Thursday Talks
The Friends of the ANBG have run a program of popular weekly lunchtime talks for many years, known as the Thursday Talks. Botany is naturally the principal focus of these talks, though topics can range anywhere across the natural world.
These talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins, notes, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.
Unless otherwise indicated, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette.
It is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend as talks may be booked out very quickly. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.
ANBG and the Friends are exploring ways that may present an opportunity for some talks to be made available online in the future.
Below is a list of upcoming Thursday Talks.
Dr Phillip Kodela ‘Wattle in Your Pocket, the Bank-notable Wattles – science behind the Next Generation Banknotes of Australia’
Dr John Turnbull ‘Trees, woods and man’
Bruno Ferronato ‘TurtleWatch ACT: citizen-science, monitoring and conservation of turtles in Canberra’
Emeritus Professor Patrick De Deckker ‘On the extraordinary expedition of Dumont d’Urville that discovered Antarctica in 1840’
Dr Veronica Briceno Rodrigez ‘From lab coats, hiking boots, and hot desks to plant conservation at the ANBG’
Professor Marcel Cardillo ‘Grevillea/Hakea: the story of a remarkable evolutionary radiation’
Jo Harding ‘Bush Blitz Driving New Approaches to Working with Traditional Owners’
Anthony Hoffman ‘The Illawarra-Shoalhaven shrublands on volcanic outcrops ecological community’
Dr Gavin Smith ‘Some reflections from a decade of working with and learning from one of Australia’s most misunderstood snakes’
Victoria Miller ‘Changes in vegetation in Western Victoria (TBC)
Ben Keaney ‘With a little help from my friends- recovery and rehabilitation of peatlands in the Australian Alps following the 2020 fires
Samuele Ramellini and Xingyi Jiang ‘The social lives and collective behaviour of an iconic bird species: the superb fairywren’
Tasha James ‘What we can learn from the endemic flora of Mt Imlay’
Dr Matt Parker ‘Update on conservatory’ (TBC)
Jay Nicholson ‘Understanding the impacts of climate change on plants at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – a summary of my PhD working with Anangu’
Shelley Rowntree ‘From the herbarium to the genome: new discoveries in Australia’s everlasting daisies’
Anna Howe ‘36 Views of a mountain, a tower and gardens’
Dr Karen Marsh ‘A koala’s guide to fine dining’
Maurice Hermann ‘Success in propagating and growing Australian native plants’
Contact information
The organising committee is always pleased to hear of interesting potential speakers. Contact us by email at talks@friendsanbg.org.au
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