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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Bushland Nature Trail - walks | Thursday, 20 September 2018 - 10:00am to 11:30am, Thursday, 18 October 2018 - 10:00am to 11:30am |
Join us on a free walk to discover the variety of plants on the Bushland Nature Trail. The trail is in the Bushland Precinct of the Gardens and is part of the local Black Mountain environment. Accompanied by a Volunteer Guide, discover the plants flowering at this time of year and enjoy spectacular views over Lake Burley Griffin. Our walk will end at the Lookout and return along the trail to the Visitor Centre. Bookings essential. |
| Dr Erin Walsh ‘History, human brain and scientific illustration’ | Thursday, 13 September 2018 - 12:30pm |
Erin’s talk will bring together history, the human brain, and the place of scientific illustration in academia and the world at large. Drawing (pun intended) from her scientific and artistic practice, the talk will conclude with some step-by-step examples of how her illustrations are created |
| Dr Richard Groves ‘The Genus Acacia at home and abroad’ | Thursday, 6 September 2018 - 12:30pm |
On this week’s anniversary of the 108th Wattle Day, Richard, formerly from CSIRO Plant Industry, will briefly summarise the biological significance of the genus Acacia in Australia – it is the most species-rich of any Australian genus. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 3 September 2018 - 10:30am |
Monday 3rd September, 2018 at 10.30 am in the ANBG Theatrette Topic: Vegwatch - a quantitative vegetation monitoring program for citizen scientists. Speaker: Sarah Sharp; consultant ecologist with many years' experience working as a botanist/ecologist for the ACT Government from the early 1990s. |
| September Weeding Working Party | Saturday, 1 September 2018 - 9:00am to Sunday, 2 September 2018 - 11:45am |
When: Saturday 1 September 9.00 am to 12.00 noon. The next weeding work party is a special one to remove Hawthorn weeds from the area near Pryor’s notable Snow Gums at the Glenloch Interchange, a core conservation area site in the midst of high volume traffic. This small area of Snow Gum Woodland includes an ancient tree that is listed as a notable tree in Trees and Shrubs of Canberra by Lindsay Pryor and JCC Banks. |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group – August meeting - talk | Friday, 31 August 2018 - 10:30am to Saturday, 1 September 2018 - 11:45am |
Canberra Nature Map Aaron Clausen – Founder of Canberra Nature Map and program creator of ‘NatureMapr’ an App that is photographically recording a large database of the flora and fauna of the ACT and surrounds; and |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group – August meeting - walk | Friday, 31 August 2018 - 7:30am to 9:30am |
Early Morning Walk in the Gardens Followed by breakfast at Pollen Café and 10:30 members meeting. |
| Julie Ryder ‘Nature as muse: the interaction between art and botany’ | Thursday, 30 August 2018 - 12:30pm |
Julie, a Canberra textile designer and artist, will talk on the profound influences botany has had on her work. She uses natural dyeing, mordant printing, screen-printing and embroidery as a language on cloth to tell narratives about place and people |
| Black Mountain Symposium 2018 | Friday, 24 August 2018 - 12:00am to Saturday, 25 August 2018 - 11:45pm |
Black Mountain was declared a nature reserve on 23 July 1970. In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of this declaration, the Friends of Black Mountain in association with the Molonglo Catchment Group is holding a Symposium at which invited speakers will give presentations summarising what we know about the area. The Symposium is now fully booked. All 150 seats at the CSIRO Discovery Centre Theatre will be occupied. Themed talks will be on Friday 24 August, followed by drinks and nibbles. Themed walks will be held on Black Mountain on the morning of Saturday 25 August 2018. |
| Doug Laing ‘The Apothecary’s garden – a gem in London’s heart’ | Thursday, 23 August 2018 - 12:30pm |
Doug, chair of the Thursday Talks Committee, will trace the history of the Chelsea Physic Garden in London – this tiny garden that has left an indelible mark on modern pharmacology and medicine. |
