HOUSES FOR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SEMINAR

If you have not already done so, there is still time to book your seat for the ‘Houses for Flood-Prone Areas’ Seminar in Brisbane, June 16. Tickets are selling fast, reserve your place now.

About the seminar

The recent devastation flood events in South-East Queensland and parts of Victoria have brought into sharp focus

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AILA NSW WORKSHOP

“The Lost Craft of Plantsmanship” Wednesday 22nd June 2011

Have we lost touch with some of the basic fundamentals of our profession?

We all purport to be landscape architects and designers but one would question if we haven’t lost some of the basic fundamentals of our profession. Designing with plants is an art form

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY COME TOGETHER

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap. This electronic field guide allows users to identify tree species simply by taking a photograph of the tree’s leaves. In addition to the species name, Leafsnap provides  high-resolution

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GARDENS IN FOCUS EXHIBITION

Thursday 7 April – Sunday 17 April 10am – 4pm daily FREE ENTRY

 The Gardens in Focus competition was run on behalf of the Friends of The Gardens.  It was open to photographers young and old – amateur, student and professional.  Digital photographs were submitted that capture plants, people or a special place taken

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OPEN GARDEN ‘ FEED YOURSELF FROM YOUR OWN BACK YARD’

Open Garden Scheme – Viewing on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March, 10-4.30.

5 Second Avenue, Lane Cove.

An interesting conversion to Permaculture.  A large Lane Cove block demonstrating how a standard suburban garden can undergo conversion to a more useful, edible landscape, whilst retaining some of its formal lines and flowering plants. Beauty

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IRSA Daily Living Expo

IRSA Daily Living Expo will be held at Rosehill Racecourse on 18-19 May 2011.

The Daily Living Expo is Australia’s foremost exhibition for Rehabilitation and Aged Care Equipment.

A key focus this year is on the healing value of garden environments and re-connecting people with gardening. Stands will be promoting adaptable and supportive gardening

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‘Blood on the Wattle’

The Federal Attorney General wants to expand the list of federally prohibited plants, this is to include hundreds (possibly thousands) of other species, of most significance is the native wattle. The effect of this proposal to the sustainability of our environment and its biodiversity could be severe. For example, acacias are our predominant pioneer

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AUSTRALIAN GARDEN HISTORY SOCIETY TALK

Evening talk March 16 2011

6pm for a 630pm start:

Sydney – Different landscapes, different soils, different histories: exploring the interactions between Sydney’s historical growth and its bushland landscapes

Our March event is a talk by Doug Benson, Senior Plant Ecologist with the National Herbarium of NSW at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Doug

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EASY CARE GARDENS AND MARKET DAY FUNDRAISER

Saturday 12 March: Easy Care Gardens & Market day fundraiser at Mt. Errington*, 1 Rosemead Rd, Hornsby, Sydney.

Easy Care Gardening Inc is a service for the frail aged and people with a disability on a pension. Teams of volunteers weed, prune, mulch and make gardens safe and tidy and easy care so people

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AABR WORKSHOP

The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) is once again running a weekend workshop by Van Klaphake on his identification guide to ‘Eucalypts of the Sydney Region’. The likely date is July 2nd & 3rd and the venue Earlwood. If you are interested in attending please contact Paul on ibb56@yahoo.com.au.

We hope

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