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.
Membership fees: Single $10, Family $12 + Australian Plants Society Victoria membership fees.
2019/20 membership form can be found in June newsletter
PO Box 541, Kilmore Vic 3764
2019/20 membership form can be found in June newsletter
President: Norbert Ryan
Secretary: Ian Julian
PO Box 541, Kilmore Vic 3764
web-site: https://apsmitchell.org.au/
Also refer to the Mitchell website
| Edition | Contents |
| Feb 20 | Landscaping ideas for bushfire-prone areas; November Meeting Report– AGM & WAMA; Eremophila collection & nursery |
| Nov 19 | October Meeting (the Petts in WA) & Expo Report; Chocolate & Vanilla Lilies; AGM nomination form |
| Oct 19 | Expo & Plant Sale help wanted; Sep Meeting Report – Wilsons Prom Flora; Ricinocarpos megalocarpus |
| Sep 19 | The Kilmore Creek Master Plan; preview of Sep meeting: Geoff Lay on the Flora of Wilson’s Promontory; Aug Meeting Report – Prostanthera & Allied Genera; Wattle Time; Eucalypts of Western Australia The South-West Coast and Ranges, by Dean Nicolle & Malcolm French |
| Aug 19 | Flower ID brochures from APS Alice Springs; preview of Aug meeting & Miriam Ford; July Meeting Report – Garden visit to Wattle Gum Forest Farm; Prostanthera scutellarioides; Eucalyptus dives Broad-leaved Peppermint |
| Jul 19 | Jun Meeting Report – Biolinks Alliance; Hibbertia; Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum; invitation to visit “The Gannawarra” |
| Jun 19 | Ideas for APS Mitchell 10th Anniversary; preview of Jun meeting: Dr Sophie Bickford on the Biolinks Alliance and its programs; May Meeting Report – Local Wildflowers; Eucalyptus polyanthemos Red Box; Membership form |
| May 19 | May meeting preview: David Laurie on collection and propagation of local native seed; review of Apr meeting: Peter Broughton on rare and unusual native plants & changes in the nursery industry; Hibiscus heterophyllus Rosella, Native Sorrel; 2020 membership form |
| Apr 19 | Call for new G4W Coordinator; preview of Apr meeting – Peter Broughton on rare and unusual native plants; March Meeting Report…Boronia megastigma & its essential oil; Wild Pollinator Count Tally Sheet |
| Mar 19 | February Meeting Report… Cathy Powers on Lepidoptera – Moths & Butterflies & Mike Williams on Asteraceae – the daisy family; Acacia melanoxylon – Blackwood |
| Feb 19 | Preview of Feb talk: Cathy Powers: “Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies”; Nov Meeting Report…Spiders Around the Garden; 2018 Chairperson report; Treasurer’s report; 2018 Gardens for Wildlife report |
| Nov 18 | new publication ‘Habitat’, about wildlife friendly gardening; preview of Nov talk: Glenn James “Spidentfy”; Oct Meeting Report: Ron Litjens on Faunascaping Your Garden; Eucalyptus melliodora Yellow Box; Expo 2018 Report; AGM nomination form |
| 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” |