APS Wangaratta
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Meets on the 4th Thursday at 7pm, in February, April, June, August & October (i.e. the “even” months), unless otherwise advised.
Venue: Masonic Lodge, 101 Appin Street, Wangaratta Google map link
Members are encouraged to bring along exhibits for the specimen table, which is a regular feature of each meeting.
On the “odd” months on the Sunday following the 4th Thursday of the month, garden visits or field trips.
President: John van Riet (03) 5725 7207
Secretary: Alison Earp (03) 5729 7518
21 Frascas Lane, Myrrhee VIC 3732
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| Edition | Contents |
|---|---|
| Aug 22 | Meetings, Outings & Committee Meetings—Dates; Your Committee members; Nomination form for APS Wangaratta Committee positions; APS Wangaratta Membership Application Form for 2022-2023; Program for APS Wangaratta meeting on 25th August 2022; Garden visits; The Chelsea Australian Garden at Olinda; Chimeras; Plant Sports Mutations; To keep you occupied; Did you know? Shows, conferences, plant sales and other items |
| Jul 22 | Meetings, Outings & Committee Meetings—Dates; Your Committee members; Nomination form for APS Wangaratta Committee positions; APS Wangaratta Membership Application Form for 2022-2023; APS Victoria nomination form for office bearers and committee positions for 2022-2023; Establishing a Small Garden—John & Joye Podubinski; Farewell to Jill Judd; Getting to know our members—Mike Burston; Fungi Workshop; Soils; Shows, conferences, plant sales and other items |
| Jun 22 | |
| May 22 | Preview of May outing; Getting to know your Committee – Michael O’Sullivan; “Thank you” from Alan Gibb’s family; March visit to a Gooramadda garden; Eldorado Off-grid Festival |
| Mar 22 | Getting to know your Committee – Arthur Meyers; Grevillea cultivar ‘Orange Wow’; Araucaria bidwillii Bunya Bunya Pine; Vale Alan Gibb |
| Feb 22 | Getting to know your Committee – Therese Graham; Crab Spider; Common butterflies in the garden; Orchid hunting national research effort; Sustainable gardening; Rice flowers; 25 top Eucalypts; In my garden February – Helen Wrigley |
| Oct 21 | Sep Killawarra Forest Outing; What’s the difference between Red Ironbark and Mugga Ironbark?; Banksia serrata; A Satin Bower Bird bower in the van Riet garden; Callistemon ‘Red Rocket’ as a hedge; ; Get to know your Committee – Helen van Riet; why your plant doesn’t look as healthy as it should; Phil Vaughan on soil & drainage |
| Sep 21 | Clematis aristata Old Man’s Beard; Best time to plant; Get to know your Committee – Joanne Diver |
| Aug 21 | President’s Report; Sustainable Farms & Dam Planting; Sustainable Farms Planting for Pollinators Guide; How do native lawns benefit the environment?; The use of liquid fertiliser; Flowering now Acacia boormanii Snowy River Wattle; Get to know your Committee – John van Riet; Hakea nodosa – Creating a Safe Habitat |
| Jun 21 | The APS Vic June Zoom meeting; May meeting: “What is that Local Plant?”; Get to know your Committee – Rosemary Buchanan; May meeting: Mt Augustus National Park; Dragon Tree Soak Nature Reserve; Dry soil? – Don’t Despair; MIFGS displays; Backyard Conservation; Weedy Acacias; “Blairbush” – My Garden; Neutrog ordering procedure; “Haemodorum is red all over” |
| May 21 | March meeting review: Chris Findlay on recreating indigenous landscapes; March APS Vic COMM notes; Austrocallerya, an alternative Australian climber; Kurrajong Bag-moth caterpillars; Get to know your Committee: Gillian Anderson; Neutrog ordering procedure; Eremophila oppositifolia; the McKinnon garden at Eurobin |
| Mar 21 | President’s Annual Report for 2019/2020; Report of FIRST meeting in 2021; 1st Mar Propagating day; Spyridium phlebophyllum Dusty Miller; Swainsona formosa Sturt’s Desert Pea; Get to know your Committee – Helen Wrigley |
| Apr-Jun 20 | Allocasuarina verticillate – Drooping She-oak; Lemon scented gum Corymbia citriodoria; Visit to Jan Hall’s garden |
| Feb 20 | Launch of Helen and Peter Curtis Collection – March into Sustainability; Gum trees with silver-grey foliage |
| Nov 19 | Aug AGM; Miriam Ford’s talk on the Lamiaceae family; Aug outing to Mullinmar Billabong; Sep outing to Everton Natural Features Reserve; Bill Aitchison’s Oct talk on Acacias; Oct outing to Barbara Buchanan’s Benalla garden; Nov Nature Day at Apex Park; Chocolate Lilies |
| Aug 19 | Jun meeting recap: Chris Tzaros on the Turquoise Parrot Project; Jun Euroa visit: Cathy Powers on moths & butterflies; Aug visit to Helen Wrigley’s garden; Flowers in the Winter Garden: Jan Hall; Banksia integrifolia Roller Coaster Banksia |
| May 19 | Off Grid Living Festival stall 4th May; Kaluna and Little Kaluna Parks; The naming of Scaveola brookeana and the life of Sarah Brooks |
| Feb 19 | Review of Christmas Gathering; Grevilleas with Neil Marriott; review of our presence in Nov at Wangaratta Urban Landcare Group Nature Day; review of Dec propagating day; Summer pruning – Helen Wrigley; the January Great Plant Out |
| Nov 18 | review of Aug AGM; review of Aug outing to Chiltern National Park; review of Sep meeting, Jim Blackney on the Silver Banksia & spring specimen show; review of Sep outing to Anne Ford’s garden; review of Oct meeting with David & Barbara Pye on Melton Botanic Gardens; review of Oct outing to Mt. Buffalo; review of FJC Rogers Seminar |
| Aug 18 | review of Jun Hakea night; review of Jul visit to Andrews’ property at Chesney Vale; President’s Annual Report |
| Jun 18 | Preview Hakea Night Thursday 28th June; Preparing for the July 26th meeting: The Winter Collection Show & Tell; review of Apr meeting: Ted Brown on growing Dry area plants; review of Apr outing to Glenda & Bernie Datson’s garden at Baranduda; review of May meeting: Royce & Jeanne Raleigh on small flowering plants in their Wartook Garden in the Grampians; Waratahs at Eurobin – Malcolm and Mirella McKinnon |