APS Yarra Yarra
General meetings are held at 8pm on the first Thursday of each month except January.
Doors open at 7.30pm for plant sales. $2 entry for supper, speaker, ticket in door prize plants, and more.
Venue: Orana bldg, Araluen Centre,
226 Old Eltham Road, Lower Plenty, Vic. (Melway 21 B9)
Visitors welcome.
Membership fees: Single and Family $12 + Australian Plants Society Victoria membership fees.
Leader: Miriam Ford 0409 600 644
Secretary: Joanne Cairns 0425 760 325
PO Box 298, Eltham Vic 3095
web-site: https://apsyarrayarra.org.au/
| Edition | Contents |
| Oct 18 | preview of Oct meeting: Barbara & David Pye on “The Melton Botanic Garden”; Sep Meeting Report: Katie Holmes -The Mallee; reports on Expo 2018 |
| Sep 18 | preview of Sep meeting: Katie Holmes on “The Mallee Landscapes”; Aug AGM summary; Aug meetmg report: Banksia menziesii by David Redfern; Aug excursion: the Kevin Hoffman Walk, Lara, and The Bells, Torquay; Kew Garden Club Talk: Australian Plants for Containers; the Foothills Quarterly Weekend in Aug; Vale: Memories of Betty Denton |
| Aug 18 | preview of Aug AGM and David Redfern presentation; membership renewals overdue; Meeting Report July 5 Vertebrate Pollination; Garden Visit: Research; Propagation Update; Join the committee! |
| Jul 18 | preview of July meeting: Ryan Phillips on Vertebrate pollination systems in the Australian flora; call for Membership Renewals; June 7 Meeting Report: Greg Moore on Urban Trees; Garden Visit: Karwarra Gardens June 10 – Peter Smith; APS Propagation Update: La Trobe Team; The (Jill’s)Shed: Thank -You! (from Jill & Joanne); August AGM voting |
| Jun 18 | May 3 Meeting Report – Gardening in the Wimmera, Graham & Maree Goods; review of Autumn Plant Sale; review of Garden Visit, Bill & Sue’s – May 6; preview of Aug 12 Garden Visits to Geelong & Torquay; APS Propagation Update : La Trobe Team; Shed Update |
| May 18 | Review of Anne Langmaid’s April talk on Eremophilas; review of April garden visit at Bev and John Hanson’s; preview of August garden visit at John and Barbara Bell’s; APS Propagation Update; Library Report; Cranbourne looking for volunteers; Grow Together: an MIFGS Garden by Ben Hutchinson |
| Apr 18 | Review of Marc Freestone’s March talk on Victorian Rainforests; Report on APS Vic Committee of Management & MIFGS; review of March Monash Uni garden visit; The APS Propagation Team – March update; APS YY Members speak For & Against the Motion for a Name Change; A Selection of Hanging Baskets from MIFGS |
| Mar 18 | Motion on Notice to name change of the YY Group; Feb Meeting Report: Banksias by Graeme Woods; Feb Box Hill Garden Visits; reports on ANPSA 2018 Conference – Hobart; APS YY Propagation Project; report on Feb Sustainable Living Festival; Rob Dunlop on Our APS YY Storage Shed |