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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Angus Stewart ‘History of Australian Plant Breeding’ | Thursday, 3 August 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Angus, an expert in Australian native plants and media personality, will talk about the history of Australian plant breeding and share his personal experience in breeding iconic kangaroo paws. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #2 | Sunday, 30 July 2017 - 9:30am to Monday, 31 July 2017 - 11:45am |
This is one of 2 walks to celebrate the declaration of the Black Mountain Nature Reserve in 1970 and the creation of the summit walk in 2000. Walk 2: Walk downhill from the summit to the ANBG Walk down the Summit Walk with local ecologist, Michael Doherty, and an ANBG Guide. We shall see Acacia near the apex and the Zieria plants near the Visitor Centre, ANBG, and winter flowering plants. Meet at the Lookout near the Telstra Tower (look for the balloons). If you do not wish to walk back uphill to the Summit, ask a friend to meet you at the Visitor Centre, ANBG. |
| ANBG Photographic Group, monthly meeting | Friday, 28 July 2017 - 10:30am |
Speaker for the July meeting is Brad Nichol Subject: iPhoneography Brad Nichol, of Zero One Imaging, Goulburn, will be speaking on how you can use your mobile phone as a powerful picture taking dynamo for close up photography. There will be lots of little hints, some killer tips and and of course plenty of sample images to explain the process. Brad will also discuss apps to use for both taking and editing your work and, as a bonus, provide a little insight into lighting up the smaller world. |
| Dr John Turnbull ‘Australian trees and their botanists’ | Thursday, 27 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
John, retired CSIRO scientist and volunteer guide at ANBG, will discuss the association of Australian trees with overseas botanists and relate their amazing stories encompassing adventure, mystery, sex and even murder. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #1 | Sunday, 23 July 2017 - 9:30am to Monday, 24 July 2017 - 12:45pm |
This is one of 2 walks to celebrate the declaration of the Black Mountain Nature Reserve in 1970 and the creation of the summit walk in 2000. Walk 1: Summit Walk up and back Meet at the Visitor Centre, ANBG, and walk up the north-eastern slopes of Black Mountain to the summit with local botanist Isobel Crawford and an ANBG Guide to see winter flowering and other plants, and return to the Visitor Centre, ANBG. |
| Dr Philip Spradbery ‘To breed or not to breed? How the European wasp queen suppresses her daughters’ reproduction' | Thursday, 20 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
For the past 30 years Philip, a research entomologist, has been studying the European wasp to determine how the single queen, in a nest that can contain up to 5,000 adult worker wasps, prevents them from developing their ovaries and laying eggs. If the queen dies or is lost, within a week, many of the workers start laying eggs. Clearly, the queen has a potent method of keeping her workers sterile. |
| Dr Janet Gardner ‘How are Australian birds affected by climate change?’ | Thursday, 13 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Janet, Research Fellow at ANU, has made novel use of time-series available through museum collections and bird-banding, to explore the dynamics of natural bird populations. This talk will focus on how Australian birds are affected by our changing climate and will provide insights into the mechanisms that are driving change. |
| National Library: Visionary or Vandal? Capability Brown and the English Landscape | Thursday, 6 July 2017 - 6:00pm to Friday, 7 July 2017 - 5:45pm |
Members of the Friends of the Gardens are invited to attend this talk for members of the Friends of the National Library Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is famous for transforming the English landscape. Who was this genius? On the 300th anniversary of his birth, Sue Ebury explores how the Georgian gentry lived on their estates, spectacularly designed by the most fashionable landscape architect of the times. For more details, including bookings and cost, click on the heading in the left-hand column. |
| Dr Laura Rayner 'Returning lost property: threatened birds need room to breed' | Thursday, 6 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
In this talk, Laura will examine the perilous population status of the Regent Honeyeater and Superb Parrot, and canvass conservation challenges and opportunities for their recovery. Both species continue to bedevil conservation efforts because of their dependence on human-modified landscapes. Dr Laura Rayner works on long-term ecological monitoring for the protection of threatened species and restoration of degraded habitats with the ACT Government's Conservation and Research department. She is also a visiting fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society (ANU). Note: The talk by Sue Serjeantson that had been scheduled for 6 July has been postponed to 28 September. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group - Technical Talk | Monday, 3 July 2017 - 10:30am |
Top-down rehydration: absorption of atmospheric water (vapour, dew, rain) by leaves of mangroves Professor Marilyn Ball, FAA, Research School of Biology, ANU. Despite growing in a coastal wetland with an infinite supply of water, the grey mangrove, Avicennia marina, does not rely solely on uptake of water by roots. Instead, the leaves have specialised structures that enable absorption of water from atmospheric sources (water vapour, dew, deliquescence of salt, and interception of rainfall) and water storage. The meeting will take place in the ANBG Theatrette. |
