Australian Plants Society

Maroondah Group Inc

Registration No; A 0013122B

P.O. 33, Ringwood, Victoria, 3134

AIMS**

To promote the growing of Australian native plants in Australian public and private gardens.

To assist in the preservation of Australian plant species in the wild

To help people learn more about Australian native plants

	Meetings		Garden visits
	Other activities		Future events
	Newsletter		APS Victoria
	Community nurseries		Useful links
	Join APS		Contact APS Maroondah

Home >>

MEETINGS

Meetings are held at Manchester Unity Hall, 8 Main Street, Blackburn, Vic, 3130. Melways 47 K10. Third Friday of the month. February – November - 8pm.
Guest speakers on a range of interesting topics (see future events)
News and information (see newsletter)
Sales of low priced native plants
Specimen table - discussion of plants grown by members
Book sales (discounted)
Access to newsletters from plant study groups
Supper and informal 'chat time'
Door prizes
Entry donation $2.00
Typical topics – Individual plant groups e.g. eremophila, fungi, lizards photo presentations, low water usage plants

Home >>

GARDEN VISITS

Monthly visits to gardens featuring Australian native plants (and sometimes including exotics)
Majority of visits to private gardens, occasionally public gardens
Some visits to private gardens participating in the Open Garden Scheme
Recent visits have included trips to large and small private gardens in Maroondah, Manningham and Whitehorse regions and further afield
Visits to public gardens such as Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and Melbourne, Maranoa Gardens Balwyn.
Local visits are usually scheduled for afternoons - 2 pm to 4 pm on the Sunday after the Friday evening meeting
Gardens further afield may be an all day outing - perhaps a bus trip
Afternoon tea and friendly social interactions
All welcome - a relaxing way to increase your knowledge of Australian native plants

Home>>

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Workshops for new members - e.g. plant identification and propagation
Occasional training courses – evenings – 5 sessions
Christmas break-up get together
Bush walks and meanders
Weekend trips
Participation in community events such as Whitehorse Spring Festival,
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS).
BBQs
Breakfasts

Home >>

FUTURE MAROONDAH EVENTS

Meetings

Meetings are held at Manchester Unity Hall,
8 Main Street, Blackburn, 3130, Melways 47K10
at 8pm on the third Friday of the month from February to November.

Casual visitors always welcome

2012

Meetings

February 17 - Influences on Garden Design in Melbourne - a personal view - Diana Snape
March 16 - How I go about designing a new garden - Sam Cox
April 20 - Rutaceae Family - Mike Bayly
May 18 - Mistletoes - Peter Rogers
June 15 - Bushfires and Native Trees - Bill Mallinson
July 20 - Epacris - Trevor Edwards and Gwen Elliot
August 17 - Native Bees - Ken Walker
September 21 - Grand Specimen Table
October 19 - Pollination of Grevillias - Susan Hoebee
November 16 - Birds - Murray Bouchier

Garden Visits

2012

February 19 - Garden in Blackburn
March 18 - Garden in Warrandyte
April 22 - Garden in Healesville
May 20 - Garden in Eltham
June 17 - Garden in Research
July 22 - Garden in Boronia
August 19 - Plant Propagation Activity
September 23 - Garden in Lysterfield
October 21 - Garden in Ringwood East
November 18 - End of Year Picnic - TBA

Upcoming Events 2012/2013

February 11 - Executive Budget Meeting at RBG Cranbourne auditorium
March 17 - Committee of Managemnt meeting and workshop at Melton Community Centre followed by a
guided walk in the Melton Botanic Gardens Eucalypt Arboretum
March 28 - April 1 - MIFGS, participation by various groups in hanging basket display
September 8/9 - APS Yarra Yarra Native Plants Expo at Eltham Community & Reception Centre
801 Main Road, Eltham from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm both days
November 10/11 - Fred Rogers Seminar - 3D Garden Design - Dream it, Design it, Do it
Saturday at Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Preston; Sunday at Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne annex
December 1 - Committee of Management meeting and AGM (venue TBA)

August 10/16, 2013 ANPSA conference, hosted by Queensland SGAP in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast
The theme is 'Diversity in Nature'

Quarterly Gatherings - APS (Vic) -2012

June - Quarterly Gathering hosted by APS Geelong (date and venue TBA)
August 25/26 - Quarterly Gathering hosted by APS Grampians

Plant Sales

April 21/22 - APS Geelong Plant Sale, 'Wirawilla', 40 Lovely Banks Road, Lovely Banks
May 12 - APS Melton & Bacchus Marsh Plant Sale, Cnr Lerderderg St & Gisborne Rd, Bacchus Marsh
September 1 - APS Wilson Park Plant Sale, Wilson Botanic Park, Princes Hwy, Berwick

Open Gardens Australia

Gardens featuring Australian Plants - Entry $6 per person unless otherwise indicated.
Please confirm details at www.opengarden.org.au

February 11/12 - Henry Garden, Boronia
March 24/25 - Dot's garden, Yarra Glen
April 14/15 - Attila Kapitany's garden - Narre Warren North
May 12/13 - Ford & Adams gardens, Eltham
May 12/13 - Sam Cox's garden, Wattle Glen

Home >>

NEWSLETTER

Published and posted/emailed out monthly to APS Maroondah members.

Information on:

Proposed APS Maroondah Group Meetings
Planned garden visits
Reports on garden visits
Photographs of plants and people
Other upcoming events
Details re speakers for future meetings
Articles on Australian plants
General news
Summary of information re specimen plants from previous meeting

Home >>

AUSTRALIAN PLANTS SOCIETY (SGAP Vic) INC

VISIT THE APS VIC. WEB SITE

The Australian Native Plants Society of Australia (ANPSA) is the Federal body with which State bodies are affiliated
The Australian Plants Society is our State body and was previously known as the Society for Growing Australian Plants Victoria
APS Maroondah Group Inc. (Reg No: A0013122B) is a District Group of the State body, APS Victoria.
Australian Plants Society Victoria publications include:
- Growing Australian - Quarterly APS Victoria journal, 6 free packets of seed per quarter, Study Groups, book list, mail order books
- Australian Plants - Optional national quarterly colour magazine

Home >>

COMMUNITY NURSERIES

Community Nurseries selling Indigenous Plants

Maroondah Area

Bungalook Nursery, 63 Fulton Road, Blackburn South.
(Wurundjeri Walk) Melway 61 G4/H4 – Friday 9.30 – 12.30.
4^th Sunday of month 10.00 – 1.00
Candlebark Community Nursery,
Corner Hull Road & Taylor Road, Mooroolbark.
Tel: 9727 0594
CRISP - City of Ringwood Indigenous Species Plant Nursery,
17 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood, Melway 49 H10.
Wednesday and Friday 9:30 - 12:30. Second Saturday of month 10:00 - 2:00.
Edendale Farm Indigenous Nursery, Gastons Road, Eltham.
off Wattletree Road. Melway 22 A1. 9:30 - 4:30.
FOWSP - Friends of Warrandyte State Park Nursery
Pound Bend Road, Warrandyte.
Melway 23 C10 (near Ranger’s Office).
Thursday 9.30 – 12.30. First Sunday of month 2.00 – 4.00
Greenlink Box Hill, 41 Wimmera Street, Box Hill North.
Melway 47 F6. - Tuesday 9:00 - 12:30.
Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) Plant Nursery
(formerly “Keelbundora”) Latrobe University, Bundoora Campus
enter from Ring Road Tues., Thurs., Friday, Sunday. 10.00 – 3.00
Melway 19 H5
Knox Environment Society Community Nursery,
Dorset Road, Ferntree Gully. Tel: Mick Van De Vreede - 9763 7017
VINC. Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Cooperative
Yarra Bend Road Fairfield. Melway 2D F4
Monday to Friday 9.00 – 4.00, - Saturday/Sunday 12.00 – 4.00.

Home >>

USEFUL LINKS.

Home >>

TO JOIN THE MAROONDAH GROUP AND APS Vic AND OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP

Print this form and send to the address shown. - Any enquiries re membership to Jan Nicholls (03) 9893 4422

CONTACT FOR APS MAROONDAH GROUP

Phone our President, Michael Cook, on 0417 539 740

Phone our Secretary, Brenda Moore, on (03) 9876 1267

Write to us at P.O. Box 33, Ringwood, 3134

or e-mail enquiries APS Maroondah Group Inc

Web design enquiries/changes

Home >>