APS Ballarat District
2nd Wednesday of the month @ 2pm (April – September) & 7.30 pm (October – March, except January).
Venue: The Robert Clark Horticultural Centre, Botanical Gardens. Entrance Gate 3, Gillies St; Ballarat.
Membership Fees: Single $10, Family $13 + (APS Vic Memb. Fees)
President: Phyllis Wright 5345 2514
Assistant Secretary: Ruth Marton
Treasurer: Liz Bowden
PO. Box 123W, Ballarat West, Vic 3350.
| Edition | Contents |
| Dec 19 | Nov Guest Speaker Report: Peter Debicki (The Polish Beekeeper); Nov Excursion Report: Visit to Jenny West’s Garden at Gordon |
| Nov 19 | Oct meeting: Daniel Lewry – Physiotherapist; October Flower Show Report; Excursion Report: Spring bus trip, Corio/Lara/Brisbane Ranges |
| Oct 19 | September Guest Speaker Report: Sam Strong on ‘Gardens for Wildlife’; September Excursion Report: The Australian Garden at Cranbourne; Aust. Native Plant workshops, including activities for visually impaired |
| Sep 19 | Sep excursion to the Australian Garden at Cranbourne; afternoon vs evening meetings |
| Aug 19 | Jul Guest Speaker Report: Peter Marquand, Curator of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens; Happy Birthday Paddy Marshall |
| Jul 19 | Call for President, Secretary & Treasurer; Jun meeting review: Helen Lovel, from Neutrog Biological Fertilizers; Review of Winter Flower Show |
| Jun 19 | May meeting review: Peter Broughton on the State of the Nursery Industry; APS Geelong Apr meeting review: ‘Eucalypts’ – by Dean Nicolle; Call for President, Secretary & Treasurer; Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. megalocarpa |
| May 19 | Our Group Needs a Secretary!; review of Apr presentation by Jenny & Peter Sedgwick on “Home and Habitat”; garden visit to Phyllis Wright at Creswick |
| Apr 19 | Review of Roger Thomas’s March presentation: ‘My Nature Year’; Garden Challenges, Gladys Hastie; Our Group Needs a Secretary! |
| Mar 19 | Review of Fon Ryan’s presentation: ‘A Celebration of Digital Photography’; Call for new secretary; Feb excursion report: Annual Bird and Plant Walk with Roger Thomas to the North Gardens Reserve |
| Feb 19 | Call for new secretary |
| Dec 18 | Review of Jenny West’s Nov talk on pollination; call for new secretary; review of Nov excursion to Gladys and John Hastie’s garden at Elaine; Wildflower Trip to WA – Ruth Marton |
| Nov 18 | Presentation to Joan Jenkins; Review of Oct Spring Flower Show |
| Oct 18 | Review of Sep excursion to Lara |
| Sep 18 | Review of July excursion to Collier garden and protea farm; review of August workshop on propagating Aust. native plants; Old Andado Station – Liz Bowden; call for suggestions for Ballarat District plant list |
| Aug 18 | Review of Roger Wileman presentation – Flora of the Wheat Belt of West Australia; memberships due; review of Ballarat District winter flower show |
| Mar 18 | Vale Helen Burgess; Excursion Report: Annual Bird and Plant Walk with Roger Thomas; Guest Speaker Report: Fon Ryan – ‘A Celebration of Digital Photography’ |