Sunshine Coast

Monthly Meetings

We meet for 2-4 hours on the mornings of the second Sunday of each month except January, but there are often other events.

Many of our meetings are excursions to explore some of the beautiful natural places in our region, usually led by an expert in the flora of that location. For details of our upcoming program, see our website below.

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About Us

Did you know that the Sunshine Coast is home to over 2000 different species of locally occurring Native Plants and is located within one of Australia’s internationally recognised Biodiversity hotspots? Our flora and their respective ecosystems are truly amazing and unique and Native Plants Sunshine Coast is committed to education, conservation, and cultivation of this amazing floristic diversity.

Members

Through meetings and presentations we offer the opportunity to get to know and appreciate Australian native plants, learn how to identify them, what their uses are, and learn and practise how to grow them, all in a fun environment of friends and natural beauty.

Members of any age and level of expertise are most welcome! Our membership covers a broad spectrum from children to grandparents, and ranges from expert professional botanists and ecologists to beginners who want to learn more.

Projects

Current projects include the production and circulation of several brochures we have produced including Native Plants for Native Bees and Native Plants for Containers. These brochures are highly sought after throughout SE QLD.

Banksia Bytes, our quarterly branch newsletter, has great contributions from our members and is an excellent resource for learning more about the flora of the Sunshine Coast.

Previous projects have included propagating and distributing plants from the David Hockings collection and propagation of threatened plants. We are a member driven organisation and open to your ideas and input.

Branch propagation

Pink Euodia melicope elleryana

History

In June 1984, an Affiliated Organization was formed in Nambour and was called Sunshine Coast Society for Growing Australian Plants. The inaugural President was Tony Bean with Ann Wardell as Secretary. In 1988, it became the Sunshine Coast Branch of SGAP. In 2002, the branch went into recess.

 

The branch was reactivated as the Sunshine Coast Branch at a meeting at Maleny in late 2007.

Branch Excursion