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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Native Plant Sale | Saturday, 8 November 2014 - 8:30am to Sunday, 9 November 2014 - 10:45am |
Plants are propagated and tended by the Growing Friends from material sourced from the Gardens. All proceeds go to support the Gardens. Be early for the best selection. A plant list will be available on this website about a week before the sale. Plants cost $3 and $5 each. Read on to see some of the plants that will be available for sale. When: Saturday 8 November 2014 |
| Kate Grarock ‘The Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment’ | Thursday, 6 November 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary is situated within the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. The Sanctuary is owned by the ACT Government and contains the critically-endangered box gum grassy woodland ecosystem. In collaboration, the ACT government and the Australian National University have been working on a major research project entitled “The Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment” designed to aid our understanding and management of this critically endangered ecosystem. Kate Grarock is the Ecologist at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary. |
| Plant Science Group talk: Dr Mark Clements | Monday, 3 November 2014 - 10:30am |
The November talk to the Friends' Plant Science Group will be given by Dr Mark Clements, head of the Orchid Research Group in the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. His topic is Australian Orchids: what we do and don’t know about them. Venue is the Theatrette in the Australian National Botanic Gardens. |
| Dr Rod King ‘Could Plants Adapt to Increased Temperature Quickly Enough by Normal Evolutionary Pressures? | Thursday, 30 October 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Rod will look at whether Australian and exotic plants can adapt to increased temperature by normal evolutionary processes quickly enough. |
| Sculpture Garden tour, National Gallery of Australia | Wednesday, 29 October 2014 - 10:00am to Thursday, 30 October 2014 - 9:45am |
Join us in a wander through the Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery with a Gallery guide. Learn about the sculptures and to see how Australian plants enhance the design of the separate 'external rooms'. Explore the Turrell Skyspace and associated water features. Meet at 10.00am at the main Gallery entrance. This is a free Friends-only event. Bookings are essential - by email to bookings@friendsanbg.org.au. Places are limited. Enquires to Jonette McDonnell 6288 7829. |
| Visit to STEP Garden, National Arboretum | Friday, 24 October 2014 - 9:30am |
Join us for a guided tour of the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park, a regional botanic garden of species typical of the Southern Tablelands flora. Admire native plantings organised on a landscape master plan and planted and tended by STEP volunteers. Meet at the main door to the Visitor Centre at the Arboretum at 9.30am. This is a free Friends-only event. Bookings are essential - by email to events@friendsanbg.org.au. |
| Laura Johnson ‘Koel, Calm and Collected: Responses of Native Canberra Wattlebirds to an Unfamiliar Enemy’ | Thursday, 23 October 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Laura will assess whether Canberran wattlebirds, including those in the ANBG, possess one of the most foundational anti-parasite defences; the ability to recognize the koel, a brood parasite, as an enemy. |
| Friends Annual General Meeting 2014 | Tuesday, 21 October 2014 - 5:30pm |
The 26th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of ANBG will be held on Tuesday 21st October 2014 at 5.30pm in the Theatrette at the Gardens. Light refreshments will be served from 5pm in the adjacent Dickson Room The AGM will be followed by a talk by Dr Adrienne Nicotra, Associate Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, ANU on the outcomes of the Alpine Seed Research project supported by the Friends. |
| Schools' Photo Competition, award presentation | Saturday, 18 October 2014 - 12:00pm to Sunday, 19 October 2014 - 11:45am |
Join us in the ANBG Theatrette for the presentation of prizes for the 2014 schools' photo competition. All entries will be on display on the Visitor Centre Gallery at the Gardens from Wednesday 15 October until Sunday 9 November, 9.30am to 4.30pm. For more information about the photo competition click here. |
| Dr Dianne Firth ‘Images of Lake Burley Griffin over 50 Years’ | Thursday, 16 October 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
To mark the 50th anniversary of the official inauguration of Lake Burley Griffin on 17 October Dianne will present images of its construction and landscaping. |
