Note: Full details of trips/outings are available in the group's latest newsletter along with contact details for the outing's leader. This is only available to members.
January 2018
February 2018
| Date |
Time |
Details |
| Wed 7th |
6.30pm |
Committee meeting
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| Wed 7th |
7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker Judith Flanagan: "A Tree, the LEC & the Librarian - How the Librarian became lost in her own front yard" & Mark Abell on the use of Australian Native Plants to create lush and attractive aquascapes.
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Sun 11th
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8.30am
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Propagation Day- Demonstration & Breakfast - APS nursery at the Wetlands. Angela Speering. Bring your own breakfast.
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Tues 20th
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10am
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Midweekers - Walka Water Works, Bob' Dennerley’s place. Meet at Maitland Park.
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March 2018
| Date |
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Time |
Details |
| Wed 7th |
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7.30pm
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General meeting - guest speaker Luke Foster from the Office of Environment and Heritage. Luke is working on the ‘Saving our Species’ Program and is responsible for projects looking at protecting threatened species. Luke will talk to us about some of the projects he and the Hunter Central Coast team are working on.
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| Sun 11th |
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11am |
Boongala Native Gardens & Rainforest, Kenthurst. Leader Mark Abell. Meet at the Gardens.
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Tues 20th
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10am
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Midweekers - Jesmond Bushland. Meet in Jesmond Park carpark .
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April 2018
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| Wed 4th |
6.30pm |
Committee meeting
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| Wed 4th |
7.30pm
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General meeting - guest speaker Andrew Pengelly - The presentation is based on activities conducted at Herbal Field schools occasionally conducted in the Hunter Valley and elsewhere. The focus is on making plant medicines, distillation of native species and field botany. Samples of essential oils and medicines prepared from Australian plants will be exhibited, along with representative plant materials.
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Outing TBA
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Tues 17th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Birdcage Point, Morisset
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May 2018
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Wed 2nd
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7.30pm
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General meeting - guest speaker Catriona Bate and Phil Trickett - The title of our talk will be ‘Bringing more Isopogons and Petrophiles into cultivation’. The talk will introduce these genera and cover the characteristics of isopogons and petrophiles, their distribution and cultivation, and also look at what the study group is doing. We will also recommend the best isopogons and petrophiles for growing in NSW gardens. |
Tues 15th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Fly Point - Fingal Bay
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Sat 19th
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9.30am to 2pm
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Plant Fair at the Wetlands. Volunteers are required from 7.30am to help in setting up, sales and packing up.
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June 2018
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| Wed 6th |
6.00pm |
Committee meeting
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| Wed 6th |
7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker Deidre Jinks of Sydney Rainforest Nursery at Ourimba
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Tues 19th
|
10am
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Midweekers - Columbey - Clarencetown Meet at Seaham Park
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Sun 17th
|
9.30am
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Working bee at Hunter Region Botanic Gardens
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July 2018
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Wed 4th
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7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker Benjamin & Rosalind Walcott will show and discuss gardens and native design
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| Sunday 8th | 10am
| Meet at Warrah Trig, near Patonga |
Tues 17th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Calgabba - Cams Wharf. Wallarah National Park, off Cams Wharf Road, Lake Macquarie. Meet 10am at the park at the lake end of Cams Wharf Road.
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August 2018
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| Wed 1st |
6.30pm |
Committee meeting
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| Wed 1st |
7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker Brian Roach |
Tues 21st
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TBA
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Midweekers - Botanic Gardens Wetlands Walk
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September 2018
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Wed 5th
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7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker TBA |
Tues 18th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Doyalson - scenic drive
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October 2018
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Wed 3rd
|
6.30pm |
Committee meeting
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| Wed 3rd |
7.30pm |
General meeting - guest speaker Maria Hitchcock on Horticulture of Waratahs and Flannel Flowers
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Tues 16th
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November 2018
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Wed 7th
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7.30pm |
Annual General meeting - guest speaker TBA |
Tues 20th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Blue Mountains overnight
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December 2018
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Wed 5th
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7.30pm |
Group Xmas party
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Tues 11th
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TBA
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Midweekers - Xmas lunch
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