Friday 10th. February 2012

Speaker:	David Wilks
Topic:	‘ Ku-ring-gai: a hot-bed of phytodiversity?’
Background:	Ku-ring-gai’s significant biodiversity stems from its diverse habitats and geological landscapes, with a high rainfall augmenting these factors. David is the Biodiversity officer for Ku-ring-gai Council and his talk will build on his extensive work within Ku-ring-gai and his presentation in The Natural History of Sydney, published by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW.

 

2012 Valette Williams Scholarship

This is a scholarship awarded by the North Shore Group of the Australian Plants Society to post-graduate students in Botany.

Applications for the current round must be received by 9th March 2012.

More information and forms

 

 

Who are we?

We are a group of people with various interests
in Australian Native Plants.

Our interests include:

• Plant identification including courses
• Plant propagation
• Growing plants
• Plant ecology
• Rare and threatened species
• Bushwalking
• Photography
• Conservation of Australian plants
• Bush regeneration
• Garden design

The APS North Shore Group is based in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, NSW Australia. Our members come from wide area, from Galston in the north west to St Ives in the east and as far south as Concord. However you do not have to live in the area to join.

Members at a plant sale

Our activities include:

• Monthly meetings with a Guest speaker held on second Friday of the month at the "Willow Park Community Centre" Edgeworth David Ave. Hornsby. Visitors are always welcome
• Walks and Talks Programme
• Monthly bushwalks
• Propagation Group
• “The Knoll” Australian Plant Garden
• Plant Identification Courses
• A regular newsletter "Blandfordia"
• Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Festival