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Promoting the growing and conservation of Australian native plants
    ... in gardens, community areas and their original environments

Beautiful Pink Heath - © Neil Marriott

APS Victoria activities are focused around local District Groups across the state, which meet monthly, usually in the evening.

A typical meeting has as its centrepiece a speaker on a topic of interest, such as low water usage gardening, drought tolerant Australian natives or rejuvenating an old garden. Members also display, on a specimen table, the flowers currently in bloom in the garden, and share experiences with their cultivation.

Regular garden visits and bush walks are peppered throughout the year, providing an opportunity to view how plants of interest grow in your local area.

Every three months District Groups from across Victoria come together in a different location to view plants and gardens, or to learn more about a particular genera of native plants.

Photograph "Beautiful 'Pink Heath'" - © Neil Marriott


APS Victoria - Bringing together people who enjoy growing Australia's unique flora

 

 

Need advice on the selection and cultivation of Australian native plants?
    ... help is always on hand

Explaining how it is done - © Graham Oliver

Post a question on-line on our Open Discussion Forum
Experienced APS Vic members regularly monitor this space, providing answers to the questions posted.

Join APS Victoria
All APS Victoria meetings, our quarterly magazine "Growing Australian", newsletters produced by local APS groups, and other resources will be at your disposal.
>> Member benefits and how to join

Ask a question at an APS meeting
Most likely someone has the knowledge to help you.

Borrow a book from an APS library
Many District Groups have a lending library covering topics ranging from garden design and plant identification to the selection and cultivation of native plants that suit your local environment.

Learn from practical sessions run by APS experts
These are part of every District Group's program.

Read APS newsletters and magazines
Members receive frequent local and state-wide newsletters packed with articles on plant issues.

Attend APS field days and seminars
These provide an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge on a particular genus of native plant or topic.

Photograph "Explaining how it is done" - © Graham Oliver

 

Do you have a special interest?
    ... maybe in a particular genus of Australian native plant

If you are already a fan of a particular genus of Australian native plant, garden design, bush foods, bonsai, or a host of other topics, one of our Study Groups will cater for your needs. Whether it's banksias, ferns, indigenous orchids, eucalypts or eremophilas, to name just a few, there's a group of people who share your interest.

 


New Sections

Australian Native Plants For Fire Protection

Based on the experiences of APS Victoria members, many of whom have properties which have been affected by bushfires, our Conservation Officer Mr Neil Marriott has compiled lists of Australian native plants found to provide some degree of protection during fires... >> More

 

Drought Tolerant Plants and Low Water Usage Gardening

Persistent drought and higher summer temperatures have killed many normally reliable garden plants and focussed attention on designing gardens for low water usage and on selecting plants suited to these new, harsher conditions.

Planting carefully selected Australian native plants and using proven low water gardening techniques can help you address these issues and let you have a colourful, attractive, easily maintained garden.

We have expanded the web site to cover these issues.

Here are tips based on the experiences of APS Victoria members to help you on your way:

>> Drought tolerant Australian natives plants

>> Low water usage gardening tips

>> Consult your local APS District Group for advice on local conditions.

Starting a new garden?
Renewing an existing garden?

Buy our resource kit for home gardeners.
Written by experienced, practical APS Victoria members, it will guide you through:

  • Garden design
  • Choosing plants to suit your local soils and climate
  • Plant cultivation

Available in two formats:

Compact disc (CD) - $13.00
>> Buy CD on-line now
 
Loose-leaf binder - $39.95
Printed and presented in an attractive loose-leaf binder together with the CD
>> Order printed kit

>> Further information

Beginner or Expert - this kit is for you

 

8th FJC Rogers Seminar

Grevillea
Hybrids, Cultivars & New Species

BAIRNSDALE, East Gippsland, Victoria
21st and 22nd August 2010

This seminar is for enthusiasts of Australian Plants and all gardeners who wish to know how to include this iconic Australian plant in their garden and grow it successfully. The program includes speakers, workshops and garden visits.

Further information and registration form
>> Click here

 

What's On

 

Picnic to celebrate the release of
"Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants" volume 9

Woodland Picnic Area,
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

Sunday 14th March 2010

  • Volume 9 on sale - $180 per copy
  • Rodger Elliot, David Jones and Trevor Blake on hand to autograph copies

Everyone invited
BYO lunch, hat and suntan lotion

Interested? Please register with Nicky Zanen
Phone 0401 975 191 or >> Send an email

Organised by APS Victoria and Friends of the RBG Cranbourne

APS Victoria Quarterly Gathering
51 Elizabeth St, Bayswater (Melways Map 64 F7)

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2010

Gardens for Wildlife in the Foothills of the Dandenongs

APS Foothills invites you to see a selection of gardens in the City of Knox's "Gardens for Wildlife" Scheme", which assists local residents develop wildlife friendly gardens.

Nadine Gaskell, Conservation Officer in charge of the scheme will be guest speaker on Saterday evening.

Plants will be for sale over the weekend and Kuranga Nursery is 15 mins away from the gardens scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

>> Registration Form

 

Plant of the Month

Corymbia ficifolia - Red-flowering gum

Corymbia ficifolia – Red flowering-gum At this time of year Red-flowering gum and cultivars such as Corymbia "Summer Red" and Corymbia "Summer Beauty" are in full bloom, making a spectacular feature in any garden.

These small to medium sized trees are moderately fast growing, and selected small-growing forms suitable for small gardens are available from nurseries.

Further information >> Here and >> Also here

 

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