Region, Branch and Local Study Group Activities for the current period

For more details call the relevant secretary listed on the CONTACTS page.

DATE BRANCH/STUDY GROUP ACTIVITY
JUNE
Tuesday 1 Brisbane Western Suburbs Branch Meeting - Di Taylor, from Alan Fletcher Research Station, Sherwood, will speak on her work on biological methods of pest control, in particular for Cats Claw.
Tuesday 1 Samford Branch Meeting - My Search for & Developing Interest in Australian Native Plants by local member, Steve Hibbert.
Thursday 3 Mackay Branch Meeting - On Farm Composting and Its Value by Dave Hunter.
Saturday 5 Mackay Branch MRBG Regional Forest Working Bee - 7.30am.
Sunday 6 Gladstone Branch ECOFEST at Tondoon for World Environment Day. 9.00am-3.00pm. SGAP display & plants sale. Setting up from 2.00pm Saturday.
Sunday 6 Mackay Branch MACBOCA Outing to Kinchant Dam. De Moylen's Lagoon.
Sunday 6 Fern Study Group Meeting - 9.30am at MacGregor High School plant nursery. Subject: Fern Propagation.
Friday 11 Brisbane Daytime Branch Meeting - 9.30am at Elanora Park, Granada St, Wynnum, near Mangrove Boardwalk. UBD Map 143:H14. shared morning tea & plant raffle.
Saturday 12 Kingaroy & Districts Branch Meeting & Working Bee - 9.00am at Tessmans Road, North Kingaroy. Contact 4168 5471.
Weekend 12-14 Mackay Branch Campout/Sunday Day Trip to Pratchett's at Proserpine.
Weekend 12-14 Sunshine Coast & Hinterland Branch Participation in "Gardening on the Edge" at Maleny.
Tuesday 15 SGAP QLD. REGION Meeting - Plants of the Desert Uplands by John Thompson, Queensland Herbarium. Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens.
Wednesday 16 Pine Rivers Branch Meeting - Native Orchids - by Roger Finn from Australian Native Orchid Society.
Sunday 20 Samford & Pine Rivers Branches Combined Branches Excursion - to Diana's Bath in quest of Crowea exalata - led by Steve Hibbert. 8.00am meet for car-pooling at Steve's place at Mt. Samson (Phone Steve on 0419 981 763) or at Maiala National Park at 8.30am.
Thursday 24 Mackay Branch Propagation Group Workshop.
Sunday 27 Grevillea Study Group Meeting - 9.30am at a home at Camp Mountain. Ph. 3289 2466. Subject: Grevilleas affected by phytophthora.
Sunday 27 Wallum & Coastal Heathland Study Group D'Aguilar area - meet opposite D'Aguilar Hotel 9-9.30a.m, for morning tea, etc, then proceed to Raaen Road and Chambers Road to look at woodland wildflowers. Lunch in park at Wamuran afterwards.
JULY
Thursday 1 Mackay Branch Meeting - Vegetative Propagation by Bev Weston (and Grant on grafting if available).
Sunday 4 Mackay Branch MACBOCA Outing to Padaminka, Walkerston.
Sunday 4 Fern Study Group Excursion - in Gheerulla Creek area near Mapleton. Please contact the fern group leader for details.
Tuesday 6 Brisbane Western Suburbs Branch Meeting - The Flora of S.W. Western Australia by Robert Ellis.
Tuesday 6 Samford branch Meeting - Revegetating Parks & Waterways in the Moreton Bay Region, with special reference to large native plantings in Westbourne Park, Wight's Mtn, led by Samantha Jansen, Environmental Scientist with MBRC.
Friday 9 Brisbane Daytime Branch Meeting - at Berrinba Wetlands Billabong, Wayne Goss Dve, Browns Plains.
Sunday 11 Sunshine Coast & Hinterland Branch Meeting at Candle Mt. Drive, Peachester.
Monday 12 SGAP QLD. REGION Meeting - 2009 ANPSA Conference Discussion by Lorna Murray and other Queensland delegates.
Weekend 17-18 Mackay Branch Birthday Celebrations - Stay over at Sarina Beach Motel, dinner at their Palms Restaurant.
Weekend 17-18 Samford Branch Samford Show - annual display to promote SGAP.
Sunday 18 Kingaroy & Districts Branch Meeting - Greenwood Creek Rd. - Bottle Tree Scrub. Contact 4163 1184.
Sunday 18 Pine Rivers Branch Excursion - with Wallum Study Group to Beerwah Scientific Area. See below for details.
Sunday 18 Wallum & Coastal Heathland Study Group Beerwah Scientific Area 1/Beerwah Forest Reserve - meet Matthew Flinders Rest Area, Steve Irwin Way/Glasshouse Mtns. Rd, north of Beerburrum at 9-9.30am for cuppa & comfort stop - on to Beerwah Forest Reserve, Roys Road, to check area prior to Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival walks on 20th August - picnic lunch & discussion at Reserve. Bring usual outing needs + insect repellent.
Wednesday 21 Pine Rivers Branch Meeting - Soil types & Analysing members' soils - by Ross Higginbotham from Asset Horticulture.
Thursday 29 Mackay Branch Propagation Group Workshop.
AUGUST
Sunday 1 Mackay Branch MACBOCA Outing to Lake Clive, Cape Hillsborough, Seaforth.
Sunday 1 Fern Study Group Meeting at 9:30am at a residence in Beaufort Crs, Moggill, Topic: Filmy ferns.
Tuesday 3 Brisbane Western Suburbs Branch Meeting - The Flora from Longreach to Windorah by Beth McRobert & Lorna Murray.
Tuesday 3 Samford Branch Meeting - Bonsai with Native Plants - a talk by one of Brisbane's Bonsai Societies.
Thursday 5 Mackay Branch Meeting - Name Those W.A. Flowers by Peter Thompson.
Thursday 5 to Sunday15 SGAP QLD. REGION RNA Display at Exhibition Grounds. Set-up on 4th August. Helpers are needed for set-up and pull-down and to go on roster throughout the Ekka. Please phone 3355 1884 if you can help.
Saturday 7 Mackay Branch Propagation Group Workshop.
Monday 9 SGAP QLD. REGION Meeting - Killers in Green: Poisonous Native Plants by Dr. Ross McKenzie, retired veterinary pathologist with the Animal Research Institute of Qld. DPI and Lecturer at Qld. Uni. Vet. School.
Friday 13 Brisbane Daytime Branch Meeting - at home at Moggill (UBD Map 196 : F16) - then a visit to Moggill Cemetery - BYO morning tea & lunch.
Saturday 14 Kingaroy & Districts Branch Excursion -Jimna - Conondale National Park - combined with South Burnett Field Nats. Contact 4162 1664.
Weekend 14-15 Mackay Branch Campout/Sunday Day Trip to Lake Elphinstone.
(2 weeks) Saturday14 to Sunday 29 Wallum Study Group Sunshine Coast Spring Wildflower Festival - programme of walks & other activities - check out www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for details or phone Barbara on 5424 7073 evenings
Wednesday 18 Pine Rivers Branch Meeting - Spring Specimen Night - We are celebrating spring a little earlier this year, as there are so many activities in September.
Saturday 21 Brisbane Western Suburbs Branch Excursion - to Moggill State Forest - "the dry end" - to view winter wildflowers. Meet 9.30am at Anstead Bushland Reserve (UBD 195 N4).
Sunday 22 Pine Rivers Branch Garden Visit - to a garden, in Dayboro Road, Whiteside. Meet there at 9.00am.
Sunday 29 Mackay Branch SGAP Plants Sale / MRBG Landcare Day.
Sunday 29 Grevillea Study Group Meeting - 9.30am at the Good Earth Nursery, 10517 New England Highway, Highfields, 4352. Hosted by Helen Howard. Phone 4689 7233. Subject: New Ideas in Grafting Grevilleas.
Thursday 26 Mackay Branch Propagation Group Workshop.
SEPTEMBER
Thursday 2 Mackay Branch Meeting - Spring Show & Tell.
Weekend 4-5 SGAP QLD. REGION SPRING FLOWER SHOW & PLANTS MARKET at Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium. Set-up Friday 3rd August. Helpers needed for set-up and pull-down and to go on roster throughout Show.
Sunday 5 Mackay Branch MACBOCA Outing to Tedlands, Koumala area.
Tuesday 7 Brisbane Western Suburbs Branch Meeting - Group Discussion on Local Flora, in particular focussing on the Moggill State Forest.
Tuesday 7 Samford Branch Meeting - Propagation Evening with nurseryman, Russell Young. Please bring along cutting material or seeds.
Friday 10 Brisbane Daytime Branch Meeting - Conference planning at home in Auchenflower. BYO morning tea & lunch (UBD Map 21 : D3).
Long Weekend 10-11-12 Kingaroy & Districts Branch Campout at Barambah Environmental Education Centre - combined with South Burnett Field Nats. Contact 4162 1664 or 4168 5471.
Monday 13 SGAP QLD. REGION Meeting - Grevillea Study Group & Small Plants Interest Group 2009 Excursion Photographs by participants.
Sunday 19 to Saturday 25 SGAP QLD. REGION 2010 REGIONAL CONFERENCE: Fragments of Green. Venue is Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre, cnr. Behm's Rd. & Pimpama-Jacob's Well Rds, Norwell. Please register now with Conference Convenor,SGAP, P.O. Box 586, Fortitude Valley, 4006; or phone 07 3870 8517 or email: secretary@sgapqld.org.au
Thursday 30 Mackay Branch Propagation Group Workshop.