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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Andrew Young - The Environomics Future Science Platform: Genomics for the environment | Monday, 7 November 2016 - 10:30am |
Genomics has revolutionised the field of medicine over the last 5-10 years and is now fundamentally changing what is possible in agriculture. The goal of the Environomics Future Science Platform is to develop the capability to apply genomics to questions in environmental science. This is a challenging prospect due to the sheer number of species and diversity of ecosystems involved. However, if we can be successful, the potential gains in our knowledge and ability to manage our unique Australian ecosystems will be profound. |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 5 November 2016 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Meet: Black Mountain Reserve Carpark on the Aranda Bushland side of Caswell Drive. Look out for the balloons. There will be a bit of a walk to the weeding sites. A delicious morning tea, with anniversary cake, will be provided about 10.00am. Please book: if you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711. For more information, click on the blue heading to the left. |
| Alan Munns ‘Smelly socks and snottygobbles: Encounters with the flora of Western Australia.’ | Thursday, 3 November 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Alan will give a personal view of the flora and landscapes of the south-west of Western Australia, drawing on 40 years of experience living, working, visiting and travelling in the western state. Alan has degrees in geography and law. He has worked as a teacher, public servant and lawyer. He lived in Perth in the late 1970s and early 1980s and has visited regularly since then. He is a past President of the Friends of the ANBG and was, for many years, a volunteer guide at the Gardens.
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| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 29 October 2016 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Meet: Black Mountain Reserve Carpark on the Aranda Bushland side of Caswell Drive. Look out for the balloons. There will be a bit of a walk to the weeding sites. A delicious morning tea will be provided about 10.00am. Please book: if you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711. For more information, click on the blue heading to the left. |
| Photographic Group: Margie McClelland, 'Wildlife Photography' | Friday, 28 October 2016 - 10:30am |
This meeting will start with the AGM and will be followed by a talk on 'Wildlife Photography' by Margie McClelland. Margie is a self taught and an enthusiastic photographer. Initially, starting on the land in outback NSW, her skills developed from documenting pastoral subjects and life on large station properties. Later on, trips through Africa supporting her husband, an internationally renowned wildlife artist, gave her a fascination for wildlife photography. This interest was also pursued in Patagonia, the Brazilian Pantanal and the Amazon. |
| Dr Brett Howland ‘Impact of grey kangaroos on reptiles and birds in diminished grasslands.’ | Thursday, 27 October 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Brett, currently engaged in habitat promotion with the ACT government, will describe how large mammalian grazers are truly ecosystem engineers. In south-eastern Australia’s grasslands and grassy woodlands, high intensity grazing by the eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus, has been linked to ecological decline of multiple taxa. Efforts to manage the impact of kangaroos on biota in the ACT and elsewhere have been made but these have been constrained by a limited knowledge of optimal grazing levels. |
| Kim Ellis ‘Innovation, conservation and change: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 200 year birthday.’ | Thursday, 20 October 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Kim will discuss the changes that are occurring in The Royal Botanic Gardens precinct; the Harbourside, Mount Annan and Mount Tomah and discuss the pressures created by funding, demographic changes and community expectations. His presentation will include new facilities such as The Calyx @ Sydney and the celebration of the Gardens 200th Birthday. |
| Annual General Meeting 2016 | Wednesday, 19 October 2016 - 5:00pm to Thursday, 20 October 2016 - 4:45pm |
The 28th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of ANBG will be held on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at 5.30pm in the Theatrette at the Gardens. Light refreshments will be served from 5pm in the adjoining Dickson Room. Elections will be held for the position of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary and four ordinary members of Council. If a current ordinary member of Council nominates for and is elected to a vacant executive position, there will be an additional vacancy for an ordinary member. In addition, the agenda will include an award of life membership. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Sunday, 16 October 2016 - 7:45am |
A wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra's amazing bird life in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast at Floresco in the Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. Walk starts at 7.45am (gates open at 7.30). Meet at the Visitor Centre. |
| Breakfast with the Birds | Saturday, 15 October 2016 - 7:45am |
A wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra's amazing bird life in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast at Floresco in the Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. Walk starts at 7.45am (gates open at 7.30). Meet at the Visitor Centre. |
