List of Events
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Potting on and Cuttings, maintenance.
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
Resettle plants after sales day. Start to wind down ready for transport to new location in the new year.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Hobart Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
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
For those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
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
For those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
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
For those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
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
For those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
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
For those interested and any members who can help with maintenance of our facility
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Mark Wapstra
Finding a Botanical Lazarus: Tales of Tasmanian
Plants Risen from the Dead
There is no walk or excursion planned for July
Hobart Group Meeting
General Meeting with guest speaker Mark Wapstra
Finding a Botanical Lazarus: Tales of
Tasmanian Plants Risen from the Dead
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 seedlings, and potting on 50 and 75mm pot size plants with roots showing. Setting new cuttings and sowing seed. Weeding as required.
Kingborough Day Meeting
Kingborough Day Group
Visit to member’s garden in Blackmans Bay
If you don’t regularly attend the day meeting
please call 0421 449 446 for directions. All members welcome.