Recent Events

Patrick is from the ANU, and will talk about ubiquitous airborne dust.  Where does it come from and where does it go, and have dust concentrations changed through time?  The talk will try to answer these questions by taking you on a fascinating dust collecting trip to many parts of Australia.

Unpack your imagination during this free walk, and step back 3,000 million years in time to look at the origin of all plants. Meandering along through the Gardens, the major events in the evolution of plants will be explored with living plants illustrating each step. Using a timescale of one year, we will time travel forward to today, watching the development of plants from their humble beginnings to the present amazing diversity of Australian flora. Join us in an incredible journey through time. Bookings essential.

Since retiring from various roles as a land manager with the ACT Government, Don has investigated the ACT’s two goanna species.  This talk will reveal what a research team funded and run by local volunteers, with in-kind support from the ACT Government, has been attempting to learn about the goannas of Namadgi National Park

This month we shall focus on removing non-local Billardiera heterophylla (Bluebell Creeper), Acacia baileyana and naturalised woody species in the peripheral western bushland areas of the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG).  

Meet: the ANBG Southern car park. After going in the main gate, turn sharp left, follow road around the perimeter up to the top level of that carpark. Look for banner near the pay-parking machine.