Major Public Events
SGAP Queensland Region holds a number of Major Public Events each year, as well as regular Regional meetings and excursions and Local Branch meetings and outings. Visitors are welcome at all meetings.
ANPSA Conference
The biennial national conference for ANPSA (Australian Native Plant Society of Australia) will be hosted by our state in 2013.
Learn more about the conference and organised tours in this brochure.
Autumn Plant Sale
April 2012
The Autumn Plant Sale is held in April each year at the TAFE Grovely Campus, off Casey Street, Keperra. Open from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Walk in off Dawson Pde., or park in Woking St. UBD Map 138:E1, or Gregory's Map 116:F5.
The sale will include hundreds of species of native plants suitable for Brisbane and south-east Queensland gardens. Some plants are rare and in short supply and some are not readily available in commercial nurseries. There will also be bush tucker plants and butterfly food plants.
Expert advice on plant cultivation and landscaping is available.
Books relating to native plants will also be on sale.
Admission is free and light refreshments are available.
Spring Flower Show and Plants Market
September 2012
Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium
There are spectacular displays of:
- native flora,
- landscaping ideas,
- displays from other organizations with similar aims,
- plants sales,
- cut flower sales,
- book sales,
- plant information and
- bush tucker displays.
Admission is $3.00 - children free.
Spring Plant Sale
Saturday 22nd October 2011
9am - 4pm
Macgregor State High School
This is the place to come if you are looking for :
- Unusual, hard to find, rare or different native plants.
- Plants that are frog and butterfly friendly
- Grafted plants - bushfood plants - palms & ferns - old favourites
- Plants for all situations - rainforest, cottage garden, regeneration, landscaping, water gardens, any gardens
- Also featuring expert advice, book sales, light refreshments
Admission is free
MacGregor State High School is accessed from Springfield St, MacGregor. It is less than 1km from Garden City Shopping Centre. From Garden City, go west on Kessels Road, and turn left into Springfield St. UBD Map 201, grid reference B13.
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Bill Tulloch Memorial Lecture
Monday 14th November 2011
7:45pm
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Auditorium, Mt. Coot-tha Road, Toowong
Leichhardt the Botanist - Lecture to be given by Rod Fensham from the Queensland Herbarium. All welcome.
SGAP Queensland Region Conferences
Queensland Regional Conferences are held, usually every two years, in different areas of the State. Details will appear on the events page in due course.
