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Meets at 7.30pm on the third Tuesday of the month, March to November.
Venue: The Ballroom – Hamlyn Park, 1 Carey St, Hamlyn Heights. Google map link
Upcoming events for Geelong (refer also to Geelong website)
President: Bruce McGinness 5278 8827
Secretary: Peter Nuzum
PO Box 2012, Geelong Vic 3220
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web-site: http://www.apsgeelong.org
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| Edition | Contents |
| Apr 21 | Mar mtg: Plant Use at a Zoo; Fuchsia Gum, Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha; Growing pineapples at Barwon Heads; Harriett Cavanagh’s pineapple fruit drink; Cooking with native ingredients |
| Mar 21 | Feb Zoom meeting & Bruce’s presentation on the High Country; Lagerstroemia sp. Crepe Myrtle; Significant Plants of the Brisbane Ranges; The Diverse Flora of the Mitchell River |
| Feb 21 | Unusual Banksia praemorsa?; Eucalyptus tucker at Werribee Zoo |
| Nov 20 | President’s Report; Photo competition results; Oct excursion to Inverleigh; “The Hunting of the Snark and Sundry Orchids”, Anglesea Orchid Hunt |
| Oct 20 | Sep Mtg: Orchids of Inverleigh; AGM 20th Oct; Virtual Plant Table |
| Sep 20 | Our 1st Zoom meeting; Grevillea nivea ‘Scarlet King’; Native Plant Study Groups; Kennedia prostrata Running Postman; Eremophila cuneifolia; “Classification of Life” |
| Aug 20 | Grevillea ‘Scarlet King’; Revegetating Karen Bartlett’s property; Our first Zoom meeting; What’s flowering in the bush? – Helmet-orchids |
| Jul 20 | “Waterland” July Garden Visit; Grevillea lanigera; What’s Flowering; Alyogynes; Best Time for Taking Cuttings |
| Jun 20 | Propagation Challenges; Verticordia staminosa; Vegetation along the Bellarine Rail Trail; Marianthus Paralius; Something in the Cracks – Ficus microphylla |
| May 20 | What’s in a Name – Plants Named After People; Calostemma Garland Lily |
| Apr 20 | Plant sale postponed; March Meeting – Peter Nuzum on Kenyan regeneration project; Verticordias |
| Mar 20 | Feb Members’ Night; Swainsona galegifolia , the Darling Pea; 2020 Plant Sale |
| Feb 20 | Vale Geoff Wilson; Vale June Parrott; “you can’t kill a eucalypt” |
| Dec 19 | Grevillea georgiana x insignis; Christmas BBQ; How to find north using a Banksia; Xanthorrhoea australis |
| Nov 19 | Oct meeting: Tim Trottier from the Geelong Landcare Network; Oct outing to Matt and Pam Baars’ garden & Kevin Hoffman Walk; Glady’s Lemon Meringue Pie; Penny’s Apricot Loaf; VicFlora website; a visit to Maranoa gardens |
| Oct 19 | A Short Holiday in the West – Ade Foster; Dampiera ‘Mallee Mauve’; the Boab |
| Sep 19 | President’s report on changes to committee; Pandorea ‘Theodore’; photo competition results; Eucalyptus leucoxylon Yellow Gum; Grevillea lavandulacea x G. alpina ‘Jelly Baby’; ‘Beating Around the Bush’ online magazine |
| Aug 19 | review of Jul meeting: Nicole Leach – ‘Bush Foods’; Chamelaucium uncinatum ‘Seton’s Form’ |
| Jul 19 | review of Jun meeting: Matt Leach – ‘Victorian Banksias’; Hakea clavata; the first Australians tour: Geelong Botanic Gardens Saturday Jun 15th; Plant Extinction Crisis? |
| Jun 19 | review of May meeting: Roger Wileman on ‘Carnivorous Plants’; Eremophila fraseri x Eremophila cuneifolia; Garden Design Study Group Newsletter 107 (May 2019); Grevillea ‘Sylvia’ |
| May 19 | review of Apr meeting: Dr. Dean Nicolle focusing on 20 species of ornamental eucalypts; Hakea drupacea sweet scented hakea; review of annual plant sale; First Australians Tour: Jun walk in botanical gardens; Fun with Water Plants |
| Apr 19 | review of Mar meeting: Maria Hitchcock on Correas; Grevillea Peaches’n’Cream; preview of Apr meeting: Dr. Dean Nicolle on Eucalypts; Grevillea Makinsonii; request for all to help set up before and clean up after meetings; Name Games – Latin endings; Eucalyptus scoparia Wallangarra White Gum |
| Mar 19 | Eucalyptus lansdoweneana; bus trip to Falls Creek; Kennedia prostrata Running Postman; Eremophila mackinlayi; Eucalyptus grandis Flooded Gum |
| Dec 18 | Dryandras in the Garden by Tony Cavanagh; Eucalyptus burracoppinensis Burracoppin Mallee; Oct visit to Doug McKenzie’s garden at Ocean Grove |
| Nov 18 | preview of Nov meeting – “All about moths”, with Cathy Powers; on the table – Chamelaucium uncinatum, Verticordia grandis, Melaleuca citrina, M. phoenecia, Prostanthera ovalifolia & P. serpyllifolia; P. magnifica; Pimelea spectabilis; Hypocalimna angustifolium; plant of the month Melaleuca scabra; review of Scheelings’ and Foster’s Garden visits; 2017 South Australia Trip, Part II – Matt Leach; review of Pomonal Oct Flower Show; “A Garden in Wallington”; proposed alpine trip next Feb |
| Oct 18 | review of Sep meeting – Jan Juc Creek Revegetation; on the table – Thomasia purpurea, Grevillea juniperina, Melaleuca megacephala, Eremophila miribilis, Olearia pimelioides & O. phlogopappa; plant of the month Chamelaucium uncinatum Geraldton Wax; review of Kevin Hoffman Walk and Baars Garden visits; Weeds in the Garden Pt 3 – Phil Royce; Erythroxylum australe Native Cocaine Bush; 2017 South Australia Trip – Matt Leach; new orchid species – a Corybas, or Helmet-orchid; review of Grampians weekend 30th Aug – 2nd Sep; Banksia solandri |
| Sep 18 | Our floral emblem – Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Lara Form’; Alpine plants – Frank Scheelings; Hakea grammatophylla; Weeds in the Garden Pt 2 – Phil Royce; Lake King, WA – Roger Wileman; Myrtle Rust |
| Aug 18 | AGM reports; Grevillea ‘Lassiter’s Gold’; Lechenaltias; Photo Competition report; Hakea lehmanniana; Weeds in the Garden Pt 1 – Phil Royce; Proposed alpine trip |