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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. Google map link
Membership page – to join or renew
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 24 | February & general meeting information; November meeting & AGM Report; President’s Report 2023; Treasurer’s Report 2023; Dianella amoena; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.… |
| Nov 23 | Christmas celebration & general meeting information; Membership; September meeting report– Native Bees; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.…; Committee & Contact Information; Local native plant nurseries; Gardens for Life … ; Online Renewal Enrolment information |
| Oct 23 | October & general meeting information; Membership; August meeting report– Garden visit to Anne & Norman Rose’s; APS Mitchell Spring Plant Expo & Sale Help Needed…; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.…; Committee & Contact Information |
| Sep 23 | September & general meeting information; Membership; July meeting report–Garden visit to Eremophila Park; APS Mitchell Spring Plant Expo & Sale; Help Needed…; Wildflower Walk invitation; Online Renewal & Enrolment information |
| Jul 23 | July & general meeting information; June meeting report–Local understorey species for garden cultivation; Save the date: APS Mitchell Spring Plant Expo & Sale; Online Renewal & Enrolment information |
| Jun 23 | Membership; May meeting report–Eremophila: 2022 Field trips to QLD, NT & WA; Save the date: APS Mitchell Spring Plant Expo & Sale; Online Renewal & Enrolment information |
| Apr 23 | April meeting details; Membership; February meeting report– Hidden Valley Railway Reserve; March meeting report- WA Wildflowers Norseman to Lake King |
| Feb-Mar 23 | Vale Danielle Hickford; March meeting details; Gardens for Wildlife news; Spotlight on Xerochrysum viscosum; November 2022 Meeting report; President’s Report 2022; Treasurer’s Report |
| Nov 22 | Spotlight on Prostanthera lasianthos; High Camp Floral Reserve Guided Walk; October Meeting report; A Walk on Mount Disappointment … |
| Sep 22 | Gardens for Wildlife news – Grevillea; September meeting details; Membership; Gardens for Wildlife diary dates – Garden visit September 18th & Reserve visit October; August garden visit report; Native plants as local environmental weeds; Spring Plant Expo |
| Aug 22 | Gardens for Wildlife news; August Meeting – Garden Visit to Brian & Lorraine Weir’s in Wallan; Membership; Gardens for Wildlife invitation; Flowering in June continued…; Spring Plant Expo; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.…; Committee & Contact Information; Local native plant nurseries; APS Maroondah gardens in OGV |
| Jul 22 | Gardens for Wildlife news; August Meeting – Garden Visit to Brian & Lorraine Weir’s in Wallan; Membership; June meeting report – Flowering in June; Eucalyptus grandis; Spring Plant Expo; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.…; Committee & Contact Information; Local native plant nurseries; APS Maroondah gardens in OGVAPS Mitchell Newsletter 2023-02to03Gardens for Wildlife news; August Meeting – Garden Visit to Brian & Lorraine Weir’s in Wallan; Membership; June meeting report – Flowering in June; Eucalyptus grandis; Spring Plant Expo; Reminders, APS Vic Diary Dates etc.…; Committee & Contact Information; Local native plant nurseries; APS Maroondah gardens in OGV |
| May 22 | Autumn orchids around Beechworth video; Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra); preview of May talk with Melissa Stagg; Hidden Valley Railway Reserve; Growing at Ironstone Park part 3 |
| Apr 22 | Kennedia prostrata Running Postman; March meeting report – Fabaceae – Pea-flowers; Growing at Ironstone Park part 2 |
| Mar 22 | Vale Francis Donovan; Acacia gunnii Ploughshare Wattle; G4W at the Lancefield Market; Feb Wattle Gum Forest Farm garden visit; Growing at Ironstone Park part 1 |
| Feb 22 | G4W for Macedon Ranges; November meeting report – Alpine flora; President’s & Treasurer’s Reports 2021 |
| Nov 21 | G4W – Frog-id week; AGM nomination form; Flowering around Wallan, Kilmore & Broadford; Acacia convenyi Blue Bush; Grevillea excelsior Flame Grevillea |
| Oct 21 | Wildflowers in the forest; Funding an Orchid lab, & other news; “Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country”, Chris Tzaros; first time lab germination of Pterostylis oreophila; Four local peas flowering now: Daviesia leptophylla, Daviesia latifolia, Dillwynia cinerascens and Bossiaea prostrata; Mitchell Shire Council’s Compost Bin and Worm Farm subsidy |
| Sep 21 | G4W & Sustainable Farms webinar; Flowering in winter at Quarry Ridge; Flowering in August at Colin Officer Reserve; Hovea heterophylla Common Hovea; A persistent and irritant garden weed Euphorbia peplus Petty Spurge, Milkweed; Neutrog online ordering; Mapping Hero Trees in Heathcote region |
| Aug 21 | Wattle Day – September 1st; Flowering in late winter locally, on the road & other info; Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Threatened List; Dillwynia cinerascens Grey Parrot-pea; Growing Eremophila is here; Eremophila waitii Silky Lavender; Mapping Hero Trees in the Heathcote region |
| Jul 21 | Weed watch: Ulex europaeus Gorse; G4W: Hackelia suaveolens Sweet Hound’s-tongue; Thesis on introduced Iridaceae; Growing Eremophila Book Update; Mapping Hero Trees in Heathcote region; Saving the threatened Audas Spider-orchid (Caladenia audasii) from extinction; Saving the Brilliant Sun Orchid (Thelymitra mackibbinii) from extinction; COVID Safe Plan For APS Mitchell Group |
| Jun 21 | May meeting report – Searching for Spider Orchids; Brachyscome species; Mitchell Shire Council COVID-19 Safety Plan; Membership form |
| May 21 | G4W & Birds in Backyards Autumn Survey; April meeting report – Lesser known plants for the garden by Royce Raleigh; Local Xerochrysum species |
| Apr 21 | G4W & Autumn Wild Pollinator Count; Apr mtg and Royce & Jeanne Raleigh on: “Lesser Known Plants for the Garden”; March meeting report – Top End Grevillea; President’s Report 2020; Little Desert Nature Lodge |
| Mar 21 | G4W & Gardening Australia; A small garden project, Jeanine; Atriplex semibaccata Creeping or Berry Saltbush |
| Feb 21 | G4W & Water hyacinth; Landcare & roadside vegetation; Conservation early last century |
| Nov 20 | iNaturalist feedback; new G4W coordinator; Oct-Nov garden & nature snapshots; Weed Warning – Disa bracteata Sth African Weed Orchid; Wild Pollinator Count |
| Oct 20 | Sep –Oct garden & nature snapshots; Tree Violet –Melicytus dentatus; Weed Watch – Sweet Vernal Grass; Backyard Bird Count; FJC Rogers |
| Sep 20 | Rare & endangered species on Monument Hill; Garden snapshots; Tricoryne elatior Yellow Rush-lily; A thankyou message from WAMA; WAMA presents Nature Nurturing Art; Friends of the Botanic Gardens online exhibition |
| Aug 20 | G4W & Slime Mould; Garden snapshots; September 1st is Wattle Day |
| Jul 20 | Richard Thomson OA; Garden snapshots from Jo Liddy, Dawn McCormack and Gary Van Arkadie; Red Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon and Eucalyptus tricarpa; The WOW (Wild Orchid Watch) app is ready |
| Jun 20 | ‘The Ground Storey’ booklet; Memberships due; Garden snapshots; Wallaby Grass & Cypresses; iNaturalist; WAMA Donation Drive |
| May 20 | Pea Flower Study Group; G4W & the Red Gum Ghost Moth; Autumn garden snapshots; Local Gums in bud now |
| Apr 20 | Meetings postponed until further notice; Mar meeting report– Plan B: expanded flower table; Cuttings from a specimen table .. preserving specimens prior to dealing with them |
| Mar 20 | Feb Meeting Report– Flora & history of Monument Hill; Wahlenbergia species |
| 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” |