APS South East Melbourne Region
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Meets at 8pm on the first Tuesday of the month (except Cup Day and January).
Visitors are always very welcome.
Venue: Hughesdale Community Centre, Cnr Poath and Kangaroo Rds, Hughesdale. Google map link
Membership page – to join or renew
Leader: John Thompson 9598 6982
Secretary: Chris Bain
PO Box 8835, Armadale Vic 3143
| Edition | Contents |
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| Apr 24 | April meeting; 2024 rainfall; March Meeting; March Specimen Table; Next Meeting; Pick of the Bunch; Events Diary; Promotions; Photo Gallery |
| Mar 24 | March meeting; 2024 rainfall; February Meeting; February Specimen Table; Next Meeting; Pick of the Bunch; Events Diary; Promotions; Photo Gallery |
| Feb 24 | February Meeting; December Meeting; December Specimen Table; Pick of the bunch Lambertia ericifolia; Road Works |
| Dec 23 | November Outing; Events diary; Photo Gallery |
| Nov 23 | Book sale; Oct meeting; Events diary; Promotions; Spotted Gum; Photo Gallery |
| Oct 23 | November Outing; Sept. Meeting; Specimen Table; Pick of the Bunch – Acacia urophylla; Next meeting; Events Diary; Promotions; Photo Gallery |
| Sep 23 | August Meeting; August Specimen Table; Pick of the Bunch – Olearia pimeleoides Pimelea Daisy-bush; A Week away-Quarterly/AGM/Pomonal Show |
| Aug 23 | Next meeting (AGM); Membership renewal; Daisies; Pick of the bunch – Hakea lehmannianna Blue Hakea; July Specimen Table; Macedon Snow gums Saved; Notice of AGM and nomination Form |
| Jul 23 | Library sell-off at AGM; Membership Renewals; June Meeting – Silo Art; Specimen table; Next Meeting; Pick of the Bunch – Acacia beckleri Barrier Range Wattle; Events diary; Notice of AGM; Promotions |
| Jun 23 | Rainfall; Membership Renewals; May Meeting – Banksia talk; Specimen table; Pick of the Bunch; Next Meeting; Events diary; Photo Gallery; Promotions |
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| Jun 22 | May meeting: Bill Aitchison on the genus Daviesia; Acacia alata var. tetrantha Maslin Winged Wattle |
| May 22 | Apr meeting: Propagation Night; Our local allocasuarinas |
| Apr 22 | Mar meeting: Chris Long on Boronia Oil; Hypocalymma xanthopetalum Golden-flowered Myrtle; APS Vic COMM report |
| Mar 22 | Get to know blackwood better Dr Gregory Moore |
| Feb 22 | Dec AGM report; John Thompson Impressa award; Rhododendron lochiae Native Rhododendron; 2021 Leader’s, Secretary’s & Treasurer’s reports |
| Dec 21 | The Native Garden in January; Kuranga visit; AGM nomination form |
| Nov 21 | Doryanthes excelsa Gymea Lily; The Native Garden in November .. & December; In flower in Ray and Eva’s Garden; notice of AGM |
| Oct 21 | Red flowers in the garden in September; Peas in our garden; Cockatoos and rainbow lorikeets battle for nest space as the best old trees disappear |
| Sep 21 | Vale Pamela Sherlock; The Native Garden in September; Tawny Frogmouths & David Attenborough; Pomaderris aurea; AGM nominations |
| Aug 21 | July meeting: Chris Clarke on A Snapshot of Victorian Alpine Flora; Conostylis bealiana; Thismia sp. Fairy Lanterns |
| Jul 21 | Report on March APS Vic Quarterly; Not from the Specimen Table – 8, the genus Stenocarpus; The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them; AGM nomination form |
| Jun 21 | Review May meeting: Ivan and Marg Margitta “A Month of Wildflowers”; Acacia macradenia Zigzag Wattle; Critically-endangered Scaevola macrophylla found |
| May 21 | Apr mtg report: Trevor Blake on Malvaceae; Grevillea fililoba Ellendale Pool Grevillea; Mar Outing to the Jawbone Reserve |
| Apr 21 | March Meeting – Jawbone Marine Sanctuary; Calytrix fraseri Pink summer Calytrix |
| Mar 21 | The Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Care Group; Planting trees in square holes; Feb meeting & “Early Botanical Exploration in Australia”; Lambertia orbifolia Round-leaf Honeysuckle |
| Feb 21 | John Thompson Impressa Award; Dec AGM; Not from the Specimen Table – 7; “Why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower” |
| Dec 20 | Not from the Specimen Table – 7: Callicoma serratifolia; planned diary for 2021 |
| Nov 20 | Not from the Specimen Table – 6; Famous Boab tree; Australian stinging trees |
| Oct 20 | Not from the Specimen Table – 5; In Marj’s Garden; The Story of Smoke |
| Sep 20 | Mandy’s Eucalypts; Australian Indoor Plants; Not from the Specimen Table – 4, By John Thompson; Maranoa Wattles; Membership form |
| Aug 20 | Mandy Louden’s Eucalypts; Blue Hakea – Hakea lehmannianna; Pruning banksias |
| Jul 20 | the genus Davidsonia or Davidson’s Plums; iNaturalist; Pilostyles – endoparasites; 2021 Membership form; AGM nominations |
| Jun 20 | Cuttsia virburnea; Wool Wanted; Sustainability in the Garden; Monitoring native wildlife in Australian cities; Australian Pea Study Group re-formation; Grass trees |
| May 20 | Vale Shirley Carn & Thelma Spice; Gardening in a Time of Stress |
| Apr 20 | Apr meeting cancellation; Mar meeting report: Miriam Ford on “Mint Bushes and Allied Genera”; Prostanthera densa |
| Mar 20 | Feb meeting report: Bill Aitcheson on “Small Wattles for your Garden”; Acacia sertiformis |
| Feb 20 | Report on Dec meeting: ‘Clear the Decks’ sale & member presentations; Myoporum floribundum Slender Myoporum |
| Dec 19 | Christmas Break-up & “Clear-the-decks” Sale; Nov outing to Kuranga |
| Nov 19 | Review of John Arnott on “Care for the Rare”; Brachychiton ormeau Ormeau Bottle Tree; Spines & Cyanide – Hakea protection |
| Oct 19 | Preview of next meeting: John Arnott on “Care for the Rare”; review of Sep with Mike Beamish on The Pilbara; Correa reflexa; APS Vic COMM & AGM; Winners of the 2019 Australian Native Plant Awards |
| Sep 19 | Preview of next meeting: Mike Beamish on The Pilbara; review of Aug meeting: Neil Humphries on “Australian Native Essential Oils”; Eucalyptus formanii Forman’s Mallee, Die Hardy Mallee |
| Aug 19 | Preview of next meeting: Neil Humphreys on Australian native essential oils; review of AGM & July meeting; Ph – What is it and is it important to the home gardener?; Thysanotus tuberosus Common Fringe Lily; Leader’s, Secretary’s & Treasurer’s Annual Reports |
| Jul 19 | Notice of AGM; Soil-testing kit; June meeting: Chris Larkin and Janet Hodgkiss on Pruning Australian Natives; Hakea cristata Snail Hakea; Australian Indoor Plants |
| Jun 19 | May meeting: Christine Huf on plants & soil in forensics; Adenanthos ileticos Club-leaf Adenanthos |
| May 19 | preview of May talk by Christine Huf on Forensics in the Garden; review of Apr meeting: John Thompson on “Correas and their “Rellies”; Ptilotus manglesii Rose Tipped Mulla Mulla; APS Vic Neutrog arrangement |
| Apr 19 | review of Mar talk by Marj Seaton on Arnhem Land; Buckinghamia celsissima Ivory Curl Tree |
| Mar 19 | review of Feb talk “What Fungi do in Ecosystems” by Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher; growing cuttings of Goodeneaceae from cuttings; Scaevola aemula Fairy Fan-flower |
| Feb 19 | Babingtonia camphorosmae Camphor Myrtle; ANPSA Conference in Albany: preview of tours |
| Dec 18 | review of Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens Nov excursion; Bush Walk nursery for sale |
| Nov 18 | review of Cathy Powers’ Oct talk on Grasslands – a disappearing habitat; Thomasia triphylla |
| Oct 18 | 2019 calendar available; review of Mike Beamish’s Sep talk on the Kimberley; Eucalyptus rhodantha Rose Mallee; The Chemical Nutrition of Plants – Ted Symes |
| Sep 18 | review of Aug AGM and photo competition and slides; Grevillea rosmarinifolia Rosemary Grevillea; reports from the AGM |
| Aug 18 | preview of Aug AGM and agenda; review of July talk by Dr Greg Moore on The Evolution of Plants: ”How Brilliant are Plants”; Sustainability in Glen Eira; Hakea cristata Snail Hakea; Bees need food; Memberships due |
| Jul 18 | Preview of July meeting: Greg Moore on Arboriculture; review of John Thompson’s June meeting talk on Cranbourne Friends’ Wildflower Tour of WA 2017; Correa pulchella Mackay ex Sweet; advance notice of August AGM and position nomination form |
| May 18 | Calendar/photo competition; Cranbourne Garden ambassadors; call for Goodeniaceae photos for FJC Rogers Seminar; Stenocarpus sinuatus Firewheel Tree |
| Apr 18 | Photo competition; review of Mike Beamish’s talk on “The Top End”; Lambertia uniflora |
| Mar 18 | Cranbourne Gardens’ Nuytsia tree; review of Anne Langmaid’s talk about Eremophilas; Thomasia solanacea |