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NEXT MEETING

Friday 8th. June 2012

Speaker:
Louisa Murray
Topic:
‘The Science behind PlantNET’
Background:

NSW Flora Online presents Data derived from the printed Flora of New South Wales series, published by the UNSW Press, augmented with data from electronic sources maintained by the RBG National Herbarium of New South Wales. This information is used extensively by NSG members and our Walks & Talks notes contain links to these plant descriptions and Glossary. 
Louisa Murray is the Flora Botanist responsible for overseeing the updating of  PlantNET and Louisa will demonstrate how to exploit its features to obtain information.

 

Walks and Talks at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden

Monday 21st May 2012

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  Leader:

David Chandler & Jenny Pattison
  Topic: Parts of the Plant - Fruits
  Background:

Identifying Plants by their Fruits
This topic will examine the fruits or seed cases of common native plants found in Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden. Through a hands on approach we will classify the plants by their seed case type and identify them during a walk in the gardens.

 

2013 Valette Williams Scholarship

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

Application forms for the 2013 round will be available later in 2012.

2012 Valette Williams Scholarship Recipients. - ANNOUNCED

This year’s recipients are joint winners Diane Warman and Berin Mackenzie.

Diane is a BSc Honours student at the University of Newcastle.

Berin is a PhD student at the University of NSW.

The Valette Williams Scholarship in Botany is offered by the North Shore Group, for Honours, Masters or PhD students in botany.

Click here for more details
 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

Last up-dated 16th. May 2012

We are affiliated with Australian Plants Society NSW Ltd which is part of the national body the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) inc. (ANPSA).