FRIENDS of the
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS

August

Monday 2nd

to

Sunday 15th

This year's theme links to the International Year of Biodiversity.

Details of events and activities, as part of the Gardens' participation in the 2010 Festival, will be available soon.

August

Thursday 5th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Liz Truswell

The origins of Lake George or Weereewa, one of the oldest lakes in the world, and its record of past climates and vegetation is of great interest
to geographers and people of the region.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

August

Friday 6th

10.00 am

to

11.00 am

Story Time in the Gardens

Dress up as a favourite character for Book Week

Venue :

Education Lawn

August

Thursday 12th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk and Presentation

Presenter :    Tony Peacock

Renowned scientist and lecturer Tony Peacock, the CEO of the
Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, presents
the Bernard Fennessy Memorial Prize for 2010
and brings his fresh and forthright message on feral animals.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

August

Thursday 19th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Cedric Bryant

Renowned Canberra garden designer, Cedric Bryant, presents
his passion - saving water by using drought tolerant plants
and employing more effective watering techniques.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

August

Thursday 26th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Paul Carmen

What it means, how it has been conducted and why it is necessary.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

September

Thursday 2nd

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Jean Geue

Hawthorn thicket to diverse bushland in 20 years using follow-up weeding, bird habitat management but no planting.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

September

Thursday 9th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Brian Fox

With an encyclopaedic knowledge of places in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and other areas of NSW, geographer and cartographer
Brian Fox presents a glimpse of a rich part of our cultural heritage.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

September

Thursday 16th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Jackie French

Jackie French teaches us how to speak wombat; turn invisible;
light your house with mushrooms; find your lunch and other adventures
from a lifetime of bush lore.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

September

Thursday 23rd

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Marilyn Ball

Paradoxically, changes in the timing and duration of growing seasons
due to climate warming increase plant vulnerability to frost,
and the effects are amplified by elevated
atmospheric CO₂ concentrations.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

September

Thursday 30th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Ben Wallace

The rainforest gully of the ANBG has many epiphytes, the botany of
which has some truly amazing features. 
Ben Wallace will help us to better understand these intriguing plants
and their importance.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

October

Thursday 7th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Roger Farrow

Although New Zealand is so different from Australia in terms of geology,
climate and glaciation, the flora is instantly recognisable to anyone
familiar with the Australian Flora because of the Gondwana connection.
New Zealand split from Antarctica 85 million years ago with a raft of Podocarps and Angiosperms which have diversified till today.
Because it has not undergone the drying out that has influenced the
Australian biota, the species rich, dry sclerophyll vegetation typical
of much of Australia never evolved.
Our trip through the alpine and sub-alpine areas of the South Island
uncovered a different kind of species richness comparable
to what is seen in upland Tasmania.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

October

Saturday 9th

9.30 am

to

12 noon

Led by Laurie Adams, Isobel Crawford and Jean Geue
(contact 6251-1601). 
Bring your morning tea, hat, sunblock, water, stout shoes
and your friends to celebrate spring.

From
Belconnen Way entry, just before Caswell Drive turnoff
(look for the
balloons). 

October

Sunday 10th

10.00 am

AND

1.00 pm

Carpark

Caswell Drive

Limited numbers

Book early

6250 9540

October

Thursday 14th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    John Carter

The Boxvale Track, at Mittagong, is a little known part of the history
of the region.
John Carter of the Native Plant Society brings an interesting talk
that looks at the area, the track and its links with the past.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

October

Thursday 21st

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Murray Fagg

Well known to the Friends of ANBG, Murray Fagg recounts some of his memories over the last 40 years as the ANBG celebrates its 40th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of The Friends of ANBG.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

October

Thursday 28th

12.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk

Presenter :    Heino Lepp

Pier Antonio Micheli (1679 - 1737) was an astute observer of fungi,
lichens and bryophytes.  However, it was only in the 1800's
that his achievements gained wide recognition.
In this talk, Heino Lepp presents examples of those achievements.

Venue :

Theatrette

Donation appreciated

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