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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 53rd Black Mountain Spring Wildflower Ramble (FULLY BOOKED) | Saturday, 12 October 2024 - 9:30am to 12:00pm |
Our very popular Annual Spring Wildflower Ramble celebrates the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble for wildflower lovers. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with experienced guides and good company. Meet at Belconnen Way entry just before Caswell Drive turnoff - watch for balloons or banners. Please allow time to park and walk to the meeting point. (FULLY BOOKED) |
| Growing Friends Spring 2024 Native Plant Sale | Saturday, 12 October 2024 - 9:00am to 11:00am |
The Growing Friends will hold their Spring Native Plant Sale on Saturday 12 October in the car park between the Banksia Centre and the Crosbie Morrison Building. The sale will run from 9:00-11:00 (unless sold out earlier). Hundreds of groundcovers, small and large shrubs and trees will be available. All plants will be sold for only $6 a pot. All plants are propagated from cuttings or seeds sourced from within the Gardens. A full list of the plants and their descriptions (PDF, 516 KB) is now available. Sales will be by card only. All proceeds go to the Friends. |
| Graham Gall ‘Flora in focus: the Art of Botanic Photography’ | Thursday, 10 October 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Graham, an internationally awarded photographer, will describe his artistic approach to photographing botanic subjects and will give practical insights into producing exhibition quality shots of flora and associated fauna, from the tallest tree to the most detailed macro view of flowers, fungi and associated pollinators. 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/CTFXA |
| Orchid Walks on Black Mountain - booked out | Sunday, 6 October 2024 - 9:30am |
Discover some spring flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Jean Egan, Shoko Okado, and Tobias Hayashi. Two sessions, at 9:30am–12 noon & repeated 1:30pm–4pm. All places have now been taken, sorry. |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 5 October 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm |
We plan to remove lots of non-local acacia and other woody weeds Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Drive from Belconnen Way southwards along Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange, Woden, or Tuggeranong. Note the yellow diamond shape advisory sign showing access road on left (mountain side) and the blue and white “P” sign for parking. Pull into the carpark carefully. Look for banners. If you are planning to come, please let us know by booking using this booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CRZVZ |
| Dr Alex Wall ‘Traps'n'Maps: collecting data today to better understand the past tomorrow’ | Thursday, 3 October 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Alex, from the ANU, will talk about the value of fossilised pollen for understanding environmental changes over time, and measuring the amounts and types of pollen across Australia today to understand the links, including collection by VegeMap, a citizen science project. 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/CTFWW |
| Photographic Group - September meeting | Friday, 27 September 2024 - 10:00am |
Our speakers this month are Photographic Group Committee Members who will share their post-processing hot tips and workflow with the Group. Show and Tell by members, with a maximum of 6 images each, will proceed as usual. |
| Professor Nerilie Abram ‘Emerging tipping points in Antarctica’ | Thursday, 26 September 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Nerilie, climate scientist from ANU, will review evidence for climate change vulnerabilities in Antarctica, including using past, present and future perspectives to assess the potential for tipping points in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. This will include a description of the 2023/24 Denman Terrestrial Campaign to characterise the Denman Glacier, the deepest known glacier on Earth. 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/CTFWS |
| Parliament House Spring Courtyard Tours | Friday, 20 September 2024 - 10:00am to Saturday, 21 September 2024 - 12:00pm |
The Public Programs Officer at Department of Parliamentary Services has issued a warm invitation to Friends of the Australia National Botanic Gardens to their upcoming Spring Courtyard Tours at Parliament House. This is a fun opportunity to tour the beautiful Parliament House courtyards in their blooming Spring glory, while discovering more about the private areas of Parliament House. Full details can be found on the website: Spring Courtyards of Parliament House – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au) |
| Dr Tobias Hayashi ‘The sexual chemistry of greenhood orchids’ | Thursday, 19 September 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/CTFWR |
