Upcoming Events for 2018
Saturday 5th May
10:30am – 3:30pm at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat
Annual Plant Sale
Saturday 19th May
10:30am at Main Ridge
Topic: Biolinking the Peninsula
Speaker and guide: Greg Holland, Landcare
Saturday 16th June
am Benton Square Community Centre
Host of APS Victoria Committee Meeting
pm Balcombe Estuary Boardwalk
All APS MornPen members welcome
Tuesday 19th June
7:00pm for a 7:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Wildflowers Tour of SouthWest Western Australia 2017
Speaker: APS MornPen members
Saturday 21st July
10:30am at Melton Botanic Gardens
Topic: Winter flowers
Car pool from Mornington Peninsula
Saturday 28th July
9:30am at Devilbend Reservoir
Topic: Planting morning
Leader: Sam Pollard
Tuesday 21st August
2:00pm for 2:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
AGM
plus
Topic: Native planting at Devilbend Golf Course
Speaker: Laurie Leyden
Saturday 25th August
9:30am at Devilbend Reservoir
Topic: Weeding morning
Leader: Sam Pollard
Saturday 8th September
Topic: Bonsai workshop/demonstration
Speaker: Charles Saffroy
Venue : TBA
Saturday 22nd September
10:30am, venue TBA
Topic: Spring Walk
Saturday 6th October
10:30am at 21 and 25 Somerset Drive, Dromana
Topic: Spring garden visits
Speakers: Mark and Karen Allison, Norma and David Baud
Tuesday 16th October
7:00pm for a 7:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Banksias
Speaker: Trevor Blake
Tuesday 20th November
7:00pm for a 7:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Mad About Moths
Speaker: Cathy Powers
Sunday 9th December
12 noon at our leader, Verena Reich’s, house and garden – 24 Mashie Court, Rosebud.
Flowers and Fruit – End of year lunch
Previous 2018 Events
Tuesday 20th February
7:00pm for a 7:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: The Ties That Bind – the Role of Fungi in Ecosystems
Speaker: Sapphire McMullan Fisher, Coordinator Fungimap/Mycologist RBG Melbourne
Saturday 17th March
10:30am at Austplant, Purves Road, Arthurs Seat
Topic: Workshop on native plant maintenance
Speaker: Daavid Turnbull from Austplant
Tuesday 17th April
2:00pm for 2:30pm start at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Tootgarook Swamp
Speaker: Cameron Brown, President of Save Tootgarook Swamp
Previous 2017 Events
Tuesday 21st February
7:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Flora of Mt Hotham
Speaker: Verena Reich
Saturday 18th March
10:30am at Merricks Nursery
Topic: Propagation Workshop
Speaker: Richard Anderson
Tuesday 18th April
2:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Gardens, Gardeners and APS Victoria
Speaker: Chris Long, APS Victoria President
Saturday 29th April
Annual Plant Sale at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat State Park
Saturday 20th May
10:30 at Tootgarook Wetland Reserve for a ‘Walk in the Swamp’
Guide: Maayan Rousso, Friend of Tootgarook Wetland Reserves,
Vice president of Save Tootgarook Swamp
Tuesday 20th June
7:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Making a Frog Bog
Speaker Mark Adams, Local Native Flora
Saturday 15th July
2:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Growing Grevilleas
Speaker: Neil Marriott
Saturday 29th July
9:30am at Devilbend Reservoir
Planting morning with Ranger Sam Pollard
Tuesday 15th August
2:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
AGM plus
Lake Eyre – Verena Reich
Saturday 26th August
9:30am at Devilbend Reservoir
Weeding morning with Ranger Sam Pollard
Saturday 16th September
10:30am at Warragine Reserve or nearby for a post burn walk
Mornington Peninsula Shire Ranger
Saturday 7th October
10:30am Frankston gardens, public and private
Tuesday 17th October
Topic: Fire Reduction Burning
Speaker: Damien Sayer, Ranger in Charge Fire and Emergency Operations,
South East Melbourne District, Parks Vic
Tuesday 21st November
7:30pm at Benton Square Community Centre
Topic: Landscape Architecture and Native Plants
Speaker: Barrie Gallacher, MA Landscape Architecture
Sunday 10th December
Christmas break up lunch
Sunday 10th December at our leader, Verena Reich’s, house and garden – 24 Mashie Court, Rosebud.
