APS Mitchell

Meets at 7.30pm on the third Monday of the month, February to November, unless otherwise advised.

Entry $2.00 Gold Coin
– Guest Speaker
– Door Prizes
– Plant Sales
– Fertilizer Sales (APS Mitchell Slow Release fertiliser $5.00 per 500g)
– Use of the APS Mitchell free Library (See Pauline)
– Supper & Chat

VISITORS VERY WELCOME

Members & Visitors are encouraged to bring along exhibits for our “Show & Tell” Flower Specimen Table; Please label plants

Venue: the John Taylor Room, Kilmore Library, 12 Sydney Rd, Kilmore.

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Upcoming events for Mitchell

Membership fees: Single $10, Family $12 + Australian Plants Society Victoria membership fees.
2018/19 membership form can be found in August newsletter

President: Norbert Ryan
Secretary: Ian Julian

0438 270 248
PO Box 541, Kilmore Vic 3764

Send email

web-site: https://apsmitchell.org.au/

Also refer to the Mitchell website

Edition	Contents
Oct 18	Spring Plant Expo – helpers & specimens needed; Sep Meeting Report…Small Wattles by Bill Aitchison; Singapore Gardens by the Bay, Ian Julian
Sep 18	Spring Plant Expo – helpers & specimens needed; Gardens for Wildlife news; August Meeting Report…Melton Botanic Garden Visit; Eucalyptus ovata – Swamp Gum
Aug 18	Gardens for Wildlife news – July Wallan market; details of Aug Melton Botanic Garden excursion; memberships due; July Meeting Report…Supporting National Tree Day; Eucalyptus radiata Narrow-leaved Peppermint
Jul 18	Gardens for Wildlife to visit Wallan Market in July; July excursion; Membership renewal fees due; June Meeting Report…Gardens for Wildlife Launch; Eucalyptus obliqua Messmates
Jun 18	May Meeting Report – Melton Botanic Garden; Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red Stringybark
May 18	Hakea petiolaris (Sea-urchin Hakea); Hakea decurrens (Bushy Needlewood); April Meeting Report…Boabs & Bottle Trees; Grey Box: Poor flowering season 2018
Apr 18	Nuts & seeds display for Annual Spring Plant Expos; Library news; preview of Apr meeting with Attila Kapitany on “Bottle Trees and Boabs – trees for our times”; review of Mar meeting and Cathy Olive on Gardens for Wildlife program & the Euroa Arboretum; interest in a Garden for Wildlife program within the Mitchell Shire; Norbert Ryan on Eucalyptus goniocalyx (Long-leaved Box)
Mar 18	preview of Mar meeting with Cathy Olive on Gardens for Wildlife program; review of Feb meeting and Jason Caruso on Eucalypts – includes examples of “Highly ornamental, heat & drought tolerant”, “Cold hardy, 650mm+ rainfall” & “Interesting oddities” – list of Places to visit and see many of the mentioned species; Norbert Ryan on Eucalyptus viminalis (manna gum)
Feb 18	Website woes; Unusual longevity of cut flower – Melaleuca thyoides; preview of Feb meeting with Jason Caruso on Eucalypts; review of Nov AGM and Peter Mitchell on Grasses; 2017 President’s Report; Candlebarks and fire; weeds – Galium aparine “Sticky Weed”