The "Australian Plants Society NSW Ltd" (ABN 87 002 680 408), is a non-profit, independent, incorporated community organisation with members throughout Australia and overseas.
Australian Native Plant Society ( Australia ) - ANPSA is the federal body to which each State Society is affiliated.
Region Meetings are held at the Ermington Community Centre, 10 River Road, Ermington starting at 8pm. Supper is provided.
The next General meeting is on Friday 17th February.
Cas Liber will speak on Banksias. Cas will discuss some taxonomic headaches in eastern banksias highlighting how incomplete our understanding is. He will point out some places worth exploring in the Sydney basin and surrounds.
Future meetings will be held on Friday 18th May and Friday 16th November.
The District Group Get Together for 2012 will be held in the Northern Sydney area.
The get together will be held over the weekend of the 11th and 12th of August 2012 - so mark this date in your diaries.
A range of activities over both days is being planned. This will include opportunities to see the sandstone flora at its best.
The get together will be jointly hosted by the Northern Beaches and the North Shore District Groups of the Australian Plants Society.
This space will be kept up to date with the current details.
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The aims of the Society are:
| * | To foster and promote appreciation, study and participation in growing and propagating Australian native plants | |
| * | By lawful means, foster, support and promote the preservation and conservation of Australian native plants | |
| * | To encourage the use of Australian native plants in home gardens and public places | |
| * | To improve native plants as garden subjects | |
| * | To interest nurserymen in propagating & supplying Australian native plants to the public |
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| * | To increase and disseminate general knowledge of Australian plants |
The aims are broad and allow us to respond to changing needs and priorities and to encompass all aspects of Australian plants.
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Members are from all age groups and ways of life from amateurs who want to learn a bit more about Australian plants to professionals - from artists, florists, farmers and nurserymen to plant scientists: anyone who has an interest in Australian flora.
Many members enjoy Australian plants as garden subjects in the suburbs or the challenge of propagating and cultivating difficult to grow species or finding and propagating unusual forms of plants; many contribute to conservation, education, study of bushland or the awakening of a love of the Australian flora in others; others grow Australian plants commercially, many enjoy travel looking at Australian plants in their normal habitat, and photography. For many, membership of the Society is a way of meeting like minded people.
Members who have a professional interest in Australian plants can obtain information outside their specialised area. Some members who do not work with Australian plants for a living but have qualifications in botany, horticulture and so on, find satisfaction in using their knowledge in a leisure activity. For many members of the Society it is a relaxing and enjoyable activity and their first involvement with Australian plants. The Australian Plants Society also has among its members local government authorities, schools, other societies, libraries, corporations and government bodies.
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The Society for Growing Australian Plants was established in 1957 by a group of people who "pledged to promote the establishment and breeding of Australian native plants for garden, park and farm". By 1958 active regional Societies had been established in six States and the ACT with the Federal Association (ASGAP) being formed in 1962.
Since that time the Society has continued to grow and expand its activities and in NSW alone there are over 3000 members. Through the accumulated knowledge and widespread interests of it's members, the Society has become a leading source of information on many aspects of Australian Plants.