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August 2021
Talk – The Beauty of Local Wildflowers – Djilba
The Armadale Branch of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia is celebrating 60 years of knowing, growing, conserving and enjoying…
Find out more »July 2021
Lee Hassan: Roleybushcare Flora Database
The Roleybushcare Flora Database includes plants found in Roleystone reserves and surrounding areas. Lee Hassan’s talk will cover some of the history of the database and some of the challenges faced with plant identification and photography.
Find out more »June 2021
Belinda Davis – Life on the edge: Threatened Orchid Conservation
Belinda will give an overview of the Kings Park Science orchid conservation program and the work that goes into ensuring translocation success and the importance of ex situ conservation with a focus on saving Bussell’s Spider Orchid (Caladenia busselliana) from the brink of extinction.
Find out more »May 2021
Margaret Matthews: War on Weeds at Wireless Hill
Wireless Hill reserve (Bush Forever site BF336) has survived in suburbia, but like most bushland in developed urban areas, it has suffered from an infestation of many species of weeds. Hear from Dr Margaret Matthews about how the Friends of Wireless Hill and local residents saw the area as worth saving and have worked in conjunction with the City of Melville to ‘wage war on the weeds’.
Find out more »April 2021
Byron Lamont: What’s so special about hakeas?
There are about 170 species of Hakea, with 96 species restricted to southwestern Australia and they are renowned for having the toughest and spiniest leaves, and the woodiest fruits, in the world! Many of the bird-pollinated species contain cyanide in their flowers (but not in their nectar) that is believed to deter cockatoos and emus from eating them.
Find out more »March 2021
Tree planting – Armadale Branch 60th Anniversary
An invitation is extended to Wildflower Society members to attend our tree planting ceremony to formally launch the 60th Anniversary celebrations throughout 2021.
Find out more »AGM (Armadale 60th Anniversary) and Patron’s address by Nancy Scade
Nancy Scade (Australian Native Nursery) will be describing the many local native grasses and their role in our wonderful bushland.
Find out more »November 2020
Mark Brundrett: Orchid Pollination in an Urban Nature Reserve
Join Mark Brundrett as he shares what his orchid study in an urban bushland revealed in that 'Pollination data from common orchids allows us to monitor impacts of changing climate, some of which are already apparent.'
Find out more »October 2020
Harrisdale Swamp wildflower walk
Harrisdale Swamp wildflower walk Sunday, 11 October 2020 at 8:30 am Meet at Carey Baptist College car park in Harrisdale.…
Find out more »Hazel Dempster: Plant Hunting and Propagation of WA Flora
Join Hazel Dempster, specialist propagator, as she shares her propagation knowledge of WA flora and her introductions of new garden species at the Australian Native Nursery (Oakford).
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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