2011 Calendar

  All members are welcome to attend District Group meetings.   If your group has an activity that you would like advertised, email it to the office.
  The District Group Diary was compiled by Jan Carnes.

  2012 calendar

January February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Sat 1 South East Region Contact Jan on 6494 1049 or Jill on 4471 7053 for location
Wed 5 Newcastle Meeting 7.30pm at The Wetlands Ctre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland
Sat 8 Blue Mountains Outing to Mount York. Contact Jim Ward 4735 1965
Thu 13 Hawkesbury Meeting at Council Nursery, McGrath's Hill
Sun 16 Coffs Harbour Outing to Coffs Harbour Regional Botanic Gardens . Leader: Barry Kemp. Meet at carpark 9am
Sat 22 South East Region Outing to Camel Rock Picnic Area. Wallaga Lake - meet 10.30am - tour of Montreal Goldfields
Wed 26 Blue Mountains Australia Day at Glenbrook Oval - plant stall
Fri 28 Tamworth Meeting 8pm at Tamworth Regional BG Meeting Room. Speaker:
Sun 30 Armidale and District 8am to 12.30pm Markets in the Mall
February January | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Wed 2 East Hills Meeting 7.30pm at Peakhurst Sth P/S Library, Monterra Ave, Peakhurst Speaker: Gordon Brooks on Eremophila
Wed 2 Newcastle Meeting 7.30pm at The Wetlands Ctre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker: Tony Clark on Phaius australis (Lesser Swamp-Orchids)
Thu 3 Northern Beaches Meeting 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why
Thu 3 Southern Highlands Meeting at 2.00pm CWA Hall Moss Vale. Speaker: Luke from Wariapendi
Fri 4 Blue Mountains AGM 8pm at Native Plant Reserve, Great Western Highway, Glenbrook
Fri 4 Southern Tablelands Contact Tim Hayes on 4822 4949 for location
Mon 7 Illawarra Meeting at 7.30pm. Corrimal Community Hall, 15 Short St, Corrimal
Tue 8 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 9 Coffs Harbour Meeting 7:30pm at Botanic Gdns Display Room, Hardacre St, Coffs Harbour. Speaker: tba
Wed 9 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker: Lloyd Hedges Desert Plant Survey
Thu 10 Hawkesbury Meeting at Council Nursery, McGrath's Hill
Thu 10 Nowra Meeting 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne St, Nowra Speaker: Dr Peter Fullager on Shorebird Research in Australia and in the USA at Delaware Bay
Fri 11 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Karlo Taliana on Natives in Suburbia
Fri 11 City-St George Meeting (AGM) 6:30pm at Committee Rm, Rockdale Town Hall, cnr Bryant St and Princes Hwy, Rockdale
Fri 11 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. AGM and Speaker: Peter Abell on Breeding and Development of Native Plant Varieties
Sat 12 Nowra 30th Anniversary celebration. To be held at Wirreecoo Garden Reserve at 12 noon. B.Y.O. everything, BBQ facilities available
Sun 13 Armidale and District 5:30-7.00pm AGM followed at 7.30pm by a Workshop: Sowing Seeds and Potting On. Venue: Tree Group Woodland Centre, Armidale
Sun 13 Central Coast Bushwalk: Kincumber Mountain. Meet at 10am in the carpark at the top of Kincumba Mountain
Sun 13 Newcastle Mooney Mooney Creek Walk, leader: Karen Thumm. Meet: Karool Rd at the Junction of the Pacific Highway, Somersby at 10am
Tue 15 Newcastle Outing to Glenrock Lagoon. Meet at Kahibah Park at 10am
Wed 16 Coffs Harbour Meeting 7pm at Botanic Gardens Display Room, Hardacre St, Coffs Harbour. Speaker: tba
Wed 16 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 16 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan. Speaker: Kristine Gow on her deep interest in and experiences of the use of native plants for gardens
Wed 16 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker: Alan Fairley
Fri 18 APS NSW Region 8pm Ermington Community Centre, 10 River Rd, Ermington. Speaker: Tim Entwisle on the appropriateness of the four seasons
Sat 19 Northern Beaches Walk: Warriewood Wetlands
Sat 19 Sutherland Walk and Brunch in Royal National Park
Sun 20 Armidale and District Outing 10.30am at Black Gully Reserve followed by lunch at 12.30pm at the Grand Hotel
Fri 25 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: David Banks on Queensland Orchids
Fri 25 Tamworth Meeting 8pm at Tamworth Regional Botanic Garden Meeting Room
Sun 27 Armidale and District 8am to 12.30pm Markets in the Mall
Mon 28 North Shore Walks and Talks: Introductory Talk and Walk at Ku-ring-ai Wildflower Garden
March January | February | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Tue 1 Armidale and District Arboretum: working bee
Wed 2 East Hills Meeting 7.30pm at Peakhurst Sth P/S Library, Monterra Ave, Peakhurst. Speaker: Mark Ferrington on Grow What Where
Wed 2 Newcastle Meeting 7.30pm at The Wetlands Ctre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker Mick Roderick on Hunter Habitats – Birds of the Hunter Valley and the plants that make them tick
Thu 3 Northern Beaches Meeting 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Richard Hunstead Flowering Plants from Summer Walks
Thu 3 Nowra Plant Identificatin Walk at Greenfields Beach. Meet at Greenfields Car Park at 9.30am
Thu 3 Sutherland Weekday working bee, Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 4 Blue Mountains Meeting 8pm at Native Plant Reserve, Great Western Highway, Glenbrook. Richard Johnstone will speak on seed collection
Sat 5 South East Region Watery Fowls. Contact Jan on 6494 1049 or Jill on 4471 7053 for location
Sun 6 Blue Mountains Clean Up Australia Day 9am-noon, meet at entrance Native Plant Reserve, Great Western Highway, Glenbrook
Sun 6 City-St George Clean up Australia Day
Sun 6 Nowra Propagation Day - From 10am at Warwick & Glenis Dix place - 6 O’Connell Place Gerringong
Sun 6 Southern Highlands Jonquil Temple’s garden
Sun 6 Sutherland Working bee, Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Mon 7 Illawarra Meeting 7.30pm at Corrimal Community Hall, 15 Short St, Corrimal
Mon 7 North Shore Walks and Talks: The Plant Kingdom
Tue 8 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 9 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker: A representative from Sydney Water
Wed 9 Parramatta and The Hills 10am Propagation at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 10 Hawkesbury Meeting at Council Nursery, McGrath's Hill
Thu 10 Nowra Meeting 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne St, Nowra. Speaker: Doug Rickard Flora of South Australia including Kangaroo & Flinders Islands
Fri 11 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Gordon Brooks from the Eremophila Study Group
Fri 11 City-St George Meeting 6:30pm at Committee Rm, Rockdale Town Hall, cnr Bryant St and Princes Hwy, Rockdale. Speaker: Nick Renneberg on Native Plants of the Eastern Suburbs
Fri 11 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: John Martyn on Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley
Sat 12 Southern Tablelands 10am - 2pm Plant sale at Bourke St School
Sun 13 Central Coast Bushwalk Guringai Track, Katandra Reserve, Lisarow Meet 10 am at the picnic area beside St.Johns Lookout, Lisarow
Sun 13 Newcastle Mount Sugarloaf Picnic and walk led by Leanne Pattinson. Meet: Picnic grounds on the right hand side at the end of Mount Sugarloaf Rd at 10am
Sun 13 Tamworth Garden Walk – Sharon Taylor, Bill & Sonya Hardin, Malcolm Bayliss
Mon 14 North Shore Walks and Talks: Parts of the Plant – Flowers
Tue 15 Armidale and District General Meeting 7:30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre, Armidale. Speaker: John Hunter
Tue 15 Newcastle Outing to Ken & Audrey Owens’ walk at Redhead. Meet at Webb Park, Redhead at 10am
Wed 16 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland. Speaker Andrew Melville on Plants of the Central Coast
Wed 16 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 16 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker: Lloyd Hedges on his experiences with plants of our desert regions
Sat 19 Coffs Harbour Outing to Armidale - hosted by Armidale District Group
Sat 19 Northern Beaches Walk
Sat 19 Nowra Garden Visits. (Instructions at March 10 meeting.)
Sat 19 Sutherland Walk: Engadine loop
Sun 20 Central Coast 2pm Plants in Pots group will meet at the home of Barbara & Andrew, 83 Malison St, Wyoming
Sun 20 Central West Bushwalk -Dunns Swamp. Meet 9.30am BridgeView Inn, Rylstone
Sun 20 City-St George 10am Working bee Greenway Bushcare/WEG - meet at end Pigott St, Dulwich Hill
Sun 20 Coffs Harbour Outing to Armidale - hosted by Armidale District Group
Mon 21 North Shore Walks and Talks: Ferns, Cycads and Conifers
Thu 24 Nowra 9am Plant Identification Walk. Upper Kangaroo Valley – Meet Cambewarra Rd near Sale yards
Thu 24 Southern Tablelands 10am - noon Infomation Stall in Centro Mall
Thu 24 Sutherland Seniors Week walk, Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve Kareela
Fri 25 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: Jonathan Lidbetter on Myrtle Rust
Fri 25 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm at Tamworth Regional Botanic Garden Meeting Room. Speaker: Tony Cook
Sun 27 Armidale and District 8am to 12.30pm Markets in the Mall
Sun 27 Tamworth Garden Walk – Michelle Bryan, Julie Fishenden and the Botanic Garden to look at the threatened species project
Mon 28 North Shore Walks and Talks: Banksias (Proteaceae)
Thu 31 Nowra Plant Identification Walk. Wallaby Trail – Meet near cemetery 9am or Blackbutt Rd at 9.30am
April January | February | March | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Sat 2 Southern Tablelands Exploratory visit of roadside areas north of the Crookwell-Taralga line (looking mainly at roadside vegetation). Leave from Major Drive at 8.45 am
Sun 3 Blue Mountains Garden Inspection. For details look at the Activites page on our
Sun 3 Sutherland Working bee: Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Mon 4 North Shore Walks and Talks: Parts of the Plant - Stem and Leaves
Tue 5 Armidale and District Arboretum 1pm: working bee
Wed 6 Coffs Harbour Meeting: 7.30pm Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens Display Room. Speaker: Geoff Clarke on Rock Hopping in South West WA
Wed 6 East Hills 7.30pm Meeting at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Members' Evening. Please prepare a short item on something of interest to you
Thu 7 Northern Beaches Meeting 7.30pm Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Russell Beardmore on ‘Wildflowers of Central Australia, Newhaven July 2010’
Thu 7 Nowra Plant Identification Walk. Bamarang Water Treatment Walk, Yalwal Rd – Meet cemetery 9am
Thu 7 Southern Highlands Meeting 2pm at CWA Hall, Elizabeth St, Moss Vale (Next to Council Building). Speaker: Wendy Johnston, on the Pros and Cons of Plant Selection
Thu 7 Sutherland Weekday Working bee: Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 8 Central Coast Meeting: 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Anthony O'Halloran on the Pilliga Scrub
Fri 8 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Dennis Collins on Plant and Insect Interactions
Sun 10 Central Coast Bushwalk: Strickland Falls. Meet 10am in the Banksia carpark at Strickland State Forest. (Turn left at the top of Mangrove Rd in Narara and follow the fire trail.)
Sun 10 North Shore Bushwalk: Blackbutt Creek, Gordon. Meet 1.30pm at entry to the Blackbutt Creek track in Vale Street Gordon, between Moree and Dumaresq Streets
Tue 12 Armidale and District Meeting at Woodland Centre 5.30 – 7.00pm
Tue 12 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 13 Menai Meeting in Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters at 7.30pm. Speaker: Carolyn Gillard on Landscape Designs
Wed 13 Parramatta and The Hills 10am Propagation at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 14 Nowra 7.30pm Meeting at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne St, Nowra. Speaker: Avalynne Wilby – Green Waste in the Shoalhaven
Fri 15 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm - Botanic Garden Tamworth. For the guest speaker spot we will show the ANPSA DVD highlighting the coming biennial conference
Sat 16 City-St George Working Bee - Growers for Greenspace/Bushcare, Ismay Reserve (enter from between 52 & 54 Ismay Ave) Homebush
Sat 16 Menai Working Bee. Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters at 9am
Sun 17 Armidale and District 8am to 12.30pm Markets in the Mall
Sun 17 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Cadigal Reserve, Summer Hill (Meet off Grosvernor Cres Summer Hill)
Sun 17 Newcastle Walk at Wyee through angophora/heath scrub
Sun 17 Northern Beaches Planting at Stony Range
Tue 19 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum 7:30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre, Armidale. Speaker: Nic Cobcroft - Wetlands
Wed 20 Hunter Valley Meeting. 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland. Speaker: Graeme Mee on Walking in Tasmania
Wed 20 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 20 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker: Stewart Harris on Pests including Cane Toads
Sat 23 Southern Tablelands Plant sale at Bungonia Markets 9 - 2
Wed 27 City-St George Introduction to Nature Photography, Sutherland. National Parks & Wildlife
Thu 28 Nowra Bundanoon Walk – Meet at Sales Yard Cambewarra Rd North Nowra at 8.30am
Sat 30 Menai Walk Heathcote Rd to Lucas Heights
Sat 30 Sutherland Visit to Mt Penang Parklands, Kariong. Arrive at 10.30am
May January | February | March | April | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Sun 1 Southern Highlands Walk and Talk at Mt Gibraltar with Geoff Allen and a look at his garden. Meet 10am in Oxley Drive, just opposite Duke Street
Sun 1 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am - noon at Joseph Banks Reserve, Manooka Place, Kareela
Mon 2 North Shore Walks and Talks: Plant Propagation
Tue 3 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Wed 4 East Hills 7.30pm Meeting at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Trivia Night
Thu 5 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Show & Tell. Please bring yourgarden samples and stories
Thu 5 Nowra Peppers Gap Trail – Meet at cemetery 9am or Turpentine Rd & Braidwood Rd at 9.30am
Thu 5 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve, Manooka Place, Kareela
Fri 6 Blue Mountains General Meeting. Speaker: Kevin Bell on A Volunteer-Run Commercial Nursery
Sat 7 South East Region Meeting 10.30am at Horse island. Formal Gardens with Australian Plants. Please bring morning tea, lunch, a chair and walking shoes
Sat 7 Southern Tablelands Trip to Box Vale walking Track
Mon 9 North Shore Walks and Talks: Eucalypts, Angophoras and Corymbias (Myrtaceae)
Tue 10 Armidale and District Meeting at Woodland Centre 5.30–7.00pm
Tue 10 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 11 Menai Meeting in Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters at 7.30pm. Speaker- Philip Moore on his WA Plant Study Trip
Wed 11 Parramatta and The Hills 10am Propagation at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 12 Nowra Meeting. 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne Street, Nowra. Speaker: Jodie Dunn on South Coast Shore Bird Recovery Program
Fri 13 Central Coast Meeting: 7.15pm at Phillip House, Old Mt. Penang Road, Kariong. Speaker: Kyrill Taylor on Ferns
Fri 13 City-St George Meeting: 6.30pm in Committee Room, Rockdale Town Hall, corner Bryant St and Princes Hwy, Rockdale.(Up the stairs near the library). Speaker: Nick Renneberg on Native plants of the Eastern Suburbs
Fri 13 North Shore Meeting: 7.30pm at Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: George Adams on Attracting Birds to your Garden
Sat 14 City-St George Working Bee 9am-1pm Growers for Greenspace, Riverglade Reserve at the end of Waruda Place, Huntley’s Cove (Hunters Hill)
Sat 14 Menai Working Bee. Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters at 9am
Sat 14 Tamworth Sustainable Living Expo at Tamworth TAFE
Sun 15 Central Coast Bushwalk: 10am Moonee Moonee Creek. Directions: From Wiseman’s Ferry Rd turn onto the Old Pacific Highway and continue about 3 km right to the bottom of the hill and the old bridge crossing Moonee Moonee Creek. Turn right immediately after crossing the bridge into Karool Rd (dirt track) and follow it for about 1km, taking the LH fork as you pass under the Freeway Bridge. This track is a bit rough and puddly after rain. Park beside the gate at the end of the track
Sun 15 Central West Propogation Day
Sun 15 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG- Lords Rd, Leichhardt (meet alongside Hawthorne Canal pathway, south of tunnel)
Sun 15 Coffs Harbour Outing: 10am Geoff and Gwyn Clarke's Garden 123 Sandstone Dr Kungala. Phone: 0419414324
Sun 15 North Shore Walk at Dangar Island. Meet 10.20am at the Dangar Island Ferry Wharf, Brooklyn. Bring: hat, sunscreen, walking shoes, lunch, snacks and drinks. Ferry fare is $11.60 return, $5.80 for pensioners and kids
Sun 15 Tamworth Sustainable Living Expo at Tamworth TAFE
Mon 16 North Shore Walks and Talks: Plant Communities
Tue 17 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum 7.30pm Speaker: Peter Metcalfe -Yellow Box Woodlands
Wed 18 Hunter Valley General Meeting: 7.45pm at Polish Hall Corner Grant & Old Rose Streets Maitland
Wed 18 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 18 Sutherland Meeting. 8pm at Gymea Community Centre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker: Matthew Mo on Sydney's Lizards
Fri 20 APS NSW Region 7.30pm (note earlier start) Ermington Community Centre, 10 River Rd, Ermington. AGM. Speaker: Peter Abell on Plant Breeding and Plant Varieties
Sat 21 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 21 Northern Beaches Visit: Ingleside Bushfire Brigade. Advise on plants for garden beds, followed by a visit to Willandra Nursery
Sat 21 Parramatta and The Hills Arcadia School Fete – Group and APS promotion – plants on sale
Sun 22 Armidale and District Outing. Trip to Imbota Reserve Leader: Peter Metcalfe Meet at McDonald Park 10.00am
Sun 22 Tamworth Bush Walk to Teamsters Rest (Near Crawney’s Pass) - John Hosking will show us around some interesting flora areas
Mon 23 North Shore Walks and Talks: Geology of Sydney Region
Thu 26 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: Bamarang Water Treatment Works Yalwal Rd – meet cemetery 9am
Fri 27 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: Kyrill Taylor on Native Ferns
Fri 27 Tamworth 7.30pm Meeting – Botanic Garden Tamworth - Guest Speaker – Anthony O’Halloran
Sat 28 Menai Walk Georges River NP
Sun 29 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Sun 29 Sutherland Walk: The Wolli Creek Valley
Mon 30 North Shore Walks and Talks: Rainforests
June January | February | March | April | May | July | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Wed 1 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library, Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Speaker: Lloyd Hedges on 'Recent Trip to Inland Australia'
Wed 1 Newcastle Meeting: 7.30pm at The Wetlands Centre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker: Mark Higgins on 'Photography- Hints for Great Photos'
Thu 2 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Mark Abell on 'Using Native Fish & Plants to Create a Healthy & Attractive Watergarden'
Thu 2 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: George Evans Rd & Thompsons Point, West Nowra – meet cemetery 9am
Thu 2 Southern Highlands Meeting 2pm at CWA Hall, Elizabeth St, Moss Vale (Next to Council Building). Speaker: Catherine Lewis (landscaper)
Thu 2 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 3 Newcastle Kooragang Wetlands Trivia Night: 7-10pm St Andrews Church hall, 31 Church St, Mayfield. Cost $10 per person. Supper provided
Sat 4 Northern Beaches Working bee: 1.30am at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Help plant out waratahs
Sat 4 Nowra Enviro Day Expo – The Lady Denman Heritage Complex, Dent St Huskisson
Sat 4 Southern Tablelands Trip to Bangadilly National Park
Sat 4 Tamworth Garden Walk - Ray & Carol Forge
Sun 5 Blue Mountains Meet 10.30am in Wilson Park adjacent to Falls Road Wentworth Falls. We will be looking at swamp plants along the Darwin Walk. This will be an easy walk. The meeting point is about 10 minutes walk from Wentworth Falls Station where a train from the city arrives at 10.10am
Sun 5 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Mon 6 North Shore Walks and Talks: Longer walk (bring lunch and water)
Tue 7 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Wed 8 Coffs Harbour Meeting: 7pm at the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens display room in Hardacre Street. Speaker: John Wrigley on 'Unusual Native Plants'
Wed 8 Menai Meeting: 7.30pm at Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters. Speaker: Chris Lloyd on 'Sea Birds'
Wed 8 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 9 Nowra Meeting: 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne Street, Nowra. Speaker: Fran Clements on Where the Bush meets the Sea
Fri 10 Central Coast Meeting: 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Anthony O'Halloran on 'The Pilliga Scrub'
Fri 10 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Dr Edward Liew on Diseases in Myrtaceae
Sat 11 Menai Working bee: 9am at Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters
Sun 12 Central Coast Bushwalk: Mount Wandabyne from Woy Woy Tip. Meet 10am at Woy Woy Tip - park on left side of the gates to the tip
Sun 12 Newcastle Outing: Visit to David Litchfield's garden. Meet 10am at 19 Murray Street Jewells
Sun 12 North Shore Walk: Refuge Rock Cherrybrook. Meet 2pm at end of Trevors Lane, Cherrybrook (near end of Purchase Rd)
Tue 14 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 15 Hunter Valley Meeting: 7.45pm at Polish Hall Corner Grant & Old Rose Streets Maitland. Speaker: Tony Clarke on 'Phaius australis'
Wed 15 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 15 Menai Blue Walk. Meet 10am beside Old Illawarra Rd opposite ANSTO turn off
Wed 15 Sutherland Meeting: 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Film from the National Parks Association on Green Corridors
Sat 18 Central West Meeting: 10.30am Panthers Rotary Boardroom, Bathurst. Speaker: Professor David Goldney on 'The natural History of Bathurst: Plants & People'
Sat 18 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 18 Hunter Valley Outing to Cranky Corner. Meet 9am in Lions Park at Bolwarra
Sat 18 Northern Beaches Bushwalk along Cowan Track. Meet 9.30am atCullamine Road at the corner with Napulya Street, Duffy's Forest
Sun 19 Armidale and District Solstice Luncheon at Liisa Atherton’s 12.00
Sun 19 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Waratah Mills, Dulwich Hill (meet NE corner Johnson Park, Dulwich Hill)
Sun 19 Sutherland Walk: Royal National Park, 5 km Easy. Meet at Engadine station at 9.30 am
Tue 21 Newcastle Walk: Meet 10am at Cooranbong Park on Freemans Drive. After morning tea drive to near Swinging Bridge for a walk along the 1.5km Sandy Creek Walking Track
Thu 23 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: Currambene State Forest, South Nowra – meet cemetery 9am or corner Princes Highway & Forest Rd 9.20am
Fri 24 Tamworth 7.30pm Meeting – Botanic Garden Tamworth. Annual General Meeting - No guest speaker
Sat 25 Nowra Trip to Mirambeena, 77 Nerringillah Rd. Bendalong. Meet 9.30am at Bewong Service Centre. Bring a $5 donation entry fee, morning tea, lunch and a chair
Sun 26 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Thu 30 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: Ben’s Walk – meet at Hanging Rock Lookout behind Nowra Showground 9.30am
July January | February | March | April | May | June | August | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Sat 2 South East Region Bush Care Skills Demonstration by Peter Gow, Eurobodalla Shire Landcare Community Support Officer .Meet at 10.30am. Meeet in car park at Broulee Surf Club
Sat 2 Southern Tablelands Trip to Meryla
Sun 3 Blue Mountains General Meeting. Speaker Mark Abell on Australian Native Ponds
Sun 3 Southern Highlands Walk at Fitsroy Falls. Meet 10am at the Visitors' Centre
Sun 3 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am - 12 noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Tue 5 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee - 1.00pm
Wed 6 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library, Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Speaker: Mark Abell on 'Flora of the Grampians'
Wed 6 Newcastle Meeting: 7.30pm at The Wetlands Centre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker: Robert Gibson on 'Trip to Western Australia'
Thu 7 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: Bamarang Water Treatment Works Yalwal Rd – meet 9am at cemetery
Thu 7 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 8 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong
Fri 8 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Bill Jones and Wendy Grimm on Orchids of the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden
Sun 10 Central Coast Bushwalk
Sun 10 Coffs Harbour Outing to Sherwood Nature Reserve Glenreagh. Meet 9.30am at the Moonee Tavern. Leader: John Wrigley
Sun 10 Newcastle Working Bee: 10am at Parry Place, Hunter Region Botanic gardens
Sun 10 North Shore Working Bee at Ku-rin-gai Wildflower Gardens. Meet 11am at the shadehouse new Dampier's Clearing
Sun 10 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Stuart Read on 'History of Australian Native Garden Design'
Sun 10 Tamworth Nursery Visit – Bilby Blooms, Binnaway
Tue 12 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 13 Menai Meeting: 7.30pm at Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters. Speaker: Les Bursill on 'Wandjina figures in The Shire'
Wed 13 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 14 Nowra Meeting: 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne Street, Nowra. Speaker: Alan Stephenson on Orchids and his 'Orchids of the Shoalhaven' book
Sat 16 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sun 17 Central Coast Plants in Pots Meeting
Sun 17 Central West Colin Fenn - How to build your own bird bath $30 per member (Maximum 15 - must be booked in advance) Safety equipment required
Sun 17 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Davis Street, Dulwich Hill (meet end Davis St cul de sac Dulwich Hill)
Sun 17 Menai Whale Watching Walk Cape Solander. Meet 10am at Potter Point 10am for car pool to Cape Solander
Sun 17 Northern Beaches 10am Lake Parramatta walk and picnic
Tue 19 Newcastle Excursion to Columbey National Park
Wed 20 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 20 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 20 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker Bev Debrincat from The Habitat Network on 'Restoring Natural Capital with some examples of environmental projects taking place around the world; what can be done locally; the Save Manly Project.'
Thu 21 Southern Highlands Visit from Paul Kennedy who will talk about Hakeas. This will be at Kris Gow’s garden at Hilltop, with the Macarthur Group
Fri 22 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: Mark Ferrington on Grow What, Where
Sat 23 Armidale and District Weekend visit to Hat Head National Park
Sat 23 Armidale and District Weekend visit to Hat Head National Park
Sat 23 City-St George Photographic Outing to Bexley Quarry. Meet 10am at the end of Vernon Rd (car acess via Lloyd St)
Sat 23 Nowra Group visit to Grevillea Park. We are going to car pool. The gates are open from 10am - 4pm
Sat 23 Sutherland Walk: Wises Track, Royal National Park. Meet 9.30am under the trees at Sutherland swimming pool
Sat 23 Tamworth Meeting – We are having a day meeting at Marilyn McGregor’s place - Guest Speaker – Kate Mclaren
Mon 25 North Shore Walks and Talks: Flowering Plants and their Pollinators
Thu 28 Nowra Plant Identification Walk: Currambene State Forest, South Nowra – Meet 9am at cemetery or 9.20am corner Princes Highway & Forest Road
Sun 31 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
August January | February | March | April | May | June | July | September | October | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Mon 1 North Shore Walks and Talks: Acacias (Mimosaeae)
Tue 2 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Wed 3 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Domestic Matters & Discussion of Group Library
Wed 3 Newcastle Meeting 7.30pm at The Wetlands Ctre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker: Lucy Bates on 'Australian Open Garden Scheme'
Wed 3 South East Region Meeting
Thu 4 Nowra Plant identification Walk: Bomaderry Creek . Meet in Nerang Road at the Tennis Courts 9am. Travelling north along highway from Shoalhaven River bridge take the second round-about to the left into Nerang Road
Thu 4 Southern Highlands Meeting 2pm at CWA Hall, Elizabeth St, Moss Vale (Next to Council Building). Speaker: Graeme Ingall on 'Flora of the Central Coast National Parks'
Thu 4 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 5 Southern Tablelands Meeting 7.30 pm, 7 Major Drive Goulburn. Rodney Falconer on the Goulburn Wetlands Project
Sat 6 Menai Birds in Backyard: Carss Park
Sat 6 Tamworth Nursery Visit – Mole Station. Two day trip – Details to come
Sun 7 Blue Mountains Seminar: After the Burning: Fire and its impact on plants and plant communities. For more information click here
Sun 7 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Sun 7 Tamworth Nursery Visit – Mole Station. Two day trip – Details to come
Mon 8 North Shore Walks and Talks: Heath Plants (Ericaceae)
Tue 9 Armidale and District Meeting 5.30pm at Col Mulquiney's place
Tue 9 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 10 Coffs Harbour Meeting 7:30pm at Botanic Gdns Display Room, Hardacre St, Coffs Harbour. Speaker: Gwyn Clarke on 'Plant Hunting on Australian Plant Society National Tours'
Wed 10 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker- Brendon Bell on' Winter skywatching'
Wed 10 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 11 Nowra Meeting: 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne Street, Nowra. Speaker: John Gabriele on 'Australian Plants & their Relationship to the Local Environment'
Fri 12 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Jonathon Lidbetter on 'Myrtle Rust'
Fri 12 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Cas Liber on Banksias: What to Grow in Sydney from a Horticultural and Conservation Perspective
Sat 13 Tamworth Garden Walk – Gwen Bowden, Matt Cosgrove & Tony Cook
Sun 14 Central Coast Bushwalk: Meet 10am at Staples Lookout on Woy Woy Rd, just south of Kariong
Sun 14 Newcastle Garden Visit to David Litchfield's -19 Murray Street Jewells. Meet at 9.00am
Sun 14 North Shore Walk on Waratah Track, West Head Road. Meet 11.30am at Number 2 post (Waratah Track) on the left along West
Sun 14 Sutherland Garden Visits: Come along, get ideas and advice or even some cuttings. (a) 1.00pm – Joan Collins, 41 North West Arm Rd, Gymea (b) 2.30pm – Leonie Hogue, 75a Wattle Rd, Jannali. Walk down the right of way (c) 3.45pm – Aileen Phipps, 62 Scylla Rd, Oyster Bay
Mon 15 North Shore Walks and Talks: Boronias and other Rutaceae
Tue 16 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum at 7.30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre. Speaker: Nick Sadgrove on 'Chemical Properties of Australian Plants'
Wed 17 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 17 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 17 Menai Walk: Blue Track. Meet 10am at ANSTO carpark
Wed 17 Southern Tablelands Propagation and preparation: 9.00am - noon at Jen's place
Wed 17 Sutherland Meeting: 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Ralph Cartwright: 'The Banksia Farm, Western Australia'
Thu 18 APS NSW Region ABC Garden Expo. Volunteers needed to set up a stall in the afternoon. For more information click here
Fri 19 APS NSW Region ABC Garden Expo. Volunteers needed to staff our stall. For more information click here
Fri 19 APS NSW Region Meeting at Ermington Community Centre, 10 River Road, Ermington. Speaker: Michael Bailey on the various ways plants achieve fertilisation and the creatures involved.
Fri 19 Central Coast Weekend at Gloucester. Place:
Sat 20 APS NSW Region ABC Garden Expo. Volunteers needed to staff our stall. For more information click here
Sat 20 Central Coast Weekend at Gloucester. Place:
Sat 20 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 20 Northern Beaches Visit to Georgine’s garden
Sun 21 APS NSW Region ABC Garden Expo. Volunteers needed to staff our stall. For more information click here
Sun 21 Armidale and District Goonoowigall Bushland Reserve on the Tinga Rd, 5km S of Inverell. Meetatsaleyards at 8.15 for car pooling. Morning tea at Goonoowigal at 10.30 (Bundarra to Inverell Rd entry – closest to Inverell). Next turn after Golf Club. Bring morning tea and lunch
Sun 21 Central Coast Weekend at Gloucester. Place:
Sun 21 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Pigott St Dulwich Hill (Area 2 adj Hoskins Park)
Mon 22 Central Coast Weekend at Gloucester. Place:
Mon 22 North Shore Walks and Talks: Hakeas and Grevilleas (Proteaceae)
Fri 26 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: Assoc Prof Michelle Leishman on 'How will native plants and vegetation fare as our climate changes?'
Fri 26 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm Botanic Garden Tamworth - No Guest Speaker as Burrendong is the next day
Sat 27 APS NSW Region Regional get-together Burrendong Arboretum. For more information click here
Sun 28 APS NSW Region Regional get-together Burrendong Arboretum. For more information click here
Sun 28 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Sun 28 Armidale and District Tree planting to honour Barbara Colledge - Alma Park Uralla
Sun 28 North Shore Festival of Wildflowers at Kur-ring-gai Wildflower garden St Ives. (Held in conjunction with Kur-ring-gai Council.)
Sun 28 Parramatta and The Hills Walk in Mougamarra Nature Reserve. Meet 10.30am
Mon 29 North Shore Walks and Talks: Peas (Fabaceae)
Mon 29 Tamworth Warrumbungles Tag Along Tour with Anthony O’Halloran – details to come
Tue 30 Tamworth Warrumbungles Tag Along Tour with Anthony O’Halloran – details to come
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Day Date Group Event
Thu 1 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Dr Peter Watson, Senior Research Scientist National Herbarium of NSW on 'Persoonias'
Thu 1 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 2 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Jeremy Smith on 'Teaching about Australian Natives at TAFE'
Sat 3 South East Region Meeting & Garden Visits 10.30am. Visit Pete and Jenny John's garden and Don and Carol's Garden after lunch
Sat 3 Tamworth 9.00am Seed Collecting and Seed Propagation workshop with Bill Hardin
Sun 4 Northern Beaches Spring Sale Day at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why
Sun 4 Southern Highlands Visit to private gardens in Bundanoon
Sun 4 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Mon 5 North Shore Walks and Talks: Orchids (Orchidaceae)
Tue 6 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Wed 7 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Speaker: Kyrill Taylor on 'Ferns'
Wed 7 Newcastle Meeting: 7.30pm at The Wetlands Centre, Sandgate Rd, Shortland. Speaker: Dick Turner on 'Mistletoes'
Thu 8 Central Coast Springtime Flora Festival 9am-5pm at Mt.Penang, Kangoo Rd, off Pacific Highway, Kariong. Native Plants Display Tube Stock for Sale. Inquiries – contact Elsie Bartlett on 4365 5049
Thu 8 Nowra Meeting: 7.30pm at Nowra Town Band Hall, 174 Kinghorne Street, Nowra. Members are invited to bring up to 3 items of interest for 'show and tell'
Fri 9 Central Coast Springtime Flora Festival 9am-5pm at Mt.Penang, Kangoo Rd, off Pacific Highway, Kariong. Native Plants Display Tube Stock for Sale. Inquiries – contact Elsie Bartlett on 4365 5049
Fri 9 City-St George 6.30pm Meeting in Committee Room, Rockdale Town Hall, corner Bryant St and Princes Hwy, Rockdale.(Up the stairs near the library)
Fri 9 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Geoff Sainty on Estuary Plants: Who are they and what can we do to keep them?
Sat 10 Blue Mountains Spring Fair
Sat 10 Central Coast Springtime Flora Festival 9am-5pm at Mt.Penang, Kangoo Rd, off Pacific Highway, Kariong. Native Plants Display Tube Stock for Sale. Inquiries – contact Elsie Bartlett on 4365 5049
Sat 10 Nowra Spring Garden Visits – 1. John and Jenny Kubale. 45 Ironbark Road, Cambewarra (morning tea); 2. Peter and Linda Mair. 10 Emery's Road, Tapitallee (lunch); 3. Brian and Judy Forgan. 109 Browns Mountain Rd Tapitallee
Sun 11 Armidale and District Visit to Tamworth Gardens
Sun 11 Blue Mountains Spring Fair
Sun 11 Central Coast Springtime Flora Festival 9am-4pm at Mt.Penang, Kangoo Rd, off Pacific Highway, Kariong. Native Plants Display Tube Stock for Sale. Inquiries – contact Elsie Bartlett on 4365 5049
Sun 11 Coffs Harbour Outing to Red Rock Headland. Meet 9.30am at the Moonee Tavern car park. Leader: Barry Kemp
Sun 11 North Shore Garden Visits: Ian and Tamara Cox's garden and Boongala Native Gardens at Kenthurst . Meet 10am at 5 Ivy Place Kenthurst
Sun 11 Sutherland Spring Walks, Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve, Kareela, 10 – 4 pm
Sun 11 Tamworth Garden Walk – Hosting Armidale – Botanic garden, Tony Croft, Greg Carr and Marilyn McGregor
Mon 12 North Shore Walks and Talks: Waratahs and other Proteaceae
Tue 13 Armidale and District Meeting 5.30pm at Maria Hitchcock's Place
Wed 14 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker: Graeme Davies on 'Growing Native Orchids'
Wed 14 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 15 Southern Highlands Plant propagation and preparation 9am - noon 10 Pomeroy Mill Ford Rd, Mummell
Thu 15 Southern Tablelands Propagation and preparation: 9.00am - noon at Jen's place
Sat 17 Central Coast Wildplants Rescue Service Open Day at the Pioneer Dairy Wetlands at South Tacoma Road, South Tacoma. Entrance to the Wetlands is on the right directly after the railway underpass
Sat 17 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 17 Menai Birds in Backyard: Illawong
Sat 17 Northern Beaches Garden Visit: Penny's Garden at Newport
Sun 18 Central Coast Wildplants Rescue Service Open Day at the Pioneer Dairy Wetlands at South Tacoma Road, South Tacoma. Entrance to the Wetlands is on the right directly after the railway underpass
Sun 18 City-St George 10am Working Bee - Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Pigott St Dulwich Hill (Area 2 adj Hoskins Park)
Sun 18 Menai Menai Community Market
Mon 19 North Shore Walks and Talks: Longer Walk (bring lunch and water)
Tue 20 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum: 7.30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre. Speaker: Kate Boyd on 'Weed Control and Management'
Wed 21 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 21 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 21 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Centre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Spectacular Spring Flowers from members gardens
Fri 23 Parramatta and The Hills Meeting 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill. Speaker: Jo Hambrett on 'Garden Design with Natives'
Fri 23 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm Botanic garden Tamworth. Speaker: Warren Sheather on Acacias
Sat 24 Central West BILS Sensory Garden Working Bee. Starting 8.30am at 369 Stewart St Bathurst (on the Blaney Rd). Contact Lyn Burgett on 63319170 for more information
Sat 24 Menai IRFS Open Day
Sat 24 Tamworth Rotary Garden Expo- Two days – Tamworth Botanic Garden
Sun 25 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Sun 25 Central West Garden Visit: Marcia Bonham & Fiona & Rob Mcgregor. Meet 10am at Marcia’s habitat garden Bondura 250 The Bridle Track, Duramana
Sun 25 Tamworth Rotary Garden Expo- Two days – Tamworth Botanic Garden
Tue 27 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
October January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | November | December
Day Date Group Event
Sat 1 Southern Tablelands 8.30am-2pm Plant Sale at Bungonia Markets
Sun 2 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Sun 2 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Mon 3 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Tue 4 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Tue 4 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Wed 5 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Wed 5 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Members Evening
Thu 6 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Thu 6 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Alec Fisher on 'Flora of the High Artic'
Thu 6 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 7 Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) National Biennial Conference South Australia For more information click here
Sun 9 Blue Mountains Pruning Demonstration by Connie Southwell and Dick Turner
Sun 9 Southern Highlands Kris Gow's garden at Hill Top. Aim to arrive at 10am, with lunch around midday. Please bring a plate of sandwiches to share. Bring your secateurs and plastic bags if you wish to take cuttings.
Tue 11 Armidale and District Meeting 5.30pm: Col Mulquiney's Place
Tue 11 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the car ark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 12 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker: Bev Debrincat on 'Creating Habitats'
Wed 12 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 13 Nowra Berry Garden Festival (till Sunday 16). APS Nowra Group will have a plant stall at Garden No. 8
Thu 13 Nowra Meeting night
Fri 14 Central Coast Meeting 7.30pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Propagating Evening
Fri 14 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Charles Morris & Alison Hewitt on Biology and Conservation of Local Melaleuca Species
Sat 15 Central Coast Wildplant Rescue Service Open Day at Pioneer Dairy Wetlands, South Tacoma Rd, South Tacoma
Sat 15 Central West Garden Visit: Lindy & Dennis Croucher
Sat 15 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 15 East Hills Oatley Spring Fair. We will be selling some of our propagation through the Oatley Flora and Fauna stall.
Sat 15 Northern Beaches Garden Visit. 10am Chrissie's Garden at Newport Beach.
Sat 15 Southern Tablelands Trip to Nattai National Park. This is NE of Mittagong through Colo Vale and Hilltop. The track to the start is suitable for 2wd vehicles. Meet at Major Drive to leave at 8.30am
Sat 15 Sutherland Day trip to the Southern Highlands to explore the Forty Foot Falls track. Meet 10am at the Box Vale Walking Track car park. This is located on the right of the Old Hume Highway just outside town. It is about 300 m after the road crosses the F6 Freeway
Sun 16 Central Coast Bushwalk: Crackneck Track, Wyrrabalong South National Park. Meet 10am at the lookout at the top of Hilltop Road.
Sun 16 City-St George Working Bee - 9am-noon Greenway Bushcare/WEG - Davis Street, Dulwich Hill (meet end Davis St cul de sac Dulwich Hill)
Sun 16 North Shore Walk in Katandra Bushland Sanctuary, Ingleside. Meet 11am at the sanctuary in Lane Cove Rd, Ingleside. The walk is about 2km
Sun 16 Tamworth Bush walk – Sheeba Dams- John Hosking will lead us on a walk around the dams
Mon 17 North Shore Walks and Talks: Speaker Michael Bailey on Australian Bee families
Tue 18 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum: 7.30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre. Speaker: Kel Hardingham on Mintbushes
Tue 18 Nowra Shoalhaven Water Tour. If interested contact Michelle Murdon 4429 3140 to book
Wed 19 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 19 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 19 Menai Working bee: 9am at Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters
Wed 19 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker Dan Clarke on his study of Ajuga australis
Sat 22 Southern Highlands Garden Visit. Meet at 11am in Pat and John Russell's garden
Sat 22 Tamworth Garden and Nursery walk – The Martin Boys
Sun 23 Menai Bushwalk at Sandy Point
Mon 24 North Shore Walks and Talks: Mint Bushes (Lamiaceae)
Fri 28 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm Tamworth Botanic garden. Speaker: Raelene Greenslade on Conservation
Sat 29 Armidale and District Mole Station Weekend
Sun 30 Armidale and District Mole Station Weekend
Sun 30 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Mon 31 North Shore Walks and Talks: Leptospernums and Baeckeas (Myrtaceae)
November January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | December
Day Date Group Event
Tue 1 Armidale and District Arboretum Working Bee 1.00pm
Wed 2 East Hills Meeting: 7.30pm at Peakhurst South Primary School Library Monterra Avenue, Peakhurst. Speaker Leonie Hogue on 'Floral Entries for the Royal Easter Show'
Thu 3 Northern Beaches Meeting: 7.30pm at Stony Range Botanic Garden, Dee Why. Speaker: Dr Hannah McPherson on 'Rainforest Project'
Thu 3 Southern Highlands Meeting 2pm at CWA Hall, Elizabeth St, Moss Vale (Next to Council Building). Speaker: Sarah Cains on the challenges and rewards of gardening in the Highlands using native plants
Thu 3 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Sat 5 Armidale and District St Peter’s Open Gardens – Nevin’s – Tulong Rd, Armidale 10am – 4pm both days Giant Native Plant Sale – Garden tours
Sat 5 Blue Mountains Walk along a fire trail towards Hanging Rock at Blackheath
Sat 5 Southern Tablelands Windellama Field Day - plant sale
Sun 6 Armidale and District St Peter’s Open Gardens – Nevin’s – Tulong Rd, Armidale 10am – 4pm both days Giant Native Plant Sale – Garden tours
Sun 6 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Sun 6 Tamworth Garden walk – Hughie and Annette Mitchell, Jim and Val Davies/Hull, Hazel Kelly
Mon 7 North Shore Walks and Talks: Callistemons, Kunzeas and Melaleucas (Myrtaceae)
Tue 8 Armidale and District Meeting at Woodland Centre 5.30 – 7.00pm
Tue 8 Central Coast Bushcare at Katandra. Meet in the carpark top of Katandra Road Holgate at 9am
Wed 9 Menai Meeting 7.30pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters. Speaker: Peter Olde on 'Spring Flowers'
Wed 9 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Thu 10 Nowra Meeting Night. AGM and Slide Presentation
Fri 11 Central Coast Meeting 7.00pm at Phillip House, 21 Old Mt Penang Rd, Kariong. Speaker: Margarita Clayton on 'Hibbertias'
Fri 11 City-St George 6.30pm Meeting in Committee Room, Rockdale Town Hall, corner Bryant St and Princes Hwy, Rockdale.(Up the stairs near the library). Speakers :Adrian O'Malley on Gilgandra Flora Reserve; Chis King on a garden and bush site near Newland Head National Park near Victor Harbor and Kaye Placing on Kangaroo Island
Fri 11 North Shore Meeting 8pm at Willow Park Community Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. Speaker: Mark Abel on Plants of the Alpine Region
Sun 13 South East Region General meeting & AGM Judith Geary's home, Narrawa Place, Bega. Discussion of native garden design on small acreages
Mon 14 North Shore Walks and Talks: Grasses (Poaceae)
Tue 15 Armidale and District Native Plants Forum: 7.30pm at Tree Group Woodland Centre
Wed 16 Hunter Valley Meeting 7:45pm at Polish Hall, cnr Grant and Old Rose Sts, Maitland
Wed 16 Macarthur Meeting 7.30pm at Birrawa Community Hall, Fitzpatrick St, Mt Annan
Wed 16 Menai Working bee: 9am at Illawong Rural Fire Service Headquarters
Wed 16 Sutherland Meeting 8pm at Gymea Community Ctre, Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Speaker Professor Trevor Wilson on 'Understanding the evolution of pollination.'
Fri 18 APS NSW Region Meeting at Ermington Community Centre, 10 River Road, Ermington. Speaker horticulturist Jennifer Stackhouse.
Fri 18 North Shore Weekend trip to Southern Highlands
Sat 19 Central Coast Wildplant Rescue Service Open Day at Pioneer Dairy Wetlands, South Tacoma Rd, South Tacoma
Sat 19 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sat 19 North Shore Weekend trip to Southern Highlands
Sat 19 Northern Beaches Bushwalk at 10am. Cromer Road
Sat 19 Southern Tablelands Trip to Namadgi NP.
Sun 20 Armidale and District Outing - details later
Sun 20 Central Coast Garden Visits. Two properties will be visited - Angus Stewart's and Veronica and Neil Hockings'. (Newcastle and Hunter groups are also invited.)
Sun 20 City-St George Working Bee - 9am-noon Greenway Bushcare/WEG Waratah Mills, Dulwich Hill (meet NE corner Johnson Park, Dulwich Hill)
Sun 20 North Shore Weekend trip to Southern Highlands
Mon 21 North Shore Walks and Talks: Bird Walk (9.00am start)
Fri 25 Parramatta and The Hills AGM and End of Year Party 8pm at Barton Hall, Hopetoun Village, Anglican Retirement Villages, Castle Hill.
Fri 25 Tamworth Meeting 7.30pm Tamworth Botanic Garden. Speaker to be advised
Sun 27 Armidale and District Markets in the Mall 8.00am–12.30pm
Sun 27 Central West AGM and End of year Function at Alexandra & Rod Tuson's place
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Day Date Group Event
Thu 1 Sutherland Working bee: 9am at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Fri 2 Blue Mountains Christmas BBQ
Sat 3 Central Coast 11.30am Annual General Meeting plus Christmas Dinner plus enjoyment of Orchids. Details in newsletter.
Sat 3 Southern Tablelands End- of-year function
Sun 4 Armidale and District Christmas Function
Sun 4 Hunter Valley Christmas Party
Sun 4 Southern Highlands Christmas outing at Berrima Campground reserve for a walk and festive lunch
Sun 4 Sutherland Working bee: 9.30am-noon at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Wed 7 Coffs Harbour Meeting 7:00pm at Botanic Gardens Display Room, Hardacre St, Coffs Harbour. Speaker: John Wrigley on 'Goodeniaceae'.
Wed 7 East Hills AGM and Christmas Function
Fri 9 City-St George Christmas Get-together
Fri 9 North Shore Christmas party
Fri 9 Tamworth Christmas party & BBQ
Sun 11 Coffs Harbour Christmas Party. See newsletter for details.
Sun 11 Sutherland Christmas Party: 3-5pm at Joseph Banks Reserve Kareela
Wed 14 Menai Meeting & Christmas Party 6.00pm at Illawong Fire Brigade Headquarters
Wed 14 Parramatta and The Hills Propagation: 10.00am at Bidjiwong Community Nursery
Sat 17 City-St George Bush Regenration: 9am at Binnamittalong Garden. Meet at the end of Veron Rd Bexley, (near the creek), car access to Veron Rd is via Lloyd St
Sun 18 City-St George Working Bee - 9am-noon Greenway Bushcare/WEG Pigott St Dulwich Hill (“Area 2” adjacent Hoskins Park)
Sun 18 Northern Beaches 12.30pm Christmas Lunch