2010 |
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DATE |
ACTIVITY AND PRESENTER |
FEBRUARY
Sunday 14 February
6.00 pm (dinner)
7.30 pm (talk)
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Climate Change - Urban Landscapes Pay their Way.
Guest speaker Dr. Greg Moore, former Principal, Burnley College. Cost (Dinner and talk): $20 for members, $25 for non-members
Talk only: $3 for members, $10 for non-members
Bookings essential. 9250 6861 |
MARCH
Tuesday 16 March
7 for 7.30 pm
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Using Grey Water in the Landscape – ideas and issues presented by Grant Harper, Gardener, Burnley Campus and Grey Water Consultant. |
MARCH
Saturday 13 March
10.00 am
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Friends Activity – Propagating Workshop for Open Day.
Join our 'Growing Group' and learn to propagate cuttings with former Burnley lecturer, Michèle Adler ably assisted by Anne Bishop & Fran Mason. |
APRIL
Tuesday 13 April
7 for 7.30 pm |
Aromatherapy – well-being right there in your own backyard presented by aromatherapist Ron Guba. |
APRIL
Wednesday
14 April
10 am – 5 pm
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A day in the Burnley Gardens - Botanical Art: a one day
workshop with botanical Illustrator Mali Moir
Cost, members = $85, Non members = $110 +materials. Bookings
essential. Payment required before the day. |
APRIL
Saturday 17 April
am |
A sensational walk in the Burnley Herb Garden – a guided walk with our Friendly Guides and members of the Herb Society. |
MAY
Wednesday 19 May
7 for 7.30 pm |
The Millennium Seed Bank with Megan Hirst, Millenium Seed Bank Officer, RBG, Melbourne. |
JUNE
Wednesday 16 June
12.30 pm lunch
1.30 – 3.30 pm working bee |
Lunch and Preparation for July Open Day for Members & friends. Meet in the Burnley café for lunch at 12.30 pm, then lend a hand to Andrew Smith in the Gardens. |
JUNE
Wednesday 16 June
4.30-6.30 pm |
An afternoon in the laboratory at Burnley with Clare Scott (Burnley Campus Laboratory Manager) & Michèle Adler. This session lets you get close up and personal with plants under the microscope. Wow ! It's a whole new world. |
JULY
Sunday 18 July
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Pruning Day & Open Day activities and workshops. |
