YouTube – Dr Brett Summerell on Banks and Solander and bushfire recovery
After our recent AGM, Dr Brett Summerell, Director Research and Chief Botanist at the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands, gave a talk by Zoom and discussed the botanical work of Banks and Solander in 1770, the herbarium collection they created and its scientific importance, and the impact of the bushfires on Australia’s unique plant life.
Latest Australian Flora Foundation newsletter out now
The latest newsletter from the Australian Flora Foundation is now available here. The foundation is a charity fostering scientific research into the biology and cultivation of the Australian flora.
Research Matters, No. 31, January 2020 announces projects being funded by the foundation and prizes awarded:
Supporting research projects at the Australian Flora Foundation
This year the Australian Flora Foundation approved grants for the following projects – all involving restoration of the much-degraded Australian environment.
Australian Flora Foundation newsletter – Research Matters, July 2019
The latest newsletter from the Australian Flora Foundation is now available here. The foundation is a charity fostering scientific research into the biology and cultivation of the Australian flora.
Polblue, a fragile wilderness
This article was contributed by Andrew Pengelly of the Hunter Valley Group and appeared in their newsletter, Gumleaves.
Planting Australian natives: are we bringing the bush to our backyards or our backyards to the bush?
This article by Dr Matt Pye* recently appeared in the Australian Flora Foundation’s January 2019 Research Matters and is reproduced with permission.
Keeping Tuggerah Lakes pristine, by Nick Carson
Central Coast Group’s speaker in May was Nick Carson, an Environmental Education Officer at Central Coast Council where he educates the community about the Tuggerah Lakes Estuary. Nick spoke passionately about the importance of the Tuggerah Lakes Estuary and catchment area. This article was first published in the May issue of the Central Coast Australian Plants Society NSW newsletter.
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow, champion of Top End native plants
Mark Henley (Newcastle Group) has shared the great work being done by Top End birdwatcher and natural history and cultural guide, Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow.