Meetings
We hold meetings from 5.00 pm (to about 7.30 pm) on the 4th Tuesday of each month except December. We meet at the Friends Centre, at the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, Ashmore Rd, Benowa.. The meeting will usually open with a guest speaker talking about a topic of interest. Topics include gardening principles, garden design, plant families, vegetation communities, plant families, flora for fauna, native plants from other areas, practical workshops on Plant ID, propagation or members nights where we share knowledge or plants or slides.
Excursions
These are organised for the weekend following our meetings unless there are displays or shows being run. They are organised to view members’ gardens, other native gardens, national parks and conservation areas. They are a mixture of morning/afternoon, full day and 2 – 3 day ‘camp-outs’ to areas further away.
Projects
Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, Ashmore Rd, Benowa
Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society grounds – Elliott St, Bundall
Hinterland Regional Park, Hardys Rd, Mudgeeraba
Myall Park Botanic Garden, via Glenmorgan
Propagation Group
The group also conduct their own seed collecting excursions and propagation workshops. Plants grown by the group are made available at our meetings and other environmentally-focussed events on the Gold Coast.
Objectives
1. To increase members’ knowledge of Australian native
flora.
2. To propagate and/or grow Australian native plants
in private and public gardens and revegetation areas.
3. To support conservation and preservation of indigenous
species.
4. To promote and/or share knowledge and use of native
flora in the wider community.
5. As a Special Interest Group of the Friends of the
Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, to support their activities as relevant
to Australian native flora.