Speakers
(first Friday of the month) |
Other
Events |
| Jan - No Meeting.
Relax and enjoy your
garden!!! |
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Feb
-
"Gardening in Suburbia"
by Neil
Duncan (Neil is a horticulture lecturer at NMIT and will speak on his real
experiences in developing his own magnificent garden in Essendon). |
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Mar
- "Grasslands
in Peril"
by
Giorgio De Nola (Giorgio
is a member of our group with interests in grassland conservation in
Caroline Springs, surrounding suburbs and on the Keilor-Werribee Plains -
his talk will investigate the perilous state our grasslands are in, look at
the inadequacies in legislation supposed to protect them and what needs to
be done). |
Day trip -
Goldfields area nurseries and surrounding bushland areas. Saturday March
15. Details to be announced at the March
monthly meeting! |
April
"Plant Auction"
A
chance for members to have some fun as some magnificent native garden plants are auctioned to the
highest bidders - great plants at bargain prices. |
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May -
"Correas"
by
David & Barbara Pye (learn
more about this magnificent Australian plant genus that most of us have in
our garden - David & Barbara are the current leaders of the APS Correa Study
Group, members of the APS Melton & Bacchus Marsh Group and are proprietors
of the Suntuff Natives Nursery
at Bullengarook). |
St Philips Autumn Fair
& Flower Show.
Our group has a stall
promoting, displaying and selling native plants. Saturday May 3 ... St
Philips is our meeting
veune.
Day Trip -
You Yangs and more. Saturday
May 10. Details to be announced at the May monthly meeting! |
June
- "The
Millenium Seedbank Project"
by Neville Walsh (Neville is a conservation botanist at the Royal Botanic
Gardens/National
Herbarium in Melbourne). |
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July
- "Reinventing
an Urban Park: The native revegetation of Royal Park"
by Phillip
Mawdett (Royal
Park Officer - employed by Serco, Melbourne Parks and Gardens - Serco is
currently under contract to maintain the City of Melbourne's open
spaces, which includes Royal Park.)
|
Day trip -
Toolangi Forest.
Saturday
Jul 14, Details to be announced at the July monthly meeting! |
August
- "Growing and
Propagating Stylidiums - Trigger Plants"
John Thompson -
Come and see and learn more about one of the largest and most interesting
plant genus in Australia including pictures of the many amazing WA species. |
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September
-
"Flora of Morwell National Park"
by Ken Harris, Friends of
Morwell NP -
Morwell National Park is
one of the few remaining areas of remnant vegetation in the Strzelecki
Ranges - see the
excellent 'Friends of Morwell NP'
website. |
Weekend field trip -
West Gippsland. Date TBA. These trips are always the highlight of the year.
This area is lesser known to many but as usual we'll discover some of Victoria's best kept secrets! Contact us for details. |
October -
"Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden"
by Neil Masters - TBA |
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November
-
Plant Specimen
Table
The Plant Table in Spring is
spectacular and this month is totally dedicated to discussion of the specimens grown in
members' gardens. |
APS
Quarterly Meeting to be hosted by our Group with trips to bushland and
gardens in Riddells Creek.
Details to be announced at
monthly meetings! |
December -
Australian
Plant Quiz
BYO BBQ &
drinks starting 6.30pm followed by a fun quiz (starting 8pm) with lots of prizes.
Also, APS book sales will be there with all their books at discount
prices. The venue is our usual monthly
meeting hall. |
Have a Merry Xmas
from
all of the APS Keilor Plains Group!!!! |
