List of Events
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.
Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden - Special Working Bee
Contact: Suzanne and Fiona
Special working bee in preparation for the Open Day. Please being your own bucket and tools (weeders, secateurs, gloves, etc.) for weeding, pruning and mulching.
Morning tea is provided at the end, and of course a friendly chat for those who can stay.
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
Propagation at North West Group Nursery
Please note that this propagation session is ONE week earlier than normal as it needs to before the Sunday 19th Spring plant sale.
We’ll be weeding pot plants, putting name labels in and doing normal cuttings and potting up. This will be a prearranged pick up event if you have bought a 2026 calendar
Location: Tasmanian Arboretum, Eugenana
Please contact Riitta Boevink on 0448 386 909 if you would like to attend, please bring your own lunch
Northern Group Plant Sales
Contact : Janet Hallam
Location: Max Fry Hall, 60 Gorge Road Trevallyn : sales commence at 10am and continues until sold out
Great variety of native flowers for your garden for sale
Open Day - Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden
Open Day for the public to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Tasmanian Native Plant Garden
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
Northern Group Meeting
General Meeting with Guest Speaker Matt Baker who will talk to members about “Invasive Plants and Weeds” - Windsor Community Precinct, starts at 7pm. Plant of the Month - Kaye Pallett, Supper will be provided by Margaret Killen and Karin Fiedler.
Excursion with Matt Baker relating to Weeds will be held on the Wednesday following the meeting, more details later
For further details contact the Secretary at apstasnorth@gmail.com
North West Group Meeting
General Meeting to be held at East Devonport Tennis Club,
arrive after 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Bring any flowering native plants of interest from your garden
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
Resettle plants after sales day. Start to wind down ready for transport to new location in the new year.
Hobart Group Walk
Cape Deslac Walk: join us for a fairly easy walk of approximately 3km along the Cape Deslac track through coastal vegetation and enjoy great views. Note the later start so that we can enjoy a view while having lunch. Meet at the car park. Travel about 1.5 kms along Bicheno Street from Clifton Beach Road. Turn right from the unsealed section of Bicheno Street onto the gravel road to the carpark. Contact Lindsay 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
Potting on and Cuttings, maintenance.
Cambridge Street Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Brougham Street entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
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
Cuttings and potting on.
Propagation at Northern Group Nursery
Contact: Janet
Location: Windsor Precinct, Riverside: see map below
Proceed down Windsor Drive past the Community Centre and playing fields and turn right just before the West Tamar Council depot. At the end, park on the right of the drive. The nursery is on the left.
Kingborough Day Group
Visit to the private garden at Mt Rumney
Contact Carmen Walker if more details required
State-wide Members’ Get-together 2025
The Northern Group are hosting the November State-wide Members’ Get-together.
The theme is “Native Bushland on private properties”
with a variety of properties for members to visit
from Friday afternoon to Sunday.
There will be the usual Friday evening soup and sandwich supper,
and a more substantial dinner on the Saturday evening.
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
Cuttings and potting up.
Carr Villa Flora Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Opossum Road (opposite 167) entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion: iNaturalist familiarisation
Somewhere in the Kingston/Channel area. Some members may already be aware of the iNaturalist app and website. The app has recently been upgraded to include a remarkable AI plant identification capability.
Peter Tuft will demonstrate how to use the app, including other capabilities, during a stroll somewhere near Kingston where there happen to be lots of interesting flowers on the day. If you want to attend please make sure you have downloaded the app and set up a (free) account in advance.
Contact Peter Tuft for further details
Northern Group Meeting
General Meeting with Guest Speaker Mark Wapstra who will talk to members on “Threatened Plants of the North Coast” . Plant of the Month - TBA, Supper will be provided by Judith Blayden and Kay Pallett
For further details contact the Secretary at apstasnorth@gmail.com
Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden - working bee
Contact: Suzanne and Fiona
Please being your own bucket and tools (weeders, secateurs, gloves, etc.) for weeding, pruning and mulching.
Morning tea is provided at the end, and of course a friendly chat for those who can stay.
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
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
Cuttings and potting on.
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion: Cape Surville
We will meet at Murdunna and take 4WD vehicles out along Hylands Rd to the point at which it becomes difficult, then walk the remaining 2-3km to near the coast. In mid-October there were wonderfully diverse floral displays along the way and we hope they are still impressive.
There is a walking track that continues another of km to Cape Surville itself which also has some interesting vegetation but there is a steep section so we may do only part of that.
It is important to let Peter Tuft know you are coming so we can organise people into 4WD vehicles.
Carr Villa Flora Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Opossum Road (opposite 167) entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
Cambridge Street Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Brougham Street entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
Propagation at Northern Group Nursery
Contact: Janet
Location: Windsor Precinct, Riverside: see map below
Proceed down Windsor Drive past the Community Centre and playing fields and turn right just before the West Tamar Council depot. At the end, park on the right of the drive. The nursery is on the left.
Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden - working bee
Contact: Suzanne and Fiona
Please being your own bucket and tools (weeders, secateurs, gloves, etc.) for weeding, pruning and mulching.
Morning tea is provided at the end, and of course a friendly chat for those who can stay.
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion: Scoparia at Mt Field East
We don’t normally have activities in summer but in a good season the Scoparia around Mt Field can be truly spectacular at this time of year. To take advanatage of that we’ll walk from Lake Dobston across Windy Moor to Mt Field East. If we return the same way the round trip is about 7km and involves about 350 m of climbing. Depending on the group, there is an alternative route via Lake Nicholls which descends through different vegetation communities (forest rather than alpine moorland). That is a bit longer, a total of 9 km with a little more climbing although we could minimise that by doing a car swap. Contact Peter Tuft for 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
Weeding and preparing stock in to groups ready for taking to the sales tables on Saturday 11th.
Setting cuttings and potting on as required.
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Andrew Darby,
author of The Ancients , who will be speaking on
‘Palaeoendemics and fire, threats and hopes’
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
Weeding and preparing stock into groups ready for taking to the sales tables on Saturday 11th. Setting cuttings and potting on as required.
Propagation at Northern Group Nursery
Contact: Janet
Location: Windsor Precinct, Riverside: see map below
Proceed down Windsor Drive past the Community Centre and playing fields and turn right just before the West Tamar Council depot. At the end, park on the right of the drive. The nursery is on the left.
Cambridge Street Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Brougham Street entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
Kingborough Day Meeting
Visit to the Botanical Gardens meet near main gates at 2pm.
Contact Carmen Walker if more details required
Hobart Group Walk
Sunday Walk: Old Cape Pillar Track from Fortescue Bay
This is an out and back walk, so come as far as you want. The flowers have been excellent in previous years, especially if you can make it 2.5 km (150m climb) to the first open heathland. Contact Christine Corbett for further details and time.
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 from seed and cuttings. Members who can help with caring for our
tender young seedlings are most welcome.
Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden - working bee
Contact: Suzanne and Fiona
Please being your own bucket and tools (weeders, secateurs, gloves, etc.) for weeding, pruning and mulching.
Morning tea is provided at the end, and of course a friendly chat for those who can stay.
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion: Waterfall Bay to Tasmans Arch, Tasman Peninsula
A gentle 3km downhill amble, with car shuffle, past some impressive coastal scenery,
with coastal wildlowers. Bring lunch.
Meet at Tasmans Arch Carpark at 10.30am to organise car shuffle.
Contact Keith Corbett (0419 593 059)
We will drive to the Blowhole after lunch
Propagation at North West Group Nursery
Normal propagation session at the Tasmanian Arboretum.
Please contact Riitta Boevink on 0448 386 909 if you need further information. Please bring your own lunch
We start at 10.00am and finish at 2.00pm (or shorter time if that suits you better).
Northern Group Meeting
General Meeting with Guest Speaker Miguel de Salas who will talk to members on “Why Plant Names Change”. Plant of the Month - Daphne Longman, Supper will be provided by Anna McGrane & Catherine Pearce
For further details contact the Secretary at apstasnorth@gmail.com
North West Group Meeting
Monthly Meeting to be held at East Devonport Tennis Club Rooms
arrive after 7pm for a 7.30pm sharp start.
All members and guests welcome. Bring any flowering native plants
of interest from your garden
Carr Villa Flora Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Opossum Road (opposite 167) entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
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
Mainly potting up matured cuttings, weeding and general tidy up.
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
Mainly potting up cuttings that have matured enough to establish “life on their own”. Tender our rapidly growing stock of young plants. Update and prepare road signs for plant sales day display.
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Christine Corbett
The Geography of Kakadu National Park
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
Potting up struck cuttings with roots showing and adult leaves, potting on 50 and 75mm pot size plants with roots showing. Setting new cuttings and sowing seed. Weeding as required.
Propagation at Northern Group Nursery
Contact: Janet
Location: Windsor Precinct, Riverside: see map below
Proceed down Windsor Drive past the Community Centre and playing fields and turn right just before the West Tamar Council depot. At the end, park on the right of the drive. The nursery is on the left.
Cambridge Street Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Brougham Street entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
Kingborough Day Meeting
Visit to member’s garden in Blackmans Bay. If you don’t regularly attend the day meeting
please contact Carmen on 0421 449 446 for directions.
All members welcome, street parking only.
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 from seed and cuttings. Also any members who can help with maintenance of our facility are most welcome.
Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Plant Garden - working bee
Contact: Suzanne and Fiona
Please being your own bucket and tools (weeders, secateurs, gloves, etc.) for weeding, pruning and mulching.
Morning tea is provided at the end, and of course a friendly chat for those who can stay.
Celebrating 10 years of the Tasmanian Native Garden at Mowbray
Propagation at North West Group Nursery
Normal propagation session at the Tasmanian Arboretum starting at 10.00am until 2.00pm (or shorter time if that suits you better)
Please contact Riitta Boevink on 0448 386 909 if you need further information. Please bring your own lunch
Northern Group Meeting
General Meeting with Member Presentation. Plant of the Month - Judith Blayden, Supper will be provided by Fran Mason and Lyn Sulzberger
For further details contact the Secretary at apstasnorth@gmail.com
North West Group Excursion
Excursion to private property in Gunns Plains
This excursion will be instead of the usual daytime meeting.
We will meet at the Gunns Plains Community Centre (corner Raymond Road
and Gunns Plains Road) a bit before 10am to drive to the property.
Please bring your lunch, everybody welcome.
Afterwards we can inspect the Ronald Green memorial garden at the
hall and possible other sites of interest weather permitting.
Carr Villa Flora Reserve - working bee
Meet at the Opossum Road (opposite 167) entrance to the Reserve. All tools will be provided.
Contact: Dale for further information
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
Mainly potting up cuttings that have matured. There is always a need for members to join in helping with maintenance of our facility.
Northern Group Excursion
Excursion APST/LFNC - Holwell Gorge, led by David Waters, looking at fungi, ferns and other plants. A half day outing starting at 9.30am from the parking area at the northern end of the gorge, 55 mins. from Launceston. Bring lunch and a drink. Could members please let Roy Skabo (0458 696639) know if they intend to come along.
Kingborough Day Meeting
Kingborough Day Group
Planning to go to the Inala Gardens. This will depend on numbers of members interested and the weather.
If we do go, there is a ferry at 10am. If you have a pension card the ferry cost is $39.20 per vehicle which includes return and the entry fee to Inala is $10.00. Bring lunch and drinks. All members welcome.