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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Max Bourke AM ‘Out of the Woods’ | Thursday, 17 August 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Max, agricultural scientist and inveterate volunteer, will be talking about the early history of tree planting in Canberra and the planters themselves: Charles Weston, Max Jacobs and Lindsay Prior. |
| Dr Lydia Guja ‘News from the National Seedbank: from coast to desert’ | Thursday, 10 August 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Lydia, manager of the National Seedbank at ANBG, will outline her work with Parks Australia, from Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands in the west to Norfolk Island in the east, to Uluru-Kata Tjuta in between. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group - Technical Talk | Monday, 7 August 2017 - 10:30am |
Dispersal and disturbance drive diversity Dr Crid Fraser, Biologist, Fenner School, ANU. Current ACT Scientist of the Year. Dr Fraser is broadly interested in the influence of environmental conditions, including past and future environmental change, on global patterns of biodiversity. She uses a wide range of techniques to address research questions, including ecological and genetic approaches, and has a particular focus on the high-latitude ecosystems of the Southern Hemisphere (the sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctica). |
| Weeding Work Party, Black Mountain | Saturday, 5 August 2017 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 August 2017 - 11:45am |
We shall be walking on the slopes of Black Mountain removing woody weeds in north and north-east part of Black Mountain Reserve. Meet: at the Belconnen Way entry gate to Black Mountain Nature Reserve. On the Mountain side of Belconnen Way before the Caswell Drive turnoff – look for balloons. Bring: Enthusiasm, your family and friends, water (and your favourite pruning saw or secateurs, if you wish). Everyone is welcome. |
| Angus Stewart ‘History of Australian Plant Breeding’ | Thursday, 3 August 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Angus, an expert in Australian native plants and media personality, will talk about the history of Australian plant breeding and share his personal experience in breeding iconic kangaroo paws. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #2 | Sunday, 30 July 2017 - 9:30am to Monday, 31 July 2017 - 11:45am |
This is one of 2 walks to celebrate the declaration of the Black Mountain Nature Reserve in 1970 and the creation of the summit walk in 2000. Walk 2: Walk downhill from the summit to the ANBG Walk down the Summit Walk with local ecologist, Michael Doherty, and an ANBG Guide. We shall see Acacia near the apex and the Zieria plants near the Visitor Centre, ANBG, and winter flowering plants. Meet at the Lookout near the Telstra Tower (look for the balloons). If you do not wish to walk back uphill to the Summit, ask a friend to meet you at the Visitor Centre, ANBG. |
| ANBG Photographic Group, monthly meeting | Friday, 28 July 2017 - 10:30am |
Speaker for the July meeting is Brad Nichol Subject: iPhoneography Brad Nichol, of Zero One Imaging, Goulburn, will be speaking on how you can use your mobile phone as a powerful picture taking dynamo for close up photography. There will be lots of little hints, some killer tips and and of course plenty of sample images to explain the process. Brad will also discuss apps to use for both taking and editing your work and, as a bonus, provide a little insight into lighting up the smaller world. |
| Dr John Turnbull ‘Australian trees and their botanists’ | Thursday, 27 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
John, retired CSIRO scientist and volunteer guide at ANBG, will discuss the association of Australian trees with overseas botanists and relate their amazing stories encompassing adventure, mystery, sex and even murder. |
| Black Mountain Summit Walk #1 | Sunday, 23 July 2017 - 9:30am to Monday, 24 July 2017 - 12:45pm |
This is one of 2 walks to celebrate the declaration of the Black Mountain Nature Reserve in 1970 and the creation of the summit walk in 2000. Walk 1: Summit Walk up and back Meet at the Visitor Centre, ANBG, and walk up the north-eastern slopes of Black Mountain to the summit with local botanist Isobel Crawford and an ANBG Guide to see winter flowering and other plants, and return to the Visitor Centre, ANBG. |
| Dr Philip Spradbery ‘To breed or not to breed? How the European wasp queen suppresses her daughters’ reproduction' | Thursday, 20 July 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
For the past 30 years Philip, a research entomologist, has been studying the European wasp to determine how the single queen, in a nest that can contain up to 5,000 adult worker wasps, prevents them from developing their ovaries and laying eggs. If the queen dies or is lost, within a week, many of the workers start laying eggs. Clearly, the queen has a potent method of keeping her workers sterile. |
