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Event title | Date | Details |
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Exposed - an exhibition by the Friends Photographic Group | Thursday, 5 October 2017 - 12:00am to Sunday, 22 October 2017 - 11:45pm |
“Exposed” is the title for the 2017 annual exhibition of the Friends Photographic Group. It will be on show in the Visitors Information Centre gallery from Thursday 5 October to Sunday 22 October 2017, coinciding with the Guides Conference and Floriade. The exhibition will comprise framed works, unframed mounted prints, cards and bookmarks. These will all be for sale, with a percentage of sales going to support the Friends. A photo slide show will also be installed in the exhibition space. |
Wake Up With the Birds | Sunday, 1 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, 30 September 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. |
ANBG Friends Photographic Group - Monthly meeting | Friday, 29 September 2017 - 10:30am |
The speaker for our September meeting is Phil McFadden Subject: Landscape Photography Phil McFadden is a keen photographer whose images have won silver and gold awards in international competitions. He will discuss why it is so hard to get a great landscape image, and give some pointers as to how to overcome the difficulties. There will also be a Show and Tell segment where members have the opportunity to show their recent photographs. Venue: ANBG Theatrette |
Tom North: 'Kakadu – collecting, sweat and tears' | Thursday, 28 September 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Tom North is Curator of the National Seed Bank. He will talk about trips to Kakadu at various times of the year in order to capture as much as possible the seasonal variance in fruiting and masting events for target species. |
Wake Up With the Birds | Sunday, 24 September 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, 23 September 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. |
Professor Rob Heinsohn ‘Can we save Swift Parrots from their introduced predators?’ | Thursday, 21 September 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Rob, Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology at the ANU, will outline the impact of introduced sugar gliders on nesting Swift Parrots in Tasmania, and ponder the long-term future of these threatened birds. |
Another 'charring party' for the Treehouse | Monday, 18 September 2017 - 10:00am to Tuesday, 19 September 2017 - 3:45pm |
There will be another opportunity for interested Friends to do (or observe) some charring for the Paperbark Treehouse. Charring, called Shou Sugi Ban in Japanese, is a traditional technique for preserving timber. It is being used to finish and preserve the beams and cladding of the new Treeehouse. Any would-be charrers (or observers) are asked to turn up at the site via the eastern boundary road and not through the construction site itself. The immediate Treehouse construction site will be out-of-bounds, and charring undertaken on the lawn as previously. The dress rules will apply in terms of old robust clothing and there should be a couple of pairs of long gloves on hand, which were used on the inaugural charring day. Two blow torches will be available, and the training and charring may need to be rostered to avoid people standing around, depending on the numbers. |
Associate Professor Don Beer ‘Forgotten People and Hidden Secrets of the ANBG.’ | Thursday, 14 September 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
This talk will discuss influential but neglected staff-members from the early history of the Gardens and analyse the Gardens’ workforce - its composition, culture and the strategies that made it the way it has been. |