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.
2018/19 membership form can be found in August newsletter
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
web-site: https://apsmitchell.org.au/
Also refer to the Mitchell website
| Edition | Contents |
| 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” |