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 |
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| Cameras and Café Walk | Saturday, 22 March 2025 - 8:40am to 10:30am |
The next Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Cameras and Café walk will be held on Saturday 22 March. We meet at the bus stop at 8.40 am, then follow our interests and instincts around the Gardens. Regroup for a refreshment and conversation at Pollen Cafe at around 10.30 am. At least one member of the Photographic Group Committee will lead the activity. All levels of photographic skill are welcome. After our initial gathering at the bus stop you can stay with the group or separate if you wish. |
| Brad Opdyke - 'Paleoclimate records and stratigraphy from Lake George: what we can learn about climate change and our future' | Thursday, 27 March 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Brad will discuss the sedimentary record of almost 4 million years, pollen records that indicate much greater rainfall than recently, and the extraordinarily long historical records of lake-levels, dating from 1820, and their important relevance with current climate change. Bookings open 21 February 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXI |
| Photography Group March meeting - Where art helps science | Friday, 28 March 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm |
Dr Michael Mulvaney, the administrator of the citizen science Naturemapr platforms, will address the Photography Group's monthly meeting in the ANBG Theatrette. His topic will be Where art helps science - Nature Photography and citizen science. The talk will emphasise and explain, by way of examples, the valuable contribution that good nature photographers can make to our understanding, conservation and appreciation of the natural world. |
| Dr Kylie Cairns - 'Dispelling the wild dog myth' | Thursday, 3 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Kylie, a researcher from the University of New South Wales, specialises in wildlife genetics and conservation biology. Cutting-edge genetics has altered our understanding of the dingo and its origins and is leading to policy changes about dingo management. Bookings open 28 February 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXJ |
| Botanic Art Groups exhibition 2025 | Saturday, 5 April 2025 - 12:00am to Sunday, 4 May 2025 - 11:55pm |
The Friends of the ANBG's Botanic Art Group will hold its 18th annual exhibition and sale at the Visitor Centre Gallery, with the theme 'Rainforest'. 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. |
| Friends of Black Mountain working party | Saturday, 5 April 2025 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
We are looking forward to our next work party, inside ANBG close to the border between ANBG and Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Meet at the electricity sub-station, Frith Road, Acton. Please book at https://www.trybooking.com/CYPVC if you are planning to come. This helps us to let you know if arrangements need to change at the last minute (for example, adverse weather conditions). For further information, call Linda on 0437 298 711. |
| Professor David Lindenmeyer AO - 'A 25-year experiment to document the effects of large-scale plantation transformation on forest biodiversity' | Thursday, 10 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, will highlight the effects and challenges of plantations on forest biodiversity. Bookings open 7 March 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXK |
| Plant Recognition Group - Macrophytes in streams and wetlands | Monday, 14 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 3:30pm |
The next Plant Recognition Group workshop will be on macrophytes in streams and wetlands. The workshop will be led by Dr Jane Roberts, a retired vegetation ecologist, who has an ecological consultant to government in vegetation and water management primarily on lowland rivers in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. Bookings ESSENTIAL: Please send your name and phone number to plantname@friendsanbg.org.au Seats are limited for this session, so booking ahead is mandatory. |
| Dr Peter Fullagar and Chris Davey - 'Potential impacts of a rodent eradication program on the Lord Howe Island lowland terrestrial avifauna' | Thursday, 17 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Peter and Chris, from Canberra Birds, will describe the extent to which rodent a control program caused a detectable change in abundance of birds on Lord howe Island. They matched the avian response to rodent removal in terms of the known biology of the species, particularly the Lord Howe Island Woodhen. Bookings open 14 March. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXL |
| Emma Cooke - 'Breaking family ties: The genetic rescue of Canberra’s Small Purple Pea population' | Thursday, 24 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Emma will discuss work done over the last nine years by the National Seed Bank, ANBG nursery, ACT Office of Nature Conservation and the Parks and Conservation Service teams to collect seed from across the region, establish a seed production orchard, grow on established plants for translocation and design and implement a translocation plan incorporating both genetic rescue and ex-situ population formation of the Small Purple Pea. Bookings open 21 March. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXM |
| Plant Science Talk - Dr Alison Pouliot - Curry Punk & Jelly Brain: The Conservation and Aesthetics of Fungi | Monday, 12 May 2025 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
In this talk Alison will explore how fungi are perceived across hemispheres in conservation contexts and which fungal flagships might best capture the public imagination. Alison will also tell some stories from the writing of her recent book, Funga Obscura – Photo Journeys Among Fungi. Bookings open 1 March 2025. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CZGMJ |
