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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Lessons on Trees - Drawing at the Australian National Botanic Gardens | Saturday, 21 October 2017 - 12:00am to Sunday, 22 October 2017 - 11:45pm |
Genevieve Swifte's landscape drawing class Lessons on Trees – Drawing at the Australian National Botanic Gardens still has places available for this Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd of October. This intensive weekend workshop will respond to the rich diversity of native flora on display. The workshop will begin on Saturday morning with an introduction to landscape art, materials and techniques, before heading for the trees with paper A 10% discount applies for Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. |
| Associate Professor Christopher Fulton & Ms Mae Noble ‘Murray crayfish as icons of healthy streams’ | Thursday, 19 October 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Chris and Mae, aquatic ecologists at ANU, will explain why this iconic species can be an effective indicator of riverine health, and be a flagship for community efforts to conserve freshwater streams in south-east Australia. |
| Wake Up With the Birds | Sunday, 15 October 2017 - 7:45am to 9:15am |
During Floriade we offer an early morning walk at weekends. Join us for a 1½ hour guided walk to see many of the Gardens' amazing birds. This year we are not including breakfast but you are welcome to purchase a coffee or breakfast following the bird walk in Pollen – the Gardens Café. |
| Book Launch: Vanished and Vanishing Parrots | Saturday, 14 October 2017 - 11:00am to Sunday, 15 October 2017 - 10:45am |
You are invited to attend the book launch of Vanished and Vanishing Parrots: Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species by Joseph Forshaw and Frank Knight. The book will be launched by Dr Leo Joseph. Partners, friends and colleagues are welcome, but RSVP is requested. |
| 46th Black Mountain spring wildflower ramble | Saturday, 14 October 2017 - 9:30am to 12:30pm |
Saturday 14 October 2017 - 9.30am sharp to 12 noon or later Celebrate the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble for wildflower lovers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge, and continued by George Chippendale. BYO morning tea, water, hat, sunblock and stout shoes. BOOKING ESSENTIAL to ensure we have enough guides. Contact friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or Libby Viccars 6296 1936 |
| Wake Up With the Birds | Saturday, 14 October 2017 - 7:45am to 9:15am |
The Australian National Botanic Gardens provide a fantastic habitat for many of Canberra’s birds, with water and nectar in abundance. It is marvellous to be in the Gardens early in the morning before they are open to the general public. |
| Catriona Donnelly & Julie Ryder ‘Flowers of the Sea, and unravelling the identity of the Port Phillip seaweed album collector | Thursday, 12 October 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Catriona, a curator at National Museum of Australia, and Julie, a textile designer, reveal an album of pressed algae from Ireland, the Cape of Good Hope and the Port Phillip areas, and the sea-weed collector’s identity. |
| Wake Up With the Birds | Sunday, 8 October 2017 - 7:45am to 9:15am |
During Floriade we offer an early morning walk at weekends. Join us for a 1½ hour guided walk to see many of the Gardens' amazing birds. This year we are not including breakfast but you are welcome to purchase a coffee or breakfast following the bird walk in Pollen – the Gardens Café. |
| Wake Up With the Birds | Saturday, 7 October 2017 - 7:45am to 9:15am |
The Australian National Botanic Gardens provide a fantastic habitat for many of Canberra’s birds, with water and nectar in abundance. It is marvellous to be in the Gardens early in the morning before they are open to the general public. |
| Brian Fox and Michael Keats ‘Gardens of Stone National Park’ | Thursday, 5 October 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Brian and Michael will describe their forays into the wilder parts of the Greater Blue Mountains National Parks. Along with learning about historic map makers and the origins of geographical names, abseiling, pack walking and canyoning add to the diversity of places to be visited and experiences to enjoy. Brian Fox and Michael Keats jointly published “The Gardens of Stone National Park and beyond”, Books 1 to 6, 2011 to 2015. |
