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. |