The Australian Plants Society (Victoria) is dedicated to promoting, growing and the conservation of Australian native plants, in gardens, community areas and their original environments.
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Bookings open on 15th February 2024 (early bird booking closes 30th June 2024)
From the APS Vic Facebook page
All about the superb Sturt’s Desert Pea from our Australian National botanic gardens – worth following them for excellent information.
Strewth plastic fake grass even on the nature strip – grow a verge garden instead! The issue of adding more microplastics to our environment as this stuff wears is another significant problem.
Correa pulchella "Autumn Blaze" – a lovely form found naturally on Kangaroo Island. Hardy in a dry spot in part shade and handles alkaline soil.
A Brown Thornbill enjoying a bath in a garden in inner Melbourne. Birds bring beauty, interest and natural pest control to a garden. Water is a magnet for birds and you only need a terracotta saucer on an old tree stump. This one is 2m up to keep birds safe and the water is changed every day. ![]()
The surrounding area has a host of multi-level native plantings and no pesticides have been used for 20 years. Brown Thornbills visit every day of the year. (We do use a water pistol on aggressive Noisy Miners). See our post about presentations by Dr Annie Naimo from Birdlife Australia.