Meetings
Plant Nursery
Excursions
Conferences
Education
Projects
PLANT NURSERY
Propagation and sale of plants is the activity by which the Northern Group of the Society gains most of its revenue. Our nursery is situated at “Mindarie” 2 Killara Avenue , Lanena, and a propagation session is held on the first Saturday of each month between 10.00am and noon where members are given the opportunity to learn about growing new plants from seed, cuttings and also learn about potting on seedlings etc and caring and maintaining a native garden.
Materials for propagation and gardening are available from the Society at very competitive prices.
Plant sales from our nursery are available most days – please ring first:
Rosemary Verbeeten, telephone 63944600, “Mindarie” 2 Killara Avenue , Lanena, 7275
 Louise and Jill check out plants at the nursery |
 Members busy propagating in the nursery |
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EXCURSIONS
Excursions organised by the group enable members to visit places related to our interests which are not open to the general public. In recent months we have visited Mt Read on the West Coast (the home of the ancient Huon Pine) the magnificent art archives of works by Margaret Stones, William Gould etc at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and the world heritage area below Drys Bluff. We also visit members’ gardens and organise outings with other groups such as the Ramblers Walking Club.
 Members on an excursion to Ben Lomond |
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CONFERENCES
National conferences are held every two years, each state taking its turn to host the conference. These provide the opportunity to explore the flora of other states with the help of expert local guides and to meet like minded people from across Australia .
State get-togethers are opportunities for members from all parts of Tasmania to further their knowledge of the national flora and to meet socially with members from other groups.
EDUCATION
Education is another of our functions. Our guest speaker program is one aspect of this as is the informal learning we obtain from other members at our “club nights” Our guest speakers regularly provide fascinating talks on a wide range of topics related to native plants.
We intend to offer a course or courses through Adult Education, relating to Australian plants in 2006.
Heritage Forest:
On May 21 st 2005 the Plant society with the help of members of the Understorey network and interested members of the public planted 400 plus Tasmanian plants as the beginning of a purely Tasmanian garden.
The site off Conway St Mowbray overlooks all of Heritage Park and has sweeping views over Inveresk and Launceston. Launceston City Council provided the site, fenced it and mulched garden beds. Most of the initial plantings were supplied by Habitat nursery with additions from the APSTasNth nursery.
The garden is part of a larger plan for this part of Heritage Park . There has already been a Eucalypt forest planted below the site, it contained 500 trees of entirely Tas. provenance and was planted with the help of Forestry Tasmania. Other plantings have since taken place involving Greening Australia and the Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers.
In November Members of the Plant Society weeded and observed progress of the plants. We have suffered some losses after considerable rain had fallen but there are also some encouraging signs. We envisage more planting in autumn 2006 with weeding and pruning being regular occurrences.
 Planting day at Heritage Forest |
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Cataract Gorge
The group also takes some responsibility in co-operation with the Launceston City Council for the care of a delightful native plant area in the First Basin , Cataract Gorge, Launceston.