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A Long Way from the Fatherland
A Long Way from the Fatherland Author: Robert Price Published: Online Only April 2024 The name Ferdinand von Mueller is one that crops up frequently, whether reading on science, Australian geography, history or exploration, but particularly in the context of botany...
Promoting Native Plants for Six Decades
Author: Lawrie Smith, AM - former Displays Officer Published: Journal June 2022 Part Two Researching the history of the many and varied displays organised by the Society over the first 12 years since 1957 has been illuminating and fascinating – this was...
Myall Park Botanic Garden 16 – 19 July 2021
Author: Noreen Baxter Published: Journal June 2022 Background At the Eremophila Study Group Queensland meeting 10 October 2020, ESG member Dick Harding discussed the restoration/revival work he was planning for the Eremophila beds in the Myall Park Botanic Garden and...
Linville Landcare Festival
Author: Barb Paterson, Kingaroy & Districts Branch Published: Journal June 2022 Saturday November 6, 2021 The Branch accepted an invitation forwarded by Erica Richardson to participate in an event arranged by Brisbane Valley – Kilcoy Landcare. They had received...
Promoting Native Plants for Six Decades
Author: Lawrie Smith, AM - former Displays Officer Published: Journal March 2022 Image above: Western Suburbs Branch display at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in the 1970s Background The 2020 Spring Wildflower Show, was planned to be a very special event to...
Seedlings and Weedlings
The Importance of seeding identification Author: Rusty Linnane, Ecological Restorator Published: Journal December 2021 In a world fast becoming aware of reforestation as a key to sustainability of the planet, more people are looking at Ecological Restoration...
Lomandra … it’s a rush!
Author: Saul Hondow, Land for Wildlife Officer, Gold Coast Published: Journal September 2021 Ok I’m just going to throw it out there and confess “I love lomandra”. From their bold strapping leaves to their upright tufted habit and sweet-scented flowers, these plants...
Clean those boots
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal June 2021 For all the decades I’ve been bushwalking, I can’t remember ever having muddy boots so often as in the past five months (December 2020 to April 2021). After each walk my boots seem to have doubled in weight with all...
Myrtle Rust Update, May 2021
Author: Bonni Yee Published: Journal June 2021 Read the previous update on Myrtle Rust article here. Since the Myrtle Rust (MR) fungus Austropuccinia psidii was first recorded in central NSW in 2010, this pathogen has spread along the eastern coast of...
Conservation News – Update on Myrtle Rust Research
Author: Bonni Yee Published: Journal March 2021 There has been some progress with development of the RNA vaccines against myrtle rust and also the propagation of MR-endangered rainforest Myrtaceae. Researchers at the University of Queensland have been working...