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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 Volunteer guide intake information session | Monday, 8 April 2013 - 5:30pm |
Applications for the next volunteer guide intake close on 22 April. Application forms and details of the information sessions and the training course are available on the ANBG website. Application forms are also available from the Visitor Centre. The Friends website has more information about what is involved in being a volunteer guide. If you are interested, you can attend one of the three information sessions in the ANBG Theatrette - Wednesday 3rd April at 12:30; Monday 8th April at 5:30; and Friday 19th April at 12:30. |
| Family Picnic Day | Sunday, 7 April 2013 - 11:00am to Monday, 8 April 2013 - 9:45am |
Venue: Cafe & Crosbie Morrison Lawns 11.00am to 3.00pm - bird watching walk at 10.00 A delightful day out for the entire family with a special focus on celebrating our senior members and their extended families. The program will include displays, guided walks, garden workshops, presentations and performances. Learn about the variety of lively, stimulating and essential support groups that operate within the Gardens and how they offer opportunities to explore new skills, experiences and knowledge. Bring your own picnic or partake in the special bush BBQ service available from the Floresco cafe deck. |
| Centenary Chat: David Headon ‘Centenary Musings – Cricket, Canberra and the New Commonwealth’ | Thursday, 4 April 2013 - 12:30pm |
David Headon will address the April Centenary theme of History, Heritage and Sport. |
| 2013 Volunteer guide intake information session | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 - 12:30pm |
Applications for the next volunteer guide intake close on 6th May. Application forms and details of the information sessions and the training course are available on the ANBG website. Application forms are also available from the Visitor Centre. The Friends website has more information about what is involved in being a volunteer guide. If you are interested, you can attend one of the three information sessions in the ANBG Theatrette - Wednesday 3rd April at 12:30; Monday 8th April at 5:30; and Friday 19th April at 12:30. |
| David Taylor and Dan Marges ‘A Walk in the Sydney Basin’ | Thursday, 28 March 2013 - 12:30pm |
Join the ANBG’s Dan Marges and David Taylor as they take you through the recent reconstruction of this iconic part of the ANBG – a behind-the-scenes look at how the planning, use of specialist materials and plant collecting came together to re-invigorate each end of the Sydney Basin. You may pick up some great and innovative ideas for redeveloping or starting your own garden. NB: Start at Theatrette and walk to garden (in the event of wet weather we will stay in the Theatrette). |
| Anne Rawson, ‘Learning to Love Flowers’ | Thursday, 21 March 2013 - 12:30pm |
Anne talks about the flowers she and her husband discovered at their property, Wombalano, on the Bombala River in south eastern NSW; and about being a sheep and berry farmer. Anne is one of the editors of Fronds. |
| Seniors Week guided walk, morning tea and botanic art exhibition viewing | Thursday, 21 March 2013 - 9:45am |
The Friends of Australian National Botanic Gardens invite you to enjoy a guided walk, morning tea and botanic art exhibition viewing during Seniors Week. Take a stroll through the Gardens with an expert guide, then relax with delicious Devonshire Tea at Floresco in the Gardens Café. Finish your morning with a viewing of the Botanic Art Group’s exhibition Art in the Gardens with Friends, and meet some of the artists. |
| Barbara Allan ‘COG’s bird blitz: the first eight years’ | Thursday, 14 March 2013 - 12:30pm |
In 2005 the Canberra Ornithologists’ Group began an ACT-wide bird count over the last weekend in October, involving up to 100 members each year. The talk will look at the overall results of the surveys, the variability between years, the influence of land use types and role the bird blitz plays in our knowledge of the ACT avifauna. Do Rufous Fantails come through your garden before or after the last weekend in October? Are fairy-wrens breeding by then? Are the koels back? These are some of the issues the blitz results can explore. |
| Viewing of the Ellis Rowan Collection, National Library of Australia | Wednesday, 13 March 2013 - 9:15am |
This is a Friends only event. Members of the Friends are offered an exclusive opportunity to view the Ellis Rowan Collection of botanical art at the National Library on 13 March. There are still places for the 9:15 am session, but the 10:45 session is now fully booked. We are grateful to Barrie Hadlow, a good friend of the ANBG, for facilitating the visit. Meet in the foyer of the National Library 15 minutes ahead of the session start time. Parking around the NLA is very tight, so allow plenty of time to find parking. Numbers are limited and bookings are essential, by phone: 62558441, or email: bookings@friendsanbg.org.au indicating name/s and contact phone number. |
| ANPC Workshop | Wednesday, 13 March 2013 - 12:00am to Thursday, 14 March 2013 - 11:45pm |
The ANPC (Australian Network for Plant Conservation) will be running a two day workshop on plant identification for grassy ecosystems at the ANBG on 13th and !4th March. Registration closes on 6th March. The cost of registration is $225. Full details, including the procedure for registration, is available from the ANPC website. When enrolling, you should indicate that you are a member of the Friends of the ANBG, |
