List of Events
ANPSA 2026 Biennial Conference Mparntwe Alice Springs
For more details, please visit anpsaconference.com to read their September 2025, Issue 1 which contains details of the Conference location in Alice Springs, Tag-along Tours, Conference venue, and the Parks and Gardens to be visited.
State-wide Members’ Get-together 2026
The Southern Group are hosting the November State-wide
Members’ Get-together.
You will discover hidden botanical gems of the Huon Valley and far south as we explore a variety of vegetation communities, from alpine to coastal, on a series of short and medium walks.
The venue for Friday and Saturday evening meals is likely to be the Kermandie Hotel in Port Huon, which also provides accommodation. Dates for your diary with further details when available.
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
50 Years of Growing Together APST North
July APST Northern Group meeting where a history presentation by several members will celebrate our 50th Anniversary.
In recognition of those members who have particularly contributed to leadership within Northern Group since 1976.
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Walk - Poverty Point, south of Cygnet
Sunday Walk: Poverty Point, south of Cygnet
A walk along or close to the shoreline of the Huon estuary with the diversity
of vegetation to be expected in such places, and some geological interest too.
A repeat of a walk from about a year ago, but people enjoyed it so much
is seems worth doing again. More details later.
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Walk - Snug Tiers
Sunday Walk: Snug Tiers
Most of the Snug Tiers were badly burned in January 2025. We plan to have a look at how the regeneration is progressing. The walk begins with a steady climb up a south-facing hillside with the sort of moist-environment vegetation to be expected in such places. Once we reach the plateau the first few hundred metres escaped the fire and show a different vegetation community. Then we get into the burned area and what we will see is hard to predict - that’s why it should be interesting. The walk is entirely on 4WD roads but the initial climb is a big hill, 250m height gain. How far we go depends on you but unlikely to be more than 6km total. More details later.
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Excursion: Inala Gondwanan Garden, Bruny Island
Excursion: Inala Gondwanan Garden, Bruny Island
You have probably been there before, but have you had a guided tour? 5 acres of garden designed by Tonia to demonstrate similarities between plant species from the lands that made up Gondwana. The garden also incorporates plantings of endangered species to ensure their future.
It's sure to be another good day out with the Southern Group of the APST.
Bring thermos/lunch etc.
Meet at the Kettering Sports Ground just north of the ferry road, 8.45 for car pooling on to the next ferry. If there is a pension card holder in the vehicle then the car will receive the discount rate.
Cost of the Garden tour will be around $20, depending on how many coming.
You need to let Peter know you are coming by Monday 11 May lunchtime please.
email: peter@tuft.id.au
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Meeting - Hugh McGregor speaking on feral cats
Guest Speaker Hugh McGregor has researched feral cats in diverse parts of
Australia and will talk to us about the devastating impact they
have on small native animals in all habitats.
Southern Group Excursion
Open Garden
A stroll though Anne and Tony Crawford’s garden. Please bring a plate to share for afternoon tea.
Anne has kindly offered to provide tea and coffee.
Northern Group Plant Sales
Contact : Louise Skabo
Location: Max Fry Hall, 60 Gorge Road Trevallyn : Sales commence at 9.45am and continues until sold out
Great variety of native flowers for your garden for sale
Southern Group Plants Sale
Contact: Bruce Champion 0408 146 041
Setup from 8.00 am in the Library forecourt at Kingston Primary School. Helpers needed from 8am to set up the area at the front of Library and bring all 700 plants through to the trestles.
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 Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Meeting
Guest Speaker Katherine Tuft, CEO of Tasmanian Land Conservancy, will talk
about the work of TLC with a bias towards the botanical aspects which are
important in all TLC reserves and critically important in some of them.
Propagation at Southern Group Nursery
Contact: Bruce or Tony if you require further details
Location: Kingston Primary School, follow the red line on map below
Southern Group Walk
Thark Ridge, Mt Wellington
Meet at the large Big Bend carpark at 10.30am, which is 470m uphill from the Big Bend Firetrail start on the Pinnacle Road. It will be cold but hopefully not raining. Bring gear for a day walk on a rough track with some muddy sections and some scrub.
Please let Christine Corbett know if you are planning on coming.
corbettchristinem@gmail.com or 0447 299 334
About a year ago some of us attempted a medium-length loop walk through the alpine vegetation of Thark Ridge behind Mt Wellington, but there was so much botanical distraction that in half a day we only got about 1.5 km out and back again. Keith Corbett would like to have another go, and may or may not get any further. Botanical interest guaranteed. Could be up to 7km, around 300 m of height gain, some rough track.
Society Annual Group Meeting
The North West Group will be hosting the Society AGM in the Education Centre at the Tasmanian Arboretum on 28 March.
Arrive at 10.45am for an 11am sharp start to the AGM, this will be followed by Rees Campbell giving a different 45 minute talk to the earlier NW AGM talk on 7 March.
Around 12.30pm, the North West group to supply lunch followed by either Council meeting which every member is invited to attend but not compulsory or a group walk around the Arboretum.
About our Guest Speaker:
Rees Campbell was born and lives in beautiful Tasmania which has imbued her with a sense of wonder and passion for the natural world, conservation and environmentalism. With her husband Col and Darci - the poodle, they have developed “Murnong Wild Food Garden” at Wynyard, where they grow and showcase over 120 species of native edible plants alongside the usual productive fruit and vegetable plants.
Author of the sell-out Eat Wild Tasmanian and its expanded edition Eat MORE Wild Tasmanian, Rees seeks always to share the knowledge and joy of how best to grow, harvest and eat these wonderful botanical gifts. Expanding our knowledge of Tasmanian native edibles to seaweeds, Rees wrote The Seaweed Supplement, which identifies the best of Tasmania’s edible seaweeds, discusses their health, nutritional values; and of course, how to prepare and cook this amazing free food.
As the Feisty Tasmanian, Rees also makes a wide range of preserves and baked goods from the home grown harvest as part of normalising eating Tasmanian native land and sea plants as integral to our mixed horticultural and culinary heritage.
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
Jobs this month will mostly revolve around getting all the more advanced plants ready
for our sale, including checking they all have a name tag. Hopefully we will still have
some time to do some cuttings and get them growing before winter arrives.
Hobart Group Excursion
Excursion: Pipeline Track, Neika to Fern Tree
An easy downhill stroll of 4.5km on a good track, with diverse vegetation and some geological interest. Contact Keith Corbett
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
Jobs this month will mostly revolve around getting all the more advanced plants ready
for our sale, including checking they all have a name tag. Hopefully we will still have
some time to do some cuttings and get them growing before winter arrives.
Hobart AGM and General Meeting
Hobart Group AGM and General Meeting at 7 pm all welcome
Accepting the AGM Minutes for 2025, presentation of President’s Report, acceptance of the Treasurer’s annual Financial Report and the election of Office Bearers and Committee for the following year. Election of new President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee members. (see below Notice of AGM)
The AGM will be followed by a General Meeting and Supper with Christine Corbett’s talk on Changing a Hill of Weeds into a Pond Garden
Contact: the Secretary if further information required
NOTICE
ANNUAL GROUP MEETING
OF
AUSTRALIAN PLANTS SOCIETY INC.
HOBART GROUP
To be held on March11th 2026 at 7pm
at Kingston Primary School Library, Church Street, KINGSTON
for the purpose of 1. accepting the AGM Minutes for 2025, 2. for the presentation of the President’s Report, 3. the acceptance of the Treasurer’s annual Financial Report, and 4. the election of Office Bearers and Committee for the following year.
Nominations will be accepted prior to February 25th for:
President
Vice President (position presently vacant)
Treasurer
Secretary
and Committee
Please notify the Secretary if you would like to nominate yourself or another member for any of the above.
The AGM will be followed by a General Meeting and Supper.
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 that have taken to be potted up
Potting up from tiny pots to 75mm pots,
Weeding and topping up with mix,
Pots to be scrubbed and
Potting mix to make 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
Cuttings that have taken to be potted up
Potting up from tiny pots to 75mm pots,
Weeding and topping up with mix,
Pots to be scrubbed and
Potting mix to make up
Hobart Group Walk
Sunday Walk: Tarn Shelf, Mt Field
From Lake Dobson the walk will climb to the ski field then across toward Tarn Shelf and as far along the shelf as we feel like going. There is a huge diversity of vegetation on this walk, including the lush forest beside Lake Dobson. Depending how far we go this walk could be 8km, a lot of uphill (over 300m ascent), some rough track. Contact Christine Corbett
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 that have taken to be potted up
Potting up from tiny pots to 75mm pots,
Weeding and topping up with mix,
Pots to be scrubbed and
Potting mix to make up
Hobart Group Meeting
Guest Speaker Miguel de Salas, from theTasmanian Herbarium
”Why plant names change”