Welcome to the Keilor Plains Native Plants Group
Our next Monthly Meeting is on
Friday, February 6th, 2026, from 7:50PM
Guest Speaker: Alan Bedggood
Topic: “Native Grasses”
Alan Bedggood studied at Burnley then worked for the Dept of Agriculture in wheat and barley breeding. In 2015 he set about documenting the natural occurrence of Australian native grasses, a huge project that has seen him collect more than 1,000 specimens. He has contributed his observations in iNaturalist.
Native Grass (Austrostipa)
(From November 2024 Trip to Langwarrin)
To become a member of APS Victoria and APS Keilor Plains 2025-2026, click here.
ANPSA Biennial Conference will be held in Alice Springs from 24th to 28th August 2026. Click this link to Register your interest and receive updates about the conference. (The registration form is at the bottom of the web page.)
We are a district group of APS Victoria, covering the Keilor Plains area. Our aim is to study, promote, protect and propagate Australian indigenous flora, especially from local area, where many of the species are classified as threatened or vulnerable, because their habitats have been degraded/altered/lost.
Some of our members also grow plants from other part of Australia in their gardens.
The Group was formed in 1972.
The Keilor Plains is on the eastern part of Victorian Volcanic Plains. Further information can be found here.
Visitors are welcome to attend our monthly meeting. Further information can be found in Monthly Meeting Page, or by contacting our secretary.
Monthly Meeting
Meeting Venue
Airport West Uniting Church
72 Roberts Road, Airport West.
GPS coordinate: 37°43’29.0″S 144°52’28.4″E.
Upcoming Guest Speakers at our monthly meeting in 2026:
| February 6 | Alan Bedggood “Native Grasses” |
| March 6 | John Morgan “The grasslands of the Victoria Volcanic Plains keep surprising us: new insights about the plants from a well-studied system” |
| April 10* | Plant Auction |
| May 1 | TBC |
| June 5 | Michael Benham “Alice Spring Desert Park” |
| July 3 | Debbie Reynolds “Pimelea Spinescens” |
| August 7 | Neil Marriott “Flora of the Grampians” |
| September 4 | Plant Table |
| October 9* | Alan Ayton “Tasmania Alpine Flora” |
| November 6 | Katherine Horsfall “Direct seeded Grasslands in Royal Park” |
| December 4 | Christmas Break-up |
Trips
Upcoming Trips
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No upcoming Trips for 2026 has been planned.
| Week-end Day Trip 2026 (every second month) |
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| March 14: May 9: Bellarine Landcare (tbc) July 11: Prac session on planting up on Alpine Trough October 10: October 17: Bunyip State Park |
| Weekend Trip in Spring 2026 |
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| October 2 – 5: Trip to Grampians, stays at Silverband Lodge in Halls Gap |
| Alpine Trip 2026 |
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| No trip planned for 2026. |
News and Events
APS Keilor Plains Facebook
At our Annual General Meeting on August 1st, 2025, the group has reelected:
Chris as President,
Jodi as Deputy President,
Linda as Secretary, and
elected one new member to the Committee (Alex).
EVENT CALENDAR from APS Victoria
For information on upcoming events (District Group Plant Sale, Seminar and other events), this link will take you to Event Calendar in APS-Victoria Web site.
Books
Our second edition of the book
‘Plants of Melbourne’s Western Plains – A Gardener’s Guide to the Original Flora’
Now available from local
indigenous nurseries and bookshops!
NEW BOOK:
“Lantern Bushes of Australia; Thomasias & Allied Genera.”
A Field and Horticultural Guide
by Trevor Blake
Editor: Jane Canaway
Publisher: Australian Plants Society – Keilor Plains Group
RRP: $50.00
For enquiries about the above books, please contact: kpbook@apskeilorplains.org.au