7:00pm, Wednesday 21 May 2025: APS Sutherland monthly meeting.

Rainforest restoration with Richie Dimon

Large scale restoration plantings are vital in restoring degraded landscapes. Genetically informed approaches to help restore diverse plantings are becoming more feasible with the decreasing costs of sequencing.

The Science Saving Rainforests project, developed by the Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy with the Royal Botanic Garden and Firewheel Rainforest Nursery, aims to provide genetically informed restoration guidelines for over 60 subtropical rainforest tree species in eastern Australia.

Richard Dimon will talk about his PhD research at the Botanic Garden, translating complex genetic data into guidelines for restoration practitioners, with a focus on restoring the Big Scrub lowland subtropical rainforest. He'll share how this approach can be applied to many other species as part of the broader Restore and Renew project.

After the talk, we’ll have our plant table segment which showcases native plants in Shire gardens at this time of year. Bring along a specimen of your own and have it identified. Feel free to accompany specimens by submitting photos for the newsletter.

Join us at our monthly meeting

Following the talk, we will have a raffle and supper.

Free – Visitors welcome. Gymea Community Hall, 39 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. 

Contact us: sutherland@austplants.com.au

7:00pm, Wednesday 18 June 2025: APS Sutherland monthly meeting.