APS South East Melbourne RegionMeetingsContacts & MembershipNewsletters
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 fees: Single $10, Household $15 + Australian Plants Society Victoria membership fees.
2020-2021 Memberships
Leader: John Thompson 9598 6982
Secretary: Helen Appleby 0419 310 849
PO Box 8835, Armadale Vic 3143
| Edition | Contents |
| 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 |