Members celebrate 25th Anniversary of our Group

Program for 2019

Download Program here

Meetings and Field Trips

Our monthly meetings are held on Tuesdays in the Display Room, North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Main Entrance, Hardacre Street, Coffs Harbour.  APS members, guests and other interested persons are always welcome.

Field Trips and Outings explore members' gardens, local nature reserves, parks and regeneration areas. These are held on Sundays, every second month and last from 3 to 4 hours.

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Tuesday meetings

16 July:  10.00 - 1.00pm

Topic: Weed Identification

Speaker: Tim Bekis, Coffs City Council Weeds Inspect

13 August  7pm - 10.00pm

Topic: Garden Design

Speaker: tba

10 September:  10.00 - 1.00pm

Topic: Palms of Australia

Speaker: Phil O'Shea

Field trips

28 July  10.00am

Tea Tree Plantation, Grafton

Morrie and Fiona Duggan

               

Propagation with Gwyn Clarke

    Urunga Wetlands Boardwalk, January 2019

Book Project: Growing Native Plants on the North Coast of NSW

First published in 2006, we are working on a Second Edition of this excellent resource for native plant enthusiasts and home gardeners.       

Conservation

In 2018, our group will be monitoring selected local threatened or endangered species (from the NSW Environment Department's Saving Our Species register) by working with local National Parks regeneration projects around Moonee Beach, just north of Coffs Harbour. Once we have gained some experience in the techniques and methodology for data collection, we can extend our efforts to other species in our area. Our initial focus will be on two local species: Sophora tomentosa and Zieria prostrata.

    

See NSW Department of Environment - Saving Our Species