List of Events
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
Kingborough Day Meeting - Christmas Lunch
Christmas party at B Block meet at 12 noon to 2.30pm
Bring a plate of food to share and cold drinks, tea and coffee will be supplied.
Contact Carmen Walker or Christine Corbett if you require further information.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation at Kingston Primary School Nursery, potting up struck cuttings with roots showing and adult leaves seedling , and potting on 50 and 75mm pot size plants with roots showing. Setting new cuttings and sowing seed. Weeding as required.
Hobart Group - Christmas Picnic
End of year lunch is on 8 December at the Tasmanian Bushland Garden
at 12 noon (for 12.30pm) and please bring festive cheer and a plate to share.
The Gardens are at 5602 Tasman Highway, Buckland,
just 4km south of the Buckland Village
This garden, the site of a disused quarry, has been developed by enthusiastic volunteers, many of whom are APST members. It has a display garden featuring native plants of Southeast Tasmania, walking tracks to explore, toilets, BBQs and the Trauti Shelter where we can lunch..
Come and join us, especially if you haven't been there before.
Contact Jenny Boyer if you need further details.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation at Kingston Primary School Nursery, potting up struck cuttings with roots showing and adult leaves seedling , and potting on 50 and 75mm pot size plants with roots showing. Setting new cuttings and sowing seed. Weeding as required.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Stefania Ondei
who will speak to members regarding Fire and Vegetation. This will be followedby a demonstration of flammability testing of various plants species (some supplied by us from her list) in the Fire Laboratory at the University on Thursday 14 November at 11an. More details later
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce Champion or Tony Salt unless otherwise noted
Propagation at the Hobart Nursery, potting up struck cuttings with roots showing and adult leaves seedling, and potting on 50 and 75mm pot size plants with roots showing.
State-wide Members’ Get-together 2024
The North West group are hosting the State-wide Members’ Get-together which will be based in Sheffield, with walks in the surrounding areas.
All events will begin and end at the Sheffield Uniting Church Hall, Corner Main & Henry Streets, which will include the Society’s Annual Dinner
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion to the Tasmanian Bushland Garden Sculpture Trail at Buckland
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion to Waverley Flora Park in Mornington
Contact Phil Watson for further details
Hobart Group Plant Sale
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Set up for Plants Sale at the school. Set all the tables and plant type bookend labels, move plant to their type locations, move sundry support material. Put out roadside signs and return to storage at end of day, Return unsold plants to the locations, return tables and signs to under GP Room. Collect roadside signs and return to storage.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Preparations for Plants Sale: labelling plant type trays, checking all ‘for sale’ plants are on the lower terrace benches and are labelled.
Hobart Group Meeting
Guest Speaker Tim Brodribb is a Professor of Plant Physiology at UTas. His research is focused
on how plants transport and use water, which is one of the most important factors in determining
the survival or extinction of plant species in different environments.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Preparations for Plants Sale: weeding all ‘for sale plants’ , topping up any low soil in pots, and making sure flower photos are mounted on bookends for 1 or more trays of same species not in flower plants. Check for labels to be made.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Kingborough Day Group
Short walk along Hobart Rivulet track. Meet at C3 carpark at 1.15pm.
Following the walk we will have a cuppa at the C3 cafe which closes at 3pm.
Contact Carmen if further details required
Hobart Group Walk
Little Lagoon Beach: about 15km south of Lune River. The walk starts in forest but progresses
to open coastal vegetation, hopefully there will be lots of flowers.
It is an 8 km round trip to the beach on relatively flat, old vehicle tracks.
Contact Peter Tuft to let him know if you are coming.
Please meet at the Sandfly Hall no later than 8.30am and we’ll sort out car sharing
(Corner of Sandfly Rd and Pelverata Rd, just off the Huon Highway)
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion to Spring Bay Mill, Triabunna.
There will be a cost involved, probably $20 per serson.
Contact Peter Tuft to register your interest and organise carpooling
(Please ignore the time period posted for this event - contact Peter Tuft )
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility. Change dates and permits on roadside Plants Sale signs.
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Hobart Group Meeting
Guest Speaker will be Greg Jordan with his talk
‘Putting science behind the idea of ancient species in Tasmania’
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
This month cuttings of Spring flowering plants can be set if brought along by members. There may be some punnets of struck cuttings to be potted up, some trays of small plants which require potting on into larger pots and punnets of seedling which can be potted up, plus pot washing and weeding will be required.
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Maintenance of our facility. We will try to complete the rebuilding of the main steps on the eastern side of our terrace benches.
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Kingborough Day Group
The USN nursery is open on a Monday from 9.30am to 2pm.
Please notify Carmen by email if you would like to attend.
We will aim to get to the nursery approximately 1 pm.
If we do go, there will be no meeting on the Wednesday
Contact Carmen for further information
Hobart Group Walk
Tinderbox Hills. Meet at 10am at Oxleys Lookout/ tennis court carpark, Piersons Point, off Tinderbox Road, to organise the car shuffle. Bring lunch.
Contact Keith Corbett for further details
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility.
Contact: Sue Newman or Tony Salt
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Hobart Group Excursion
Allens Rivulet meanders. Meet 10am at the lower end of Crofton Drive, Allens rivulet, for a car shuffle. Two one-hour walks.
Contact Christine Corbett for further details
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
Propogation for those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility. Bruce will not be available today.
Contact: please contact Sue Newman or Tony Salt for further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Kingborough Day Meeting
This meeting will be at B Block Kingston Library
for a general discussion on Grevilleas and other winter plants
Entry from Church Street
Contact Carmen for further information
Kingborough Day Meeting
This meeting will be at B Block Kingston Library
for a general discussion on Grevilleas and other winter plants
Entry from Church Street
Contact Carmen for further information
Propagation at Hobart Group Nursery
This month more cuttings of Autumn flowering plants can be set if brought along by members. There may be some punnets of struck cuttings to be potted up, some trays of small plants which require potting on into larger pots and punnets of seedling which can be potted up, plus pot washing and weeding if required.
Contact: Bruce if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below