The July 2018 edition of Library Connect (PDF, 1108KB) features a new Wildflower app and journal articles about the ANBG, as well as new books and other topics. One new book, Flora of Australia: A Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition from the Botanical Art Society of Australia, features local botanical artists Nilavan Adams, Cheryl Hodges, Wendy Antoniak and Morgyn Phillips among others.
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'Eucalypt' issue 50 published
The latest edition of Eucalypt, the bi-annual newsletter of the Australian Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens (AAFBG), is now available.
In this edition, read all about the AAFBG biennial conference, held at Benalla back in April, plus an article about Camperdown’s use of Instagram, the ‘Care for the Rare’ project being introduced in Victorian Gardens, the Pangarinda BG where the Murray joins Lake Alexandrina, and details of the 2020 conference in Brisbane.
Friday, 06 July 2018
Spring walks
Friends of the ANBG are delighted to present a number of walks this spring.
Last year the Volunteer Guides prepared specialised walks for the Australasian Botanic Gardens Volunteer Guides Conference held at the ANBG. You are invited to join a Guide on one of these walks.
Please note there are a limited number of places available for each walks, so bookings are essential.
Friday, 29 June 2018
Library Connect June 2018
The June Library Connect includes a report on the very successful Library and Information Week last month. It also has reviews of some of the new books in the library, including 'Botanical Illustration : the essential reference' which members of the Botanical Art Groups will find particularly interesting. Sarah Martin's 'Bush Heritage Australia' will appeal to those of us who are interested in the preservation of Australia's wild places.
Saturday, 09 June 2018
Black Mountain Symposium 2018
Black Mountain was declared a nature reserve on 23 July 1970. In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of this declaration, the Friends of Black Mountain in association with the Molonglo Catchment Group is holding a Symposium at which invited speakers will give presentations summarising what we know about the area.
The Symposium is now fully booked. All 150 seats at the CSIRO Discovery Centre Theatre will be occupied.
Themed talks will be on Friday 24 August, followed by drinks and nibbles. Themed walks will be held on Black Mountain on the morning of Saturday 25 August 2018.
Friday, 08 June 2018
12th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference (APCC12)
“Moving house – a new age for plant translocation and restoration”
12 to 16 November 2018, Canberra
The Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) at CSIRO, and the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) will host a week of exciting presentations, local field trips and a 1-day threatened plant translocation workshop. The biennial Australasian Plant Conservation Conference has become the premier event in Australia to discuss plant conservation issues with a variety of groups, from practitioners to researchers.
Call for Abstracts opens 2 May 2018, and Early Bird registrations open 21 May 2018.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Library Connect, May 2018
The May 2018 edition of Library Connect (PDF, 873KB) features Library & Information Week, 21 - 27 May 2018, as well as new books and other topics.
Monday, 07 May 2018
Access to Visitor Centre and Theatrette during re-paving work
Access to the Visitor Centre and Theatrette will be affected from Tuesday 8 May for several days by re-paving works between their entrances.
Re-paving will now be done Tuesday 8 and Wed 9 May, with no access on those days through the automatic doors to either building. Visitors to the Visitor Centre will use the the door to the north into the exhibition space. From Thursday 10 May there will be pedestrian access to both buildings, including access to the Theatrette for the Thursday talk at 12:30pm. There will be no access for vehicles until further notice.
Saturday, 05 May 2018
Road closures from 4th May 2018 until further notice
Due to the high winds and two trees falling, both the path between sections 159/64 and the top of the road between the rainforest gully and the rainforest verge will remain closed till cleared.
Barricades and signage are in place. Please avoid the area and note there is no vehicle access to the botany building via the rainforest gully road.
Friday, 04 May 2018
Intrusion into the Friends web server
An important message for members of the Friends.
The security of the server that hosts the Friends website and our membership database has recently been compromised, and unauthorised intruders have been detected. This message explains what happened, how we have dealt with the situation, and how members may have been affected.
Thursday, 03 May 2018
