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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 3 December 2022 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Our next weeding work party is planning to remove weed creepers including Bluebell Creeper (Billardiera heterophylla) also known as Sollya. |
| Dr Gavin Hunter ‘Biological control of sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) in Australia’ | Thursday, 24 November 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Gavin, research scientist at CSIRO will talk about the journey from field surveys in France to host-range testing and field release in Australia to control sea spurge, which reduces nesting spaces for shore birds and amenity to beaches. Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a gold coins donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link https://www.trybooking.com/CAWDB |
| Illuminate - 11th annual Photo Group exhibition | Thursday, 24 November 2022 - 9:30am to Sunday, 11 December 2022 - 4:30pm |
The Friends Photographic Group encourages you to come and view their 11th annual exhibition “Illuminate” being held in the Visitors Centre at the ANBG. Framed works and unframed prints are for sale. Unique gifts of cards, calendars, photo bags and more are on display. A percentage of sales go to the Friends for use in projects in the Gardens. The exhibition supports and raises awareness of the aims and values of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and showcases the Gardens’ wide-ranging diversity of flora and fauna through the medium of photographs. Come along and see our beautiful natural environment through the camera lens in print and on screen with revolving images of plants, birds and animals in the ANBG. |
| Margot Schneider ‘Fuel flammability and past fires?’ | Thursday, 17 November 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Margot, 2020 winner of National Parks Australia ACT scholarship, will talk on the effect of past fire on fuel flammability, with particular emphasis on the leaf chemistry of Eucalyptus pilularis (Blackbutt). Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a gold coins donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link https://www.trybooking.com/CAWCZ |
| Frank Zich ‘Botanical Art and Botany, the work of Wendy and Bill Cooper’ | Thursday, 10 November 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
William T. Cooper is nationally and internationally recognised as one of Australia’s most talented botanical and bird artists; his work is exquisite and scientifically accurate. Wendy Cooper is a renowned botanist and taxonomist. Together they have produced works of great artistic beauty and scientific merit and I will discuss aspects and examples of their work. Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a gold coins donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link https://www.trybooking.com/CAWCY |
| Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 5 November 2022 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Drive from Belconnen Way southwards along Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange, Woden, or Tuggeranong. Note the yellow diamond shape advisory sign showing access road on left (mountain side) and the blue and white “P” sign for parking. Pull into the carpark carefully. Look for banners. |
| Dr Pep Canadell ‘The rise of mega forest fires under climate change and what to do about it.’ | Thursday, 3 November 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Pep, a Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, will discuss recent trend analyses on fire activity in Australian forests and their close links to human-caused climate change, along with limited options to reduce the rising impacts of wildfires. Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are free but a gold coin donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CAWCK |
| Alex McLachlan ‘Eyebrights at risk of climate change?’ | Thursday, 27 October 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Alex will present results from his research project on alpine and sub-alpine eyebrights (Euphrasia). He is improving understanding of their dormancy, germination, and what effect climate change might have on these regeneration processes. Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a gold coins donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link https://www.trybooking.com/CAWCV |
| 34th Annual General Meeting of the Friends | Thursday, 20 October 2022 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm |
Please arrive at 2.45 pm for a 3.00 pm start. Drinks and nibbles will follow in the Foyer and Dickson Room. Dr Judy West, ANBG Executive Director, will give her farewell address as she is retiring at the end of the month. The agenda and meeting papers (including the draft minutes from the previous AGM, audited financial statements to 30 June 2022, information on Council nominees, and the draft revised Constitution) can be downloaded from the AGM Update page. Please check these documents, as we will not be providing hard copies to everyone at the meeting to minimise our environmental footprint. So far nominations have been received from Neville Page (President), Anne Holmes (Treasurer), and Alan Henderson, Christianna Cobbold and Masumi Robertson (Ordinary Members). While no nomination has been received for the position of Secretary and only three received for the four Ordinary Member positions, nominations can be put forward at the meeting.
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| Dr Judy West ‘Some insights to the Australian National Botanic Gardens’ | Thursday, 20 October 2022 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Judy, Executive Director, will give some insights to the ANBG and its key roles, nationally and internationally, in conservation of flora. Bookings can be made from the Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a gold coins donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link https://www.trybooking.com/CAWCU |
