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Summer Sounds concert – Annie and the Armadillos with Canberra Swing Katz Sunday, 10 February 2019 - 5:00pm to Monday, 11 February 2019 - 7:45pm

The ever-popular Summer Sounds concerts will be held again on the first two weekends in February 2019.

Program for Sunday 10 February:   Annie and the Armadillos with Canberra Swing Katz

Concerts are held on the Eucalypt Lawn at the Gardens in Clunies Ross Street, Acton, on the lower slopes of Black Mountain. Entertainment starts at 5.00 pm, with the concert performances starting at 6pm and finishing at 7.30.

Book online for early bird ticket prices: $7.50 adults, $5 Friends member, concession and students, $3 children; under 3 are free.

Purchase tickets on arrival at the Botanic Gardens: $10 adults, $7.50 Friends member, concession and students, $5 children; under 3 are free.

 
Summer Sounds concert – Big Boss Groove with Canberra Swing Katz Saturday, 9 February 2019 - 5:00pm to Sunday, 10 February 2019 - 7:45pm

The ever-popular Summer Sounds concerts will be held again on the first two weekends in February 2019.

Program for Saturday 9 February:   Big Boss Groove with Canberra Swing Katz

Concerts are held on the Eucalypt Lawn at the Gardens in Clunies Ross Street, Acton, on the lower slopes of Black Mountain. Entertainment starts at 5.00 pm, with the concert performances starting at 6pm and finishing at 7.30.

Book online for early bird ticket prices: $7.50 adults, $5 Friends member, concession and students, $3 children; under 3 are free.

Purchase tickets on arrival at the Botanic Gardens: $10 adults, $7.50 Friends member, concession and students, $5 children; under 3 are free.
Dr Prame Chopra 'Dangerous Eruptions: Volcanoes Past, Present and Future’ Thursday, 7 February 2019 - 12:30pm

Prame, previously a Reader in Geophysics at the ANU, will talk about his longstanding interest in the earth's internal heat, the processes that are driven by it and the green energy opportunities it presents - volcanic eruptions are some of the most impressive manifestations of this astonishing heat.
ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk Monday, 4 February 2019 - 10:30am

Do plants evolve differently?  Dr Rob Lanfear  ANBG Theatrette
It's often assumed that animals and plants evolve differently because animals have a segregated germ line but plants don't.  If this is true, then plants should accumulate a lot of heritable and potentially harmful mutations in their genomes as they grow. Recent work, including from my lab, is now challenging this long-held view, potentially upending a century of thinking.
Summer Sounds concert – Royal Military College Band with Jumptown Swing Sunday, 3 February 2019 - 5:00pm to Monday, 4 February 2019 - 7:45pm

The ever-popular Summer Sounds concerts will be held again on the first two weekends in February 2019.

Program for Sunday 3 February: Royal Military College Band with Jumptown Swing

Concerts are held on the Eucalypt Lawn at the Gardens in Clunies Ross Street, Acton, on the lower slopes of Black Mountain. Entertainment starts at 5.00 pm, with the concert performances starting at 6pm and finishing at 7.30.

Book online for early bird ticket prices: $7.50 adults, $5 Friends member, concession and students, $3 children; under 3 are free.

Purchase tickets on arrival at the Botanic Gardens: $10 adults, $7.50 Friends member, concession and students, $5 children; under 3 are free.
Summer Sounds concert – Annie and the Armadillos with Jumptown Swing (updated) Saturday, 2 February 2019 - 5:00pm to Sunday, 3 February 2019 - 7:45pm

The ever-popular Summer Sounds concerts will be held again on the first two weekends in February 2019.

Program for Saturday 2 February:   Annie and the Armadillos with Jumptown Swing

Change of line-up: Unfortunately due to a family emergency, Bewitched will not be able to perform at Summer Sounds this Saturday 2nd February as scheduled.

Concerts are held on the Eucalypt Lawn at the Gardens in Clunies Ross Street, Acton, on the lower slopes of Black Mountain. Entertainment starts at 5.00 pm, with the concert performances starting at 6pm and finishing at 7.30.

Book online for early bird ticket prices: $7.50 adults, $5 Friends member, concession and students, $3 children; under 3 are free.

Purchase tickets on arrival at the Botanic Gardens: $10 adults, $7.50 Friends member, concession and students, $5 children; under 3 are free.
Black Mountain Weeding Work Party Saturday, 2 February 2019 - 8:30am to 11:30am

We shall focus on removing non-local Sweet Pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum) (perhaps not really so sweet as a weed!) and Yellow Pittosporum (P. revolutum) and other naturalised woody species in the peripheral areas of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG).

Please book: if you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711, as this helps with the catering for morning tea. 
Cook and the Pacific – The Australian Plants – Summer Walk Sunday, 20 January 2019 - 9:30am to 10:30am

The exhibition, Cook and the Pacific, and the immersive sound and light experience, Beauty Rich and Rare, at the National Library, may have aroused your interest in the plants collected by Banks and Solander in Australia on Cook’s 1770 voyage. Join a Volunteer Guide on this special one-hour walk visiting some of these plants, which were illustrated by Sidney Parkinson and subsequently published in Banks’ Florilegium. Discover their Aboriginal uses ranging from medicinal to clothing, food to weaponry.

Please note that this walk is also open to the general public. Numbers are limited. Bookings are essential
Cook and the Pacific – The Australian Plants – Summer Walk Monday, 14 January 2019 - 9:30am to 10:30am

The exhibition, Cook and the Pacific, and the immersive sound and light experience, Beauty Rich and Rare, at the National Library, may have aroused your interest in the plants collected by Banks and Solander in Australia on Cook’s 1770 voyage. Join a Volunteer Guide on this special one-hour walk visiting some of these plants, which were illustrated by Sidney Parkinson and subsequently published in Banks’ Florilegium. Discover their Aboriginal uses ranging from medicinal to clothing, food to weaponry.

Please note that this walk is also open to the general public. Numbers are limited. Bookings essential.
Butterflies in the ANBG – Summer Walk Sunday, 13 January 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Do you know an Imperial Blue from a Macleay’s Swallowtail? Or an Eastern Flat from a Common Brown? This is a wonderful opportunity to join local expert, Suzi Bond, in observing these elusive creatures in the ANBG.

Please note that this walk is open to Friends of the ANBG only. Numbers are limited. Bookings essential.

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