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

10 September:  10.00 - 1.00pm

Topic: Palms of Australia

Speaker: Phil O'Shea

15 October  7pm - 10.00pm

Topic: Subtropical grasslands of North Coast Bioregion

Speaker: Dr. John Hunter

12 November  10am - 1.00pm

AGM

Speaker: Roger Bagley - Native Water Lilies

Field trips

26 - 27 October  Weekend Trip

Lismore Rainforest Botanic Garden

313 Wyrallah Road, Lismore

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.       

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