Upcoming Events
2017 events will be detailed here in mid January 2017
Previous 2016 Events
Tuesday 16th February
7:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic : Westernport Mangrove revegetation
Speaker : Ian Stevenson
Background information : http://www.seagrass.com.au
Saturday 19th March
10:30am at Merricks Nursery
Topic : Garden Maintenance workshop
Speaker : Richard Anderson
Tuesday 19th April
2:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic : Bush foods
Speakers : Rodger and Gwen Elliott
Saturday 23rd April
10:00am – 3:30pm at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat State Park
Annual Plant Sale
Saturday 21st May
8:30 – 16:30 Bus trip to Melton Botanic Garden
Speaker: Friends of Melton Botanic Garden
Tuesday 21st June
7:30 pm Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Australian succulents
Speaker: Attila Kapitany
http://www.australiansucculents.com
Saturday 16th July
10:30 am Frankston – Sweetwater Creek Nature Reserve
Speaker: Sally Hammond, Friends of Sweetwater
http://www.sweetwatercreek.org.au
Saturday 30th July
9:30 am Planting morning at Devilbend Reservoir
Organised by Sam Pollard
Tuesday 16th August
2:30 pm Annual General meeting
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Speaker : John Arnott
Topic: Plants for a Dry Climate
Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Saturday 27th August
9:30 am Weeding morning at Devilbend Reservoir
Organised by Sam Pollard
Sunday 18th September
(Note: Sunday not the usual Saturday)
10:30 am at Jaede Garden,
38 Ellerina Rd, Mt Martha
Host: John Jaede
Saturday 1st October
10:30 am Topic: Indigenous garden, Rye
Speaker: Gidja Walker
Tuesday 18th October
7:30 pm Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Malvaceae family
Speaker: Trevor Blake
Tuesday 15th November
7:30 pm Benton Square Community Centre
Topic and speaker – tba
Sunday 11th December
Break up lunch
Noon @ Verena Reich’s home
24 Mashie Crt, Rosebud
APS Mornington Peninsula 