7th FJC Rogers Seminar - Eremophilas
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October 2008

This Seminar is for enthusiasts of Australian plants, and all gardeners who want to have an attractive garden with low water use.

Program - Saturday 4th October
Horsham College Assembly Hall

9:00 am Registration

9:30 am Welcome and Official Opening

9:45 am Morning Tea

10:15 am Keynote Speaker - Dr Bob Chinnock

Senior Botanist at the South Australian Herbarium, Bob has been responsible for describing many new species of Eremophila and has published his revision in the book, Eremophila and allied genera, A Monograph of the Myoporaceae.

11:15 am Speaker - Norma Boschen

Norma has been growing eremophilas for over 30 years and has travelled inland Australia extensively, in search of Eremophilas and new species.

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 pm Workshops (Choice of any two)

• Growing eremophilas from seed
• Propagating eremophilas from cuttings
• Grafting eremophilas
• Using eremophilas in floral arrangements

2:30 pm Speaker - Dr Enzo Palombo, Antimicrobial properties of Eremophila extracts: potential applications in infection control

Dr Enzo Palombo is currently a Senior Lecturer in microbial biotechnology and the Director of the Environment and Biotechnology Centre at Swinburne University of Technology. Some of his research include: identification of bio-active compounds from medicinal plants; and environmental microbiology.

3:30 pm Afternoon Tea

Launch of Book, Book Sales, Displays and Launch of new cultivars

6:30 pm Dinner - Horsham College Assembly Hall
Speaker - Ted Brown, Eremophilas, Survivors in Our Garden.

Ted has been in the nursery industry for over 35 years and is currently manager of Wimmera Native Nursery. He has a Sunday Gardening show on local radio and often writes for newspapers.

Program - Sunday 5th October

8:00 am Coach Tour

• Leave Horsham (Library Car Park, 28 McLachlan Street, Horsham)
• Visit Three gardens which have been are predominantly planted with eremophilas
• Visit the Wail Arboretum
• Visit two native nurseries
• Plant Sale Wimmera Growers of Australian Plants will have a large variety of eremophilas for sale at one of the nurseries.

4:45 pm Arrive back at Library Car Park, Horsham

Book Launch - "Eremophilas - changing gardens for a changing climate"

This book has resulted from the work of three growers who have been growing and trialling eremophilas for well over 30 years. The authors, Norma Boschen, Maree Goods, and Russell Wait have 100 years of growing experience between them and travelled extensively into many parts of Australia with the sole purpose of observing, collecting eremophilas and finding new species. Russell has the largest collection in Australia of eremophilas m cultivation, which has the honour of the Ornamental Conservation Collection for this genus.

The authors have collected further information from other growers to widen the scope and reliability of the text in the book. From all these sources, they believe that this book will be a very useful guide for anyone who wishes to embark on growing eremophilas. In recent times the demand for eremophilas in the garden has increased and this is likely to continue as people realise their horticultural potential. This book is intended to be a useful resource, not only for the everyday gardener, but also for the enthusiastic collector, and the horticultural industry.

The book, Australia’s Eremophilas, changing gardens for a changing climate, will be launched at the 7th FJC Rogers Seminar on the 4th October 2008 in Horsham. It will be between 250 to 280 pages and in full colour. It will be available from leading bookstores, nurseries and from Native Growth Holdings.

For further information or those wishing to forward order the book can phone (03) 5383 2229.

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