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EXCURSIONS and OTHER ACTIVITIES

To check branch locations and meeting times, go to our Branches page
For location maps, go to our up-coming events page

Talks for 2013

Date Speaker and subject Branch
Feb 7 Philippa & Alex Nikulinsky: A shared vision Murdoch
Feb 12 Hazel Dempster: Growing WA wildflowers in raised beds & containers Perth
Feb 14 Alan Notley: Explorations by early botanists in WA Armadale
Feb 19 AGM Albany
Feb 22 Tamara Kabat (Cockatoo project officer, Birdlife Australia): Carnaby's black cockatoo, Great Cocky Count & revegetation Eastern Hills
Feb 26 Joe Froudist: Wildflowers of the Mid-west Northern Subs
Mar 7 Eric McCrum: Papua New Guinea Murdoch
Mar 12 Brian Moyle: Tourist in the Desert Perth
Mar 14 AGM Armadale
Mar 22 Eric McCrum: the Nullarbor plain Eastern Hills
Mar 26 Lucy Commander: Seed germination strategies of desert flora Northern Subs
April 4 Jean and Fred Hort: Treasures in the Northern Jarrah Forest Murdoch
Apr 9 Merle Bennett: Plants of Ravensthorpe and Fitzgerald River Perth
Apr 11 Bryony Fremlin: Anstey-Keane Damplands, Forrestdale Armadale
Apr 19 Dr Alex George, AM: A botanical sandgroper abroad (in the Tamala room, Ecology Centre, Bold Park, Floreat at 6 pm)
April 23 Ray Froend: Drought mortality in the South West and Banksia woodlands Northern Subs
Apr 26 Members' night - bring along slides, devices, anecdotes Eastern Hills
May 2 David Hancock: Vegetation offsets - exploring environmental and commercial reality Murdoch
May 9 Dr John Ryan: the Botanical Heritage of WA Armadale
May 14 Paul Gioia: Western Australian biodiversity and the Internet: Using Online Resources Effectively Perth
May 24 Frances Milhouse: Fungi Eastern Hills
May 28 TBA Northern Subs
June 6 Branch members' slide night Murdoch
Jun 11 David Coates: Patterns of Genetic Variation and the Future of Plant Diversity in Western Australia Perth
June 25 Ben Miller: Rare plant conservation survey at Mt Gibson Northern Subs
July 4 Jim Barrow: Proteaceae of the South West: fourteen, felicitious, fabulous, fantastic family members Murdoch
Jul 9 Bronwen Keighery: New Caledonia Perth
Aug 13 Cristina Ramalho: Fragmentation of Banksia Woodland Perth
Sep 10 Val English: The Last Patches: Conserving Threatened Ecological Communities in WA Perth
Oct 8 Jim Barrow: Proteas of the South West: Fourteen Felicitous, Fabulous, Fantastic Family-Members Perth
Nov 12 Greg Keighery: Vegetation of the Western Suburbs Perth
Dec 7 Xmas party Perth


Honor Venning Library

The Honor Venning Library in Perry House is open from 1 - 3 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month, with the exception of January. You are welcome to come and browse our collection of books on plants.

Excursions and Activities

Albany

Branch outing on the Saturday following each meeting.
Herbarium re-opening on Feb 4th.

Darling Range

Herbarium meetings from 10 am at the Guide Hall in Sanderson Rd, Lesmurdie. 2013 dates TBA.

Eastern Hills

Annual pre-Mother's Day plant sale: Saturday May 11.

Regular activities at Octagonal Hall, 52 McGlew Rd, Glen Forrest

Dates Event Contact
3rd Friday of the month Photography group Ralph Darlington, 9295 4732
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings, from Feb 1 Herbarium group Arthur Blundell, 9573 1459
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings, from Feb 8 Seed cleaning Janet Atkins, 9295 2954

Northern Suburbs

April 27 - plant sale from 9 am to 3 pm at Landsdale Farm School, cnr Landsdale & Evandale Rds, Darch.

Sep 7-9 - Spring Fling & Wildflower Walks. Free guided walks in local bushland reserves, activities for kids, free sausage sizzle, native animals, plants for sale. Henderson Environment Centre, Groat St just behind North Beach Primary school, 10 am - 4.30 pm.

Free monthly guided nature walks each month, approx 1 hour long, starting at 8am. See seasonal changes in plant & animal life in your bushlands.

Date Meeting Place and/or Activity Contact
1st Saturday Landsdale Conservation Park behind Landsdale Rd, approx 100 metres east of Evandale Rd, Darch Phylis; phone 9349 9105
2nd Saturday Koondoola Regional Bushland. Meet Koondoola Avenue opposite Burbridge Ave Christine; phone 9447 2983
3rd Saturday Lake Gwelup Reserve. Meet Scout Hall Carpark near tennis courts, Huntriss Road, Gwelup Christine; phone 9447 2983
4th Saturday Star Swamp Bushland. Meet Henderson Centre at end of Groat Street, North Beach Christine; phone 9447 2983
5th Saturday Trigg Bushland. Meet in carpark between St Mary’s School & Millington Reserve (off Elliot Rd), Karrinyup phone 9448 9192
Sep 7-9 Spring Fling & Wildflower Walks. Christine on 9447 2983 or 0430013364.