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Australian Plants Society Victoria
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In 1957, inspired by enthusiastic interest in his column, he called a meeting for anyone who liked to grow Australian native plants. The response was overwhelming, and the Society for Growing Australian Plants was born. APS Victoria has grown from a single group to 28 District Groups right across our state, and from its origins in Victoria, APS rapidly spread across Australia to become the country's largest horticultural society. We are now one of the seven autonomous state and territory bodies which make up our national body, the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants. |
Arthur Swaby had a deep conviction that Australian plants deserved a prominent place in Australian horticulture. For several years he wrote a column called "Know Your Natives" in the popular gardening magazine "Your Garden".
Our objectives
Promote and maintain interest in growing and propagating Australian plants in home gardens and public places
Encourage the recognition and development of distinctive landscape styles and forms using Australian plants
Improve Australian plants as garden subjects
Monitor and encourage the strengthening of the laws for preservation of flora
Encourage the nursery industry to propagate and supply Australian plants to the general public
Support all information received by the Association on methods of propagation and of the sources of supply of plants and seeds available for distribution and to publish such information from time to time
Establish and encourage District Groups
Encourage and facilitate the conservation and study of Australian plants and their habitats, especially in the Australian region
Further the dissemination of knowledge and to act as a source of informed opinion on those matters
Carry on any other activity for the furtherance and extension of the purposes of the Association
Photo Acacia pycnantha © Graham Oliver