the Olgas: a botanic trip across the Red Centre' | Thursday, 26 September 2013 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
The Canberra Branch of the Australian Native Plants Society (ANPS) runs an annual big trip, which last year was to the Red Centre. A group from ANPS travelled for three weeks through the spectacular scenery of the East and West MacDonnells and beyond, exploring rugged gorges and seeing the plants in flower. The challenge was in naming the many species that were seen as no flora is complete for this vast and diverse area.Today Roger will show the audience a small selection of the species the group observed according to habitat and landscape. |
