North Shore District Group |
Meetings |
Friday night meetingsMeetings will now return to face to face when possible. Face to face meetings are held at Beatrice Taylor Hall: 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby. Zoom meetings may still be appropriate for certain speakers or conditions and will have similar arrangements to previous Zooms. People who are not members of North Shore Group can contact Sue Fredrickson to request the Zoom link. Sue can be contacted on paulandsuefreddo@bigpond.com or 0401 362 921. Upcoming meetings2022 meetings will be listed as they are confirmed. Next meeting on Friday 8 July, 7.45pm for 8pm
Past meetings 202210th June 2022
13 May 2022
8 April 2021
11 February 2022
Past meetings 202112 February 2021
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Speaker |
David Roberts |
Topic | 'Some thoughts and ideas on taking photographs of plants.' |
Background |
The talk will cover some thoughts and ideas on taking photographs of plants. General photographic principles and plant-specific challengers. It is trying to encourage people to enhance their photography skills and admire their own results David is a Profession Bush Regenerator ( only new) |
Speaker | David Bambridge |
Topic | ‘Going Native in the Urban Landscape- Creeks to Casinos’ |
Background |
David Bambridge is the Director and Project Manager of The Gardenmakers which is a NSW based landscape company that undertakes projects in Sydney metropolitan area, Macarthur,Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Newcastle. A discussion of soils, plants and their installation issues in the modern urban landscape context where the project delivery factors such as time, budget, competing consultants, weather and seasonal cycles come into play. |
Speaker | Bruce Usher |
Topic |
Discuss the creation of my new photography book Coast Tree Street. A 192 page hardcover book with B/W and colour images, in three sections which includes personal insights and excerpts from my interviews. At the end of the book discussion a show of Snow gums photographed above Thredbo and Charlottes Pass in March 2020. And the Wollombi landscape in the lower Hunter valley of NSW. |
Background |
Coast was photographed between Noosa Heads Qld and Rosedale Beach on the NSW south coast but predominantly Sydney’s northern beaches between 1963 and 2020. Tree was photographed between 2007 and 2020. Locations include Bangally Head North Avalon NSW, Brisbane Water National Park NSW on the Central coast NSW, Flinders Ranges SA. Goldsmith Island Qld, Koscuiszko National Park NSW, Ku-ring-gai Chase Northern Sydney NSW, McKay Reserve Palm Beach NSW, Mt Hotham Vic, Mt Wellington Tasmania, Washpool National Park NSW, Wollombi Lower Hunter Valley NSW, Wyrrabalong National Park, NSW central coast. Street was photographed between 1974 and 2020. |
Speaker | Narelle Smith, |
Topic | Sir Joseph Banks life’s works |
Background |
A journey of Sir Joseph Bank’s work including the Endeavour journal, Australian plant collections, taxonomy and recruitment that enabled The painting of Joseph Banks, above is by Samuel Reynolds in 1773 |
Speaker | Donna Fitton, Tree Care Officer, Hornsby Shire Council (HSC) |
Topic | ‘Greening Our Shire’ - HSC’s Planting Projects |
Background |
In August 2018, Council launched an ambitious program to plant 25,000 trees by 2020. The aim was to increase canopy across the Shire in streets, parks, reserves, Schools, Community centres and private property. The challenge was to engage the community to support and assist the project through storms, drought and COVID. Canopy replenishment on this scale and timeframe is rare. We won’t see the canopy or feel the environmental and social benefits for many years but the future looks a bit more shady for Hornsby Shire as our climate changes. In July 2020 we hit the target and planting momentum continues in 2021 with our ‘Greening Our Shire” project. This project will address revegetation, planting and biodiversity actions linked to Council’s Urban Forest Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy. |
Speaker | Shubham Chhajed - 2020 Val Williams Scholarship Recipient |
Topic | "Hydraulic drivers of photosynthetic variation in co-occurring plant species in Sydney region: a least-cost theory approach." |
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Speaker | Robert King |
Topic | 'Topic Mangroves - flowering plants at the land sea interface' |
Background |
Robert King spent much of his academic life as Professor of Botany at the University of NSW. His general research interests centred on the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of macroalgae (seaweeds) and seagrasses in south eastern Australia. He had a particular research interest in the algae associated with mangroves worldwide, with specific attention to salt tolerance in an environment with rapid changes in salinity. The term mangrove refers to both an unusual group of essentially tropical plants and the communities. We only have two mangrove species in the Sydney region, but in northern Australia there is a rich and varied collection of species all coping with an environment that appears inimical to flowering plants. Mangroves exhibit a range of adaptations enabling them to cope in an environment with regular inundation, variable salinity, unstable sediments and wave action. The term has no taxonomic significance but is an ecological category of plants defined by this challenging environment. Mangroves occur in a surprising range of familiar plant families, and are related to many genera which are well known as garden plants. |
Speaker | Jonathan Lidbetter |
Topic | 'A Surprise' |
Background |
Jonathan Lidbetter B.Sc.Agr (Hons), M.Sc. (Hons) - Farm Manager for East Coast Wildflowers I have close to 30 years experience working in the horticultural sector largely as a plant production researcher in government but more recently as a farm manager for East Coast Wildflowers. My main passion is propagation and development of native plants for commercial cultivation and my experience covers the full range from seeds, cuttings, budding and grafting to tissue culture. My current focus is the propagation and management of over 100 species of commercial cut flower and foliages for the domestic floristry trade. East Coast Wildflowers is one of the premier native cut flower wholesalers in NSW and is owned and run by Mr Craig Scott, a 4th generation flower grower who has been growing native flowers commercially for over 30 years. We have 20 hectares under cultivation with 0.5 ha under cover at Mangrove Mountain (growing almost exclusively native products), and have a warehouse at Flemington markets as part of operating Stands in the Flower Shed 6 days/ week 51 weeks a year (COVID pending). We wholesale product for growers from all mainland states. More visual information can be found on Instagram @ craigioscottt or @jonathinny. Craig's daughter Bess is a leading NSW florist using native flowers and can be found @bess_paddington. |