List of Events
Kingborough Day Meeting
The planed visit to Rose’s garden has been postponed. In its place meet at B Block, 8 Hutchins St, Kingston, parking via Church Street. Bring some flowers from your garden.
Contact Carmen for further information if needed
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. Set new cuttings and sowing seeds. Weeding as required.
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with member Keith Corbett will talk to us about
the ‘Geology and alpine vegetation of the Tyndall Range’ north of Queenstown
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.
Hobart Group Plants Sale
Contact: Bruce Champion 0408 146 041
Setup from 8.00 am in the Library forecourt at Kingston Primary School.
Plants sales starts at 10.00 am through to 1:00 pm.
Pack up 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm putting away. Many helpers required, please come along and help.
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.
Hobart Group Walk
Walk - South Bruny Island
Meet at Kettering Oval at 9am to arrange car sharing. Please contact Peter Tuft for exact details and to register your interest. We will do two shortish walks in the Adventure Bay hinterland, one very short and easy, the other slightly more challenging. The Mavista Nature Walk, inland from Adventure Bay, only a few hundred metres each way. We will visit the Boyer’s unusual garden following that either explore Adventure Bay or climb Mt Mangana, the highest point on Bruny Island, the walk is less than 2km each way with a climb of about 130 m. j The vegetation is mostly low rainforest, perhaps cloud forest, and there are some good views from the top. The track may be a bit rough in places.
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. Set new cuttings and sowing seeds. Weeding as required.
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Daniel Barr-Ness
’My love affair with the tall trees of Tasmania’
Hobart Group Excursion
Tall Trees of the Styx Valley
Be awe-inspired by these towering giants on three short, easy walks.
Contact Keith Corbett if you are attending.
Meet at the cafe at the eastern edge of Maydena at 10.30am.
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.
Hobart Group Walk
Walk -Pelverata Falls
The falls drop off the western side of the Snug Tiers and mostly escaped the recent bushfire. The walk is about 3km each way and climbs gradually from Pelverata Road through a few different vegetation types. Most of the route is on old logging tracks but the last 0.5km is quite rough. It is a pleasant walk at any time of year. Meet 9.30am at Sandfly Memorial Ground (oval) for car pooling. Contact Christine Corbett if you are attending.
Hobart Group Walk
Mount Misery rises above Ranelagh to about 700m but it’s not a miserable place. The walk starts from Huon Bush Retreats and climbs through wet scleophyll and rainforest. Total distance about 6km with 300 m of height gain. Some parts of the track may be very muddy. Because part of the walk is on private property, Huon Bush Retreats request a small donation to help with track maintenance - bring some cash.
Meet at the Huon Bush Retreats picnic area at 10am
Please let Peter Tuft know if you are attending
Society AGM & Council Meeting
Please join us for the Society’s Annual General Meeting which is being held at the Windsor Park Community Complex
Hosted by the Northern group, the meeting will commence at 10.30am.
This is an opportunity:
To vote in the Annual General Meeting
To see your council in action
Lunch will be provided.
Explore the native gardens of Windsor Park, visit the Northern Groups
nursery and hear Mark Wapstra talk on the subject “My Favourite Plants”.
Contact: Roy Skabo if further information required apstsec@gmail.com
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.
Hobart AGM and General Meeting
Hobart Group AGM and General Meeting at 7 pm all welcome
Election of new President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee members, followed by general meeting with guest speakers Rae Young, proprietor of Plants of Tasmania Nursery.
Contact: Prue if further information required
Kingborough Day Meeting
Garden Visit to a private garden, see February newsletter for details
Street parking only and bring something for afternoon tea
Contact Carmen for further information if needed
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.
Hobart Group Excursion
Robyn & Peter’s garden in the hills above Kettering. The garden was developed 3 years ago to a design by Marcus Ragus and is now reasonably well established. There is an option to stay longer and do a short but steep walk to the summit of Farewell Hill which on a good day offers superb views. Only about 1 km each way but steep climb of 200 m.
Please contact Peter Tuft if you are attending he will provide you with
more details regarding starting time
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion - Milles Track on Mount Wellington. A delighful level walk around the side of the mountain, through an interestinf flora of Richea dracophylla, berry bushes and other nic things. The track goes on to Disappearing Tarn and Wellington Falls, but we will stop after about 2km and see how we are going.
Meet at Springs Upper Level at 10 am. Contact Keith Corbett for 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.
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Greg Steenbeeke,
Principal Consultant with Thismia Pty Ltd
Greg has expertise in environmental assessment - in particular in vegetation assessment, monitoring and plant identification in both dry land and wetland habitats.
Kingborough Day Meeting
Meet in the B Block meeting room
to discuss programme
Entry from Church Street for parking.
Contact Carmen for further information if needed
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 of rare and popular species, 18 pieces of a species is usually required. Also, sowing seeds, note hard case seeds must be hot water treated before sowing so if bringing some to sow, please hit with boiling water the night before or first thing in the morning and leave in the cooling water for an hour then drain and repeat if not sign of seeds swelling. Drain and bring, still wet, to the nursery in a sealed container . Weeding will be required especially under the benches..
Hobart Group Excursion
Walk to Thark Ridge on Mt Wellington to see what the vegetation at around 1200m has to offer at this time of year. The route includes some rough track, some fire trail, some areas of alpine heath and some Euclayptus coccifera woodland. Distance 7km, about 300 m total ascent.
Please contact Peter Tuft if you are attending as a start time
has not yet been nominated.
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 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.
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 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 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 or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Set up for Plants Sale at the school from 8am to 10am. Selling from 10am to 1pm.
Put away from 1.00 to 2.30pm or earlier if many hands available.
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.
