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ABC Gardening Australia video on iview

ANBG featured in ABC TV's Gardening Australia program

ABC TV's Gardening Australia on Saturday 18th May featured the ANBG - you can see it on iview until 1 June.

Murray Fagg

Murray Fagg: sale of books benefits Friends and Gardens

Murray Fagg retired from the Gardens staff in 2012 after a long and outstanding career in native plant horticulture. At retirement, Murray was the Manager of the Botanical Information Group at the Gardens and the Gardens website.

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Friends of Black Mountain Weeding Working Party

All Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens are invited to the Friends of Black Mountain Weeding Working Party on Saturday 1 June, 9.00am  to 12.00.

 
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Call for Project Proposals from Friends of the ANBG

The Friends’ Council is seeking proposals for projects to be supported by the Friends.

Proposals can cover a wide range of ANBG roles and functions, e.g. horticulture, scientific, aesthetic, visitor experience, research etc. They must meet the criteria in the Friends' guidelines for funding proposals.

Please provide a written submission (with as much costing as possible) to the President of the Friends’ Council by 31 July 2013.

'A Disaster at Sea' by JMW Turner

'Turned On' Walks

Join a free ''Turned On' Walk, featuring the themes of the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851), every Saturday in June at 11:00 am

Stop 6 on the Eucalypt Discovery Walk - Eucalyptus mannifera (Photo: Alan Munns)

Eucalypt Discovery Walk

Discover a selection of Australia’s iconic eucalypts as you follow this recently completed self-guided walk through the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
 

Postage stamp of ANBG, 2013

ANBG features on new stamp

The Australian National Botanic Gardens is one of 5 botanic gardens to feature on new 60 cent stamps issued by Australia Post. The stamps went on sale on 23 April 2013. More details are in the media release by Australia Post.

David Taylor and Kaiya Browning in the Red Centre Garden. Photographer: Trish Mu

Sturt’s Desert Pea flowering in the new Red Centre Garden

If you are planning a trip to the ANBG soon, be sure to wander up (or take the Flora Explorer) beyond the Eucalypt lawn to where staff of the ANBG (and a bit of heavy machinery) are working on our magnificent Red Centre Garden. You will be rewarded with a fine view of some Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona Formosa) in glorious flower, an example of the 'Boom and Bust' cycle of plant reproduction in the arid centre of Australia. 

From right: Teresa Pwerle, Kaiya Browning (ANBG), Pamile Berg (consultant)

New Red Centre Garden: Friends' contribution

Visitors to the Australian National Botanic Gardens will, from later this year, be able to experience its new Red Centre Garden showcasing the iconic significance of the continent's red centre as the physical and spiritual heart of Australia, right here in the nation's capital.

Seed sorting in the Seed Bank

Plant Science Group

To bring together some activities and contributions by the Friends that have emerged in the last few years it has been decided to establish a Plant Science group. This will be the umbrella for the more research oriented activities of the Friends in the future.This group will welcome those who have an interest in the more scientific side of the gardens and native plants.

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