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Australian Native Plants Society Canberra Region Inc.
PO Box 217 Civic Square ACT 2608 ABN 17717 346 075 https://nativeplantscbr.com.au ISSN 1447-1515
AGM and Members Meeting Thursday, 14 November
7.30 pm** note ANBG access times below.
ANBG Theatrette, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain. ** Please note - our gate minder will open the ANBG gates at 6.50pm and close them at 7.35pm so (s)he can attend the meeting.
Gate Minder: Karen Brien November Raffle prizes: The plants will be provided by: Googong Shadehouse. Show and Tell: Please bring along any plant material or pot plants you think we would find interesting and like to see. Reminder it is important to bring any Myrtaceae specimens into ANBG in plastic bags.
AGM and ANPS Council elections Our annual AGM will take place at this November meeting. There are a number of Motions to amend the Society’s Constitution to be considered and our 2019/2020 Council to be elected. Please think about becoming a Council member and help manage the affairs of the Society. We are likely to have vacancies so it is crucial that members come forward and nominate for a position on our next Council. You can talk to any Councilor for more information. Nominations can be made before the AGM to [email protected]
Meeting Talk: The Cooloola Recreation Area, Great Sandy National Park. Everyone will be aware of the spectacular beauty of Fraser Island, part of the Great Sandy National Park. You have probably heard less about the other part of the Great Sandy National Park, the Cooloola Recreation Area. This region, referred to as the “sister sandmass” of Fraser Island, covers 62,000 ha on the mainland, between Noosa and Rainbow Beach. It shares many features with Fraser Island, but is much more easily accessed. The Cooloola Recreation Area consists of an ancient dune “chronosequence”, encompassing multiple environments, and multiple plant communities, ranging from sclerophyll woodland to rainforest, to nutrient-poor dry or wet heath, including the head-waters of the Noosa River. This presentation will describe this beautiful area, with a focus on the varied flora.
Guest Speaker: Linda Tabe. ‘My research career began with a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Adelaide, followed by a 4-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Warwick, UK; then 2 years at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy. I returned briefly to the University of Adelaide Biochemistry Department before settling into 25 years in plant molecular biology and crop physiology at the then Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, in Canberra. I have always had a close affinity with plants. When I was about 12, my parents allowed me to plant, in our back yard, a Eucalypt seedling I dug up from the side of the road on a trip to Victoria. In retrospect, I realise it was probably E. regnans, perhaps not the best choice for the suburbs. My parents came to regret their magnanimity, and had the burgeoning forest giant removed, at considerable expense, about 20 years later. I love the bush, and have greatly enjoyed learning more about it from the wonderful brains trust of ANPS Canberra.’ Linda. Linda is a member of ANPS and is our Plant Sale Co-ordinator. Ed.
Membership renewal due 1 January ANPS’ membership year is now the calendar year. You will be sent detailed instructions on how to renew using our website so please don't renew until you have received these instructions.
Bulletin November 2019
Deadline for articles for the March ANPS Journal is 1 February.
Please send items/articles to our Journal Editor, Gail Ritchie Knight, at [email protected]
New ANPS Members Welcome to: ❀ Karen Everest ❀ Bronwyn Blake Canberra Nature Park Draft Reserve Management Plan. This Document outlines the planned management of the 37 nature reserves located throughout Canberra. These reserves protect critically endangered ecological communities and threatened species, but face particular challenges due to being located so close to Canberra urban areas. You have until 16 December to comment on the proposed management of Canberra's Nature Park or any of the reserves, or parts of a reserve. You can lodge your comments via the website - go to www.yoursay.act.gov.au/act-parks/canberra-nature-park ANBG exhibitions Daily, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, Visitor Centre Gallery Schools Photographic competition 30 October – 17 November. An exhibition of photographs showcasing creativity and photographic skills in colour, monochrome and altered reality featuring plants, wildlife and scenery from the Gardens. ANBG Friend’s Photographic Group 20 November to 8 December. ‘Treasures’ is an exhibition of photographs of flora and fauna taken within the Gardens and the wider surrounds, by this ANBG Friends Group.
Updated version of the Census of the Flora of the ACT. Version 4.1 (30 August 2019) is available on the website of the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR). Go to http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/ACT-census/index.html). The Census compilers welcome any feedback – email them at [email protected] if you have any comments or corrections.
Open Gardens Open Gardens Canberra’s spring season includes one garden with some Australian native components. ‘Terroux’, 88 Rockford Road, Wallaroo 16-17 November, 10am - 4pm This is a very extensive garden/property with dams and a large dry creek bed with Australian native plants. Cost: $8 or free to Open Gardens Canberra members. Congratulating 25 Years of FoG It’s been 25 years since the Friends of Grasslands (FoG) launch on 12 Nov 1994. FoG is a community group dedicated to conservation of natural temperate grassy ecosystems in south-eastern Australia. FoG advocates, educates and advises on matters to do with the conservation of grassy ecosystems, and carries out surveys and other on-ground work. Its members include professional scientists, landowners, land managers and interested members of the public. http://www.fog.org.au/ Members Activities Members’ Meeting Speaker organiser Bill Willis has volunteered to be our new organiser. * If you would like to be part of a speaker organising team please contact Bill (0407 268 797, [email protected] * Weed Swap Co-ordinator: Rosemary Blemings [email protected],(6258 4724. Weed Swap 2019 Weekend 2-3 November Locations: Parkwood at West Belconnen and Corkhills at Symonston. ‘Thank you to the squad of members and Landcarers who found time to help Jan and me run the Weed Swap events this weeekend. We were short on volunteer numbers but as enthusiastic as ever about promoting the values of Australian native species for Canberra gardens. Greg Quinn printed thousands of labels: one for each plant. Gardeners have the ANPS labels’ details to guide the planting and care of plants provided by Iris and Alison, Damian, Annabelle and Anthony and Annie. Harley Baker and Marty Bajt represented the ACT Parks and Conservation Service by providing hours of on site and preparation support. Several hundred people hear about the Weed Swap each time via social and other ACT-wide media. Weed Swap spreads the word to new people – Australian natives are the way to go in the Regions’s extreme gardening conditions.’ Rosemary Blemings
Plant Sale checkout. Lucinda Royston photo
ANPS Plant Sale Our Plant Sale Coordinator is Linda Tabe Contact: [email protected] Spring Plant Sale, Saturday 19 October
Plant Sale Lost and Found There were two small pots of Leucophyta brownii left beside the Information Tent after everything had been cleared away. If they are yours, please email [email protected].
Salute to the Sale Volunteers! ‘Our Spring Sale went off without a hitch. On behalf of the Society I would like to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers, and to the growers, for making the sale set-up and execution so smooth and efficient. Fifty five people put their shoulders to the wheel on the Friday, and the plants were quickly sorted and transferred onto the sale deck with impressive accuracy. The row checkers put to rights any minor issues, the quality checkers weeded out the few rogues, and the overall result was a lovely, orderly display of beautiful, healthy plants, enhanced by the colourful photo labels. The usual feeding frenzy followed admission of the public at 8:30am on Saturday. Despite the dry conditions, there was an enormous queue at the gate by opening time, the word being spread through our website, email list, Facebook, and the street signs. Thank you to the people who do those essential jobs! The checkout crews were quickly under siege, and the credit card machines were smoking, as 11,945 plants were sold for a total of $84,556 by the 41 volunteers. The end of the payment queue reached all the way through the middle of the sale rows and past a stunned Rosemary, at the entrance, at one stage. The checkout crews worked flat out to keep things moving, and the last of the queue finally dissolved at about 10:30, with few plants remaining by 11:30am. Sale of plants contributed by the ANPS Propagation Group raised $7,462 for the Society, and $15,419 was raised by commission on the sale of growers’ plants. All expenses have yet to be settled, but the estimated return to the Society is just over $20,000. Another excellent event – thank you to all involved!! Linda Tabe, Plant Sale Coordinator.
Special Notice - Sale Book Sales at Members Meetings For many years we have been selling over a hundred titles at our monthly members meetings. We have decided to substantially scale down the range of books we sell. To reduce stock we will be marking down most of our range from the coming members meeting onwards. Initially we plan to continue selling a small range of local plant books and these will not be discounted below our current low prices. This is a great opportunity to buy Christmas presents at super low prices. Come and have a look and buy! Propagation General ANPS propagation queries: Nola McKeon at [email protected], (0447 522 735. Cutting/Potting up Bee Sunday 10 November, 9.30am-12.30pm CIT Horticulture, Bruce. This next propagation bee will be a combined cutting and potting up at our facilities at CIT Horticulture in Bruce. Collect cuttings which have just hardened off from healthy plants with good new growth in your garden. Or try that special plant you want to propagate. Collect the cuttings in the cool of the morning into a bucket of water, then keep the bucket in the shade. Bring gloves, scissors or secateurs, a hat and sunscreen. And something to share for lunch afterwards, at John and Masumi's in Bruce. Tea, coffee and water will be provided. For more information, contact Nola (0447 522 735. Those in the Group’s email list will receive a reminder closer to the date with the details.
Lt Sale Day - Lucinda Royston photo RT Set up Day - Linda Tabe photos
DAGs* & Garden Design Study Group Coordinator: Bill Willis (0407 268 797, [email protected] * Daytime Activity Group Garden Visit Tuesday 5 November, 10.30pm 46 Vasey Cres, Campbell This is an opportunity to visit Digby Gascoine and Peggy Douglass stunning and beautifully landscaped Campbell garden at its spring peak. All ANPSC members are welcome. DAGs Excursion to Melbourne 19–22 November Visiting private gardens, native plant nurseries, botanic gardens including Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne. For further information and itinerary contact Bill, DAGs Coordinator – details below. All ANPSC members are welcome. Note: You will need to make your own travel and accommodation arrangements Bill Willis (0407 268 797 [email protected] Field Trips Our Field Trip Coordinator is Jeanette Jeffery Contact: [email protected] Day Trip Revisiting Frogmore Cemetery Saturday 9 November WWs last visited this site in July. It should be worth a visit in Spring as there has been good rain there. To register and for details contact Margaret Ning (0427 788 304, [email protected] November Field trips - yes 2 trips! Weekend 16-17 November Combined ANPS/FOG trip visiting Nerriga In February 2018, FOG and ANPS visited a member’s 80 acre bush block near Nerriga. We had a wonderful time and resolved to go back for a Spring visit to see what is flowering then. The property has four threatened species: Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata) - Vulnerable; Nerriga Grevillea (Grevillea renwickiana) - Endangered; Dwarf Kerrawang (Commersonia prostrata) - Endangered; and Michelago Parrot-pea (Dillwynia glaucula) - Endangered. The species list for the property contains over 150 species.
We envisage a walk to the Proteaceae section of the property, a sandstone area bordering Morton National Park, on the Saturday and a shorter walk on the Sunday morning. We can arrive on the Friday if preferred, with settling in and happy hour around 6pm, or otherwise arrive on Saturday morning, and we shall start our walk around 10am. Accommodation: plenty of space for campers and camper trailers. More details, directions, plant lists will be passed on when registering with Margaret Ning (0427 788 304, [email protected] Weekend 23-24 November Combined ANPS/FOG trip visiting Deua We have visited the Deua National Park/Shoalhaven River area near Berlang camping ground twice in the last year - December 2018 and April 2019. The flora is suitably different to that in our own region, and we have access to places that haven’t had many visitors in the past. This time we envisage a return to the grassy area near the Wyanbene Caves carpark, as well as to the magic Shoalhaven River property we have visited twice, and a second site as well. Accommodation: Campers and camper trailers at Deua Tin Huts site welcome. To register and for details contact Margaret Ning (0427 788 304, [email protected] Future Field Trip Weekend 30 November - 1 December Visiting Wollongong - travel up on the Friday to explore on Saturday and Sunday Mike Shihoff has contacted Leon Fuller and friends who will show us rainforest trees and other local flora. The exact destinations are still being negotiated. Note: chances of leeches and ticks in the warmer weather. Accommodation: Corrimal Beach Tourist Park, Lake Parade, East Corrimal (4285 5688 Contact: Mike Shihoff [email protected]
Plant Sale rush at 8.30am. Lucinda Royston photo
Bill Willis photo
Banksia grandis at Greens Pool, William Bay NP
Happy ANPS members at the conference
Field trip to Stirling Ranges, near Central lookout – Tom Thorburn
Field trip to Stirling Ranges, near Mt Trio
Field trip to Stirling Ranges, near Central lookout
At the Albany Conference – September/October Lyndal Thorburn photos
Lt - October Field Trip – Xanthorrhoea sp at Abercrombie Reserve. Gail Ritchie Knight photo
Field trip to Stirling Ranges, near Central lookout
Calendar – activities and events ANPS Next Council Meeting: Monday 11 November at 12.30pm, Dickson Room, ANBG. Next Collation: TBA - Only when mailing out the quarterly Journal and Australian Plants magazine. 95 Price Place, Downer. Host Winifred Mumford. Next Bulletin: December 2019: Items due by Wednesday 27 November to [email protected].
ANPS Autumn Plant Sale
Saturday 21 March 2020 at the ANBG
Other Australian Native Plant Market Next Market Day is 7 December, 8.30am-3pm At Cool Country Natives, Pialligo Held on 1st Saturday of the month, mostly in Spring, Summer and Autumn. Friends of ANBG Spring Plant Sale Saturday 9 November, 8:30am to 11:00am or earlier if sold out, in the small car park behind the Crosbie Morrison Centre at the ANBG.
ANBG Thursday Talks, 12.30-1.30pm, Theatrette 7 November ‘History of Australia in Seven
Rocks’ - Dr Marita Bradshaw 14 November ‘When Aliens Invade: The Impact of
Invasive Species on Norfolk Island’s Native Vegetation’ - Leah Dann‘
21 November ‘Night Parrot the Bird and the Politics’ - Dr Penny Olsen
28 November ‘Vegetation Types, Vegetation Dynamics and Fire Ecology on Black Mountain’ - Michael Doherty
Growers at Australian Native Plant Market at Cool Country Natives, Pialligo. Lucinda Royston photos Lt – Annabelle, Iris and Alison, Ian. Below – Bill, Darren and Naomi. ANPS Contacts
President: Ben Walcott [email protected] ( 6161 2742 Secretary: Garth Chamberlain [email protected] ( 0417 661 047 Membership: Bronwyn Blake [email protected] Bulletin Editor: Lucinda Royston [email protected]
