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September 2022
‘Spring into Armadale’ wildflower ramble – Armadale Settlers’ Common, east
Armadale Settlers' Common, East is a section of Jarrah-Marri forest in the foothills of the Darling Range that has a…
Find out more »Doug Lievense: Biodiversity of the Eastern Avon Wheatbelt/Coolgardie interzone area – field observations
After four decades of working in education, Doug has returned to field biology as part of a team that is engaged in surveying flora in the highly biodiverse Parker Range-Forrestania region.
Find out more »August 2022
Roz Hart: Fascinating fungi stories of biodiversity harmony
Roz is an ecologist with a breadth of fungi knowledge and talk will cover some of the fascinating partnerships between fungi and other organisms in our amazing Biodiverse part of the planet including:
:: Quenda and truffles, rejuvenating bushlands
:: Terrestrial orchids and fungi
:: Tree hollows, birds, insects and fungi.
July 2022
Kim Fletcher: The Beauty of Local Wildflowers – Makaru
Unfortunately our scheduled guest speaker has succumbed to Covid-19. At very short notice, Kim Fletcher has agreed to present his…
Find out more »June 2022
Unice Robinson: Waterbirds – how they use fringing vegetation
Unice Robinson is the co-ordinator for the Friends of Mary Carroll Wetland, in Gosnells (Bush Forever site no. 124). It’s an important feeding area and refuge for waterbirds and as a social connection for local people to use. Unice will talk about the importance of fringing vegetation for our waterbirds as necessary in an urban-built environment as waterbird interaction and use is as important as the need for water.
Find out more »May 2022
Sophie Xiang: My Wildflower Journey
Sophie is an enthusiastic self-taught photographer who uses the camera function of her mobile phone. Her wildflower journey started some three years ago with no photography or botanical background. Since then, she has gained much knowledge on both fronts and has fallen deeply in love with the beauty of our Western Australian flora.
Find out more »April 2022
Kim Fletcher: The Beauty of Local Wildflowers – Djeran
In his talk, Kim Fletcher will describe that despite the harsh conditions the local bush has endured over summer, there are still flowers to be discovered blooming to enliven what is generally a drab bushland. With the first rains, the browns, yellows and dull greens of so much of the local vegetation begins to disappear to be replaced by a refreshed vegetation.
Find out more »February 2022
Tony Start: Mistletoes
Mistletoe expert Tony Start will talk about what started his interest in mistletoes and his subsequent studies to pose the question - where do they fit in the world of parasitic plants? Tony will then discuss some of the mistletoes of Western Australia (especially those of southern WA) and some ecological issues.
Find out more »November 2021
Siegy Krauss: The critical role of birds as pollinators in Banksia woodlands
Dr Siegy Krauss and his team are employing camera traps, selective pollinator exclusion experiments and genotyping of seeds to assess the impacts of different classes of visitors (birds, honey possums, insects) to the flowers of banksias, eucalypts and kangaroo paws. Results support the hypothesis that birds are critical pollinators with unique genetic consequences for the plants they pollinate.
Find out more »Walk – Creyk Park
Guided Wildflower Ramble in Creyk Park Saturday 6 November. Creyk Park is a precious piece of remnant bushland that is…
Find out more »The Wildflower Society uses its independent technical knowledge of WA’s wildflowers to help you better know, grow, enjoy and conserve the wildflowers of Western Australia.
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