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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Botanic Art Groups' 11th Annual Exhibition | Saturday, 17 March 2018 - 12:00am to Sunday, 15 April 2018 - 11:45pm |
The 11th annual art exhibition will be held from 17 March – 15 April 2018 at the Visitor Centre, Australian National Botanic Gardens. All artworks will be original paintings, drawings and other related works of Australian native flora, focussing on Threatened and Endangered species. All works will be by artists from the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens Botanic Art Groups. All works will be for sale. |
| Catherine Ross ‘Bettongs, bulbs and biodiversity’ | Thursday, 15 March 2018 - 12:30pm |
Digging mammals such as bettongs, bandicoots and bilbies have been described as ecosystem engineers, and Catherine will ask whether the return of an ecosystem engineer helps to restore biodiversity in grassy woodlands? |
| Dr Ben Wallace ‘Yunnan, land of plant plenty’ | Thursday, 8 March 2018 - 12:30pm |
With his lifetime fascination in plants Ben will discuss the floristic diversity of the province of Yunnan in China, and contributing ecological and geographic factors. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group - Technical Talk | Monday, 5 March 2018 - 10:30am |
Callitris: a chronicle of extinction, survival, dispersal and rediversification Speaker: Emeritus Professor Mike Crisp, Research School of Biology, ANU, Canberra ACT |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 3 March 2018 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Next Saturday we plan to remove scattered weeds in the southern part of the area between the Swamp Track and Callitris Track. Meet at the Caswell Drive car park on the mountain side of Caswell Drive. If you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711. |
| Chris Davey and Richard Thackway, ‘Phillip Island (South Pacific) - Recovery from an ecological disaster’ | Thursday, 1 March 2018 - 12:30pm |
Richard will outline land management regimes that continue to transform vegetation and Chris will discuss the response of avifauna to vegetation on the Phillip Island. |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - February meeting | Friday, 23 February 2018 - 10:30am to Saturday, 24 February 2018 - 11:45am |
Speaker: Stuart Harris, Canberra’s Peacock Spider Man: ‘Finding and photographing Peacock Spiders’. Stuart is a citizen scientist and discoverer of a number of new Peacock Spider species. Details: The Photographic Group meet on the last Friday of the month at 10.30am in the Gardens Theatrette. The speaker will be followed by a Show and Tell by Members. |
| Dr Chris Carter ‘Where the rivers run: the prehistory of south-west New South Wales’ | Thursday, 22 February 2018 - 12:30pm |
This talk will profile the key evidence that has come from Lake Mungo and in its immediate vicinity and the broader perspective on Aboriginal occupation and the natural environment that supported it. |
| Matthew Higgins ‘What a high! Over three decades of exploring our mountain country’ | Thursday, 15 February 2018 - 12:30pm |
Canberra historian, writer and photographer, Matthew will talk about places that have inspired his publications and award-winning work. He will be happy to sign your copies of his books. |
| Dr Rosemary Purdie ‘Immersed in the Larapinta’ | Thursday, 8 February 2018 - 12:30pm |
Rosemary will talk about her Larapinta Trail walk – end to end - in July 2017, and the plants and stunning landscape en route. |
