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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Joanne Daly ‘Australia’s Agricultural Future’. | Thursday, 18 February 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Joanne, a member of the CSIRO Executive in agribusiness, recently chaired a report on Australia’s agricultural future. The report outlines how farm output can be optimised by driving innovation through a strong research base. She is working towards retirement from CSIRO after 32 years. She is an evolutionary biologist with an interest in agricultural sciences and biodiversity informatics. During her time in CSIRO she became Chief of CSIRO Entomology and then on the CSIRO Executive in agribusiness. She chaired the expert working group on agriculture for ACOLA. |
| Black Mountain Nature Reserve: exhibition in the Visitor Centre Gallery | Wednesday, 17 February 2016 - 9:30am to Tuesday, 15 March 2016 - 4:30pm |
Created by ACT Park Care group, the Friends of Black Mountain, this exhibition highlights the natural and cultural history of Black Mountain at the heart of Canberra. The exhibition is in the Visitor Centre Gallery at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. It is open daily from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Admission is free. |
| Professor Adrian Gibbs ‘Viruses of Australian plants: what, where and when?’ | Thursday, 11 February 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Adrian Gibbs is a virologist. He and his wife Pat are ANBG devotees, and were undergraduate students in the Botany Depart of Imperial College, University of London from 1953-1956. Adrian first played with a virus in 1955 in a prac class, and never gave up. Until 1966 he worked on crop and bee viruses at Rothamsted, which is the world's oldest agricultural research station and most famous for its long term agronomy experiments, and also for the discovery of 'super phosphate' and the invention of pyrethroids. A chance meeting with Max Day led to him joining Frank Fenner's department in 19 |
| Summer Sounds 2016 | Sunday, 7 February 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
Featuring indie pop and Triple J Unearthed band Young Monks on the Eucalypt Lawn Brought to you by the Friends of the Gardens and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Click on the blue heading in the left hand column for more information. |
| Summer Sounds 2016 | Saturday, 6 February 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
Featuring ABC actor & singer/song writer Justine Clarke performing a repertoire for both children and jazz enthusiasts, supported by Mr Tim and the Fuzzy Elbows, on the Eucalypt Lawn Brought to you by the Friends of the Gardens and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Click on the blue heading in the left hand column for more information. |
| Black Mountain - weeding working party | Saturday, 6 February 2016 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
The Friends of Black Mountain arrange regular working parties to remove weeds from the Black Mountain Reserve. This is the first working party for 2016. Click on the underlined heading in the left-hand column for all the details. |
| Cedric Bryant ‘Eliminating chemicals in your garden, for health and safety.’ | Thursday, 4 February 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Cedric Bryant will talk about effective ways to eliminate chemical use in your garden. Cedric Bryant is a trained horticulturalist with over 40 years experience in the industry. This includes nursery owner, retail nursery management, teacher at the Canberra School of Horticulture, horticultural consultant and garden writer, currently for City News. His main emphasis is on providing the very best in garden advice for his clients; his commitment is for his clients to enjoy the ongoing development and delight of their gardens. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Rosemary Purdie, 'Getting to know an area’s flora'. | Monday, 1 February 2016 - 10:30am |
Herbarium specimens are often a key record of the plants present in any given area. Nunzio Knerr’s December talk to the Plant Science Group graphically illustrated how the number of herbarium specimens being collected each year across Australia is markedly decreasing. Is this because we now have ‘sufficient’ knowledge about most areas, so no more specimens are needed? Is there any value in continuing to collect plants from areas that are well known, or should the collecting focus be on areas where knowledge of the flora is, by comparison, poor? |
| Summer Sounds 2016 | Sunday, 31 January 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
Featuring indigenous singer/song writer Belle Whyte on the Eucalypt Lawn Brought to you by the Friends of the Gardens and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Click on the blue heading in the left hand column for more information. |
| Summer Sounds 2016 | Saturday, 30 January 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
Featuring popular jazz and blues with Annie & the Armadillos on the Eucalypt Lawn Brought to you by the Friends of the Gardens and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Click on the blue heading in the left hand column for more information. |
