SPEAKERS


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustration by Fred Duncan

 

 

 

2008

 

 

Upcoming Speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed Programme of Speakers:-

 

Arrangements only tentative and subject to change

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 1st October - Speaker TBA

 

Rare Plants. 

 

Details T.B.A.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 5th November - Fran Corner

 

Tillegary Habitat. 

 

Details T.B.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Speakers

 

 

2008

 

 

6th February Maree McCarthy Colour in Landscaping
 5th March Paddy Lightfoot Kwongan Sand Country, WA
 2 April  Dr Ross Worrall Fertilising natives.
7th May  Glen Albrecht State of the Environment.
4th June Pam O'Sullivan Fungi
2nd July Peter Olde Grevilleas
6th August  Florence Humpreys  Native Plant Art.
3rd September Bonsai Society Bonsai with Natives.

 

 

2007

 

 7th February Robert Miller Prostantheras
 7th March Ann Loughran Native Plant or Weed.
4th April Graeme Mee Great Ocean Walk.
2nd May Kevin Stokes The Genus - Melaleuca.
6th June Nola French Water Plants
4th July Paul Kennedy` Hakeas
1st August Brian Gerhard Orchids
5th September Marina Grassecker Grasses
7th November Glen Yakimoff Yengo NP

 

 

2006

 

1st February Geoff Rigby Growing Native Plants Book
1st March Sue Rostas Kooragang Rehabilitation
5th April Carolyn Gillard General Gardening talk
3rd May Richard Johnson Seed Bank
7th June Graham Pritchard Water Plants
5th July Allan Fairley Rare Plants
2nd August Audrey Taggart Long stem planting
6th September Graeme Mee Victorian Alps
7th October  John Aitken Garden Landscaping
1st November AGM AGM

 

 

2005

 

2nd February Phil Keane, Austplants Nursery Austplants Nursery
2nd March Graeme Mee Larapinda Trail (West of Alice Springs)
6th April Barry Kemp  Wildflowers of North Coast of NSW
4th May Phillip Moore Adventures in Outback Australia
1st June  Margaret Bradhurst  Local Terrestrial Orchids
6th July  Dr Mary White  Changes from Gondwana to Present
3rd August Pam O'Sullivan Fungi Relationships
7th September Jonathon Lidbetter Tissue Culture
5th October Graeme Mee Walls of Jerusalem NP TAS
2nd November Paddy Lightfoot Eurardy Station, Bush Flora of WA
7th December XMAS party BBQ, AGM XMAS party BBQ, AGM

 

 

2004

 
4th February Jill Dark Arid Lands of Australia
3rd March Glenn Albrecht Natural History of the Hunter
7th April Peter Wilson  Myrtaceae
5th May Peter Olde Western Australian Grevilleas.
2nd June  Local Members  Gardening Q & A
7th July  Barabara Henderson  Coastal Heathlands
4th August Angus Stewart Kangaroo Paws, Scaevola's, Goodenia's
1st September John Knight Plants of the South Coast
6th October David Lightfoot Isopogans and Petrophiles
3rd November AGM + Mass plant ID + Talk by AGM of Wetlands AGM
1st December XMAS party BBQ XMAS party BBQ

 

 

2003

 

 
5th February Travis Peake Vegetation communities of the Hunter
5th March Diana Snape Garden design
2nd April Jenny Musicka  Nature Watch Diary/Craft and nature
7th May Peter Hill Tree Doctor
4th June  Geoff Rigby Correa's
2nd July John Wrigley Easy to grow plants for your area
6th August Graham Pritchard Weeds
3rd September Noel Jupp Riverdene nursery
1st October Peter Simpson Hunter rare plants committee
5th November AGM AGM
5th December XMAS party BBQ XMAS party

 

 

2002

 

 
6th February Jessie Grace Wildlife carer
6th March Wallis Crk Watergardens Waterplants, and making a pond.
3rd April Dr Barry Conn  Prostanthera' s
1st May Charles Huxtable Grasses
5th June  Roger Elliott Attracting wildlife to the garden
3rd July  Jonathan Lidbetter Pink Wax Flower, Boronia's and grafting
7th August Louise Duff The Wetlands Centre
4th September Brian Roach Tips, Tricks, and Treasures.
2nd October Peter Dixon Bushfires and plants
7th November AGM AGM
5th December XMAS party BBQ XMAS party BBQ, and Trivial Pursuit.

 

2001

 
2nd February Jeremy Smith Gymea lilies
7th March Royce Holtkamp (Dept. of Agr) Biological control of weeds
4th April Bob Flanagan  Bonsai plants
2nd May Paddy lightfoot/Sue Newman/Barbara Burke Wildflowers of W.A.
6th June  Deidre Jinks  Rainforest plants for the garden
4th July  Col Wilson  Bees
1st August Gordon Rowland Garden Design
5th September Sharon Vernon from HCMT Opening of Ironbark Creek floodgates
3rd October Sue Rostas Kooragang Wetlands Rehabilitation Project
7th November AGM AGM
5th December XMAS party BBQ XMAS party BBQ

 

 

 

2000

 
2nd February Jack Arkless Herbal Medicine
1st March Paddy Lightfoot SGAP Annual Meeting in QLD
5th April John Simpson Bushland Regeneration
3rd May Angus Stewart Propagation
7th June  Kevin McDonald Identification of Plants
5th July  Peter Vaughan Davidson's Plum
2nd August Dr Peter McGee Fungi
6th September Andrew Steed from NPWS Rare & Threatened Species
4th October Lenny Field Orchids in the Garden
7th November AGM AGM
5th December XMAS party BBQ XMAS party BBQ

 
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Illustration by Fred Duncan



 
 
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