Here you will find a calendar of Friends’ activities in the Gardens including lunchtime talks, social events, exhibitions and the ever-popular spring and autumn plant sales. In addition to events arranged by the Friends, we include some events arranged by the Gardens and by other organisations. A full list of events arranged by the Gardens is in their What's On webpage.
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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Botanic Art Group 2024 Annual Exhibition | Saturday, 6 April 2024 - 9:00am to Sunday, 5 May 2024 - 4:30pm |
The Friends of the ANBG's Botanic Art Group will hold its 17th annual exhibition and sale at the Visitor Centre Gallery, with the theme ‘Bush Fragrance’. A proportion of the proceeds of sales will be donated to the Friends to support the Gardens. Several works will be chosen to be donated by the Friends to the Gardens' permanent collection. As in previous years, there will also be a work to be won by the lucky winner of a raffle. There will also be some unframed works and greeting cards by the members of the Group. |
| No talk scheduled | Thursday, 25 April 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
April 25th is ANZAC Day. No talk is currently scheduled for this date. |
| Rachael Dawes, Carma Sweet, Sam Ning and Jo Wallner ‘Canberra’s trees: the plans, the problems, and the progress' | Thursday, 2 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Rachael, Carma, Sam and Jo from ACT Government, will present the background, objectives and implementation of these documents and the progress made in keeping Canberra's monikers of the Bush and Garden City Capital. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLS |
| Dr Gemma Hoyle ‘Can we bank the cloud forests? Conservation and ecology of threatened species endemic to tropical mountaintops in Far North Queensland.’ | Thursday, 9 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Gemma, from the National Seed Bank at ANBG, will describe synthesising current seed science knowledge, seed collection, storage behaviour and germination and will it enable ex situ conservation in Australia’s cloud forest flora? Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLW |
| David Shorthouse ‘STEP by STEP: 15 years for Forest 20’ | Thursday, 16 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, a STEPer volunteer, will trace the story, with its ups and downs, of Forest 20 at the National Arboretum Canberra and outline the strategy for the next 10 years. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLY |
| Dr Tobias Hayashi ‘The sexual chemistry of greenhood orchids’ | Thursday, 23 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Tobias will talk about research from his PhD on pollination in greenhood (Pterostylis) orchids. Greenhood orchids attract their male fungus gnat pollinators by mimicking the sex pheromones of the female fungus gnats. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGLZ |
| Graham Fifield ‘Can I get paid to plant trees?’ | Thursday, 30 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Graham, from Greening Australia, will talk about the emerging opportunities for landholders and examples of how the carbon market can fund native vegetation restoration and conservation projects. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMA |
| Dr Roger Farrow ‘Four years on from the 2020 mega-fires. The course of recovery of the vegetation in Morton and Tallaganda National Parks.’ | Thursday, 6 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Four years on a complex pattern of succession is already apparent in two different plant communities, namely, heathland in Morton NP and forest in Tallaganda NP and will be illustrated in Roger’s talk. Roger is an un-retired entymologist, formerly of CSIRO. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMB |
| Christina Gee ‘Quolls on tour – detecting trait differences between reintroduced and dispersing eastern quoll populations’ | Thursday, 13 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Christina, a Masters student at Fenner School of Environment and Society, will describe her exploration of how the "quolls on tour" differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMC |
| Professor David Lindenmayer AO ‘The Forest Wars – debunking myths around native forest logging’ | Thursday, 20 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, from Fenner School of Environment & Society, will base his talk on his new book, The Forest Wars, and include a number of anecdotes from his experiences in dealing with Ministers and others officials over the past four decades. David will be happy to sign copies of this new book after his talk. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMD |
| Emeritus Professor Jim Hone ‘Birds of Namadgi National Park’ | Thursday, 27 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Jim, from University of Canberra, will describe a surprising aspect of patterns of smaller birds and larger birds observed at 7 sites over 16 years, along with links of birds and vertebrate pest control in Namadgi to recommend that monitoring of the birds in Namadgi be part of on-going Park management. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGME |
| Professor Steve Webb ‘Empty deserts: Megafauna Demography and Extinction” | Thursday, 4 July 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Did mankind kill megafauna, or was it four great Ice Ages that caused Australia’s megafauna extinction? In the talk Steve, Adjunct Professor of Australian Studies at Bond University, will outline the biogeography and general disposition of the megafauna and their predisposition leading to their extinction as he views it. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMF |
