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Activities



Guests are welcome at our activities.

Meetings

We hold evening meetings on the 2nd Friday of each month February to November (but note the May 2024 meeting will be on the first Friday). Meetings will be face-to-face or by Zoom, depending on the current conditions and the location of our speaker.

Next meeting: at Beatrice Taylor Hall 12th April 2024 7.30pm for 8:00pm.

Tony Maxwell 'Cliff Beauglehole (1920-2002) - Botanical collector beyond belief'

See below for full details.

Group Outings and Activities

Usually held at a weekend, these outings visit  local gardens, reserves or other places of interest.

Next group activity: Sunday May 5th. Working bee in the shadehouse and shed (behind the Information Centre) at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden. 9am to 12 pm. Bring your gloves, appropriate outdoor clothing and your lunch.

Walks & Talks

Walks and Talks are open to the public. See their own page, here.

Bushcare, Propagation and the Knoll Garden

Bushcare and Propagation groups meet on alternate Wednesdays. Volunteers also meet regularly to maintain the Knoll Garden. These activties are all at the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden, St Ives. See the  NSG entries on the calendar on the APS NSW Activities page for propagation and bushcare entries.

Next Evening Meeting

Next meeting Friday 12th April 7.30pm for 8.00pm at Beatrice Taylor Hall, Hornsby.

Tony Maxwell

Cliff Beauglehole (1920-2002) - Botanical collector beyond belief

Background:  Cliff was a farmer and self taught botanist from Western Victoria. Motivated by a conservation ethic he botanically surveyed and mapped all of Victoria. His monumental efforts in this task are unsurpassed – worldwide.
This talk will examine how his work informs the current difficult conservation and biodiversity outlooks.
Tony Maxwell  is a past President of the ParraHills District Group.

Plants for sale, library & supper.

ALL Welcome

The Beatrice Taylor Hall is behind Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre at 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby. There will be plant sales after the meeting (cash only, please bring change) and refreshments. The NSG Botanical library is also available for members to browse and borrow items.

Zoom meetings can be attended by non-members by contacting Sue Fredrickson to request the Zoom link. Sue can be contacted on paulandsuefreddo@bigpond.com or 0401 362 921.

Upcoming and Recent Meetings

Meeting reports can be found in the Blandfordia of the month following the meeting.

2024

May: Nadia Roslen 'FrogID: people-powered frog conservation' Note this meeting will be on the First Friday in May.

April: Tony Maxwell 'Cliff Beauglehole (1920-2002) - Botanical collector beyond belief'

March: Penny Hunstead 'Bush Tucker'

February: David Roberts 'Using fire in our native gardens'

2023

November: Harry Loots 'Plants Hidden in the Clouds'

October: Karen Wilson 'Rambling through the Rushes (etc.)'

September: Sarah McInnes [Val Williams Scholarship winner 2022] 'How is dormancy controlled in seeds of heat-responsive Australian fire-prone species?'

August: Alexander Austin 'Australian solitary bees and how to support them' [Note this will be on 4 August not 11th]

July: Julia Rayment 'Gardening Responsibly'

June: Wendy Grimm & Craig Field 'Australian natives as Bonsai'.

May:  'Members’ experiences (successful & unsuccessful) of creating and maintaining a native garden'

April: Karen Benhar 'Local Stewardship Creates Habitat'


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