APS Mornington Peninsula is the local District Group of Australian Plants Society Victoria.
Better weather is returning and with it lots of plants are in bloom. Well, in our garden plants certainly have been blooming so I hope your garden looks good too. Apologies for the long gap between newsletters. During the winter we were away, caravanning up through South Australia, around the Northern Territory before heading over …
Hello and welcome to our Autumn Newsletter. My featured image is one of several red flowering plants presently in bloom in our garden. Masses of red flowers have the bees really interested in our Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty'. Next up on our 2018 calendar of events is our annual plant sale, a golden opportunity to find …
Hello members and other readers, Even though our garden tends to look its best in Spring it has been able to showcase a few plants in bloom during the Summer. One of our favourites, Banksia occidentalis is in lovely bloom now and our Banksia serrata has given us an ongoing display. We even had an …
Here it is, the final newsletter for 2017. Lots to share since our last newsletter. Thanks to many of our membership group who have supplied me with 'words and photos' to cover for the time when Karen and I were away in Spain. We even saw quite a few Eucalpyts in our travels such as …
Welcome to our second newsletter for the year. Much has happened since March. Later on in this newsletter you can read about our excursion to Tootgarook in May and also the wonderful guest speakers who visited our meetings in April and June. Our next meeting is on Saturday 15th July at 2:30pm at Bentons Square Community …
Here's our first newsletter for 2017. Hope you enjoy reading it over the Easter break. Our Annual Plant Sale is coming up very soon. Hope to see you at Seawinds on Saturday, April 29th anytime from 10am until 3:30pm. First up my regular feature highlighting what it is growing in our area each month. Plant …
Hello members and other readers. It's time to jump aboard your car and make your way to one of our meetings or excursions. Here are the details for remaining events in the first part of the year. Thanks to Ray Turner for the photo of the thirsty echidna who was actually having a drink from the …
Welcome to this summer edition of our newsletter. Hope you are having a wonderful time in your garden with family and friends over the festive season. Since the last newsletter Karen and I have spent time walking and travelling around Japan. Whilst there we had the opportunity to visit many beautiful gardens. This means that …
Hello again fellow members and other readers, It's a great time to be out in the garden during spring, well on the sunny days when it's not raining at least! Again I'll start off things in this newsletter with my favourite plant for September. I am keen to feature some of your favourite plants too …
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