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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

The Wildflower Society of WA is a fully independent non profit organisation, dedicated to preserving and promoting our world famous Western Australian flora.Membership offers you access to a wide range of expertise and experience, and provides you with unique opportunities to support and participate in the work of the Society.

How To Join

Members can join or renew their membership online. For those who prefer to renew by post, this is still an option. Simply download the membership application form, complete it and return it to us by post or email. Payment can be made by EFT, credit card on the form or over the phone although we regret to advise that cheques can no longer be accepted.

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Membership Benefits

Your membership entitles you to:

What kind of activities are we talking about?

There are a myriad of activities offered by individual branches throughout Western Australia.  All branch meetings and activities are open to any member – you are not tied to a single branch.  

The Society conducts original research in the form of flora surveys each year. Many of these areas would never be surveyed, nor their botanical worth known, if it were not for the rigorous work undertaken by the Society. Members have the option of participating in Flora Surveys …..
access to professional advice regarding all aspects of native plants – propagating, cultivation, technical expertise, scientific breakthroughs , access to the WA State Herbarium and professional botanists. The Society provides unparalleled opportunities for education.
the newsletter is a professional source of news and information that would not be available elsewhere.

If you’d prefer to receive a paper copy of the Society newsletter in the post, we offer the option of adding $22 to your annual membership renewal during the checkout process.

If you’d like to receive a paper copy of the ANPSA Australian Plants Journal in the post, we offer the option of adding $24.20 to your annual membership renewal during the checkout process and we’ll arrange to get each edition sent out to you.

the Honor Venning Library is an important resource for books, many out of print. It also contains many records of independent research undertaken by the Society which is unavailable elsewhere. Several branches also have libraries of rare and out of print books.
the Society provides considered, professional responses to Local, State and Commonwealth governments.  

the newsletter is a professional source of news and information that would not be available elsewhere.

Membership Categories

Society memberships are for 12 months, with the renewal date on the anniversary of the joining date, which can be done online, by post or over the phone. 

Individual Members being individuals organisation, sole trader, partnerships, companies and other bodies interested in the Objects of the Society may be an Individual Member. Individual Members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership.
Family Members who may include any two (2) adults such as parents or persons in loco parentis and such children as are in their care and are under the age of eighteen years. Each such family shall be regarded as one unit for the distribution of notices and Newsletters issued as part of the benefits of membership. Any two (2) adults on behalf of each family may exercise the right of voting. Alternatively any one adult on behalf of each family may exercise the right of voting by casting two (2) votes. Save the aforesaid, all family members may attend and be heard at meetings and functions of the Society and enjoy the benefits of membership.

Student Members are individuals who are tertiary students. Proof of status shall be produced upon application for membership. They shall be entitled to all the benefits of Individual Members.

Concession Members are individuals who, or a Family membership where one or more members, are in receipt of a means-tested Australian Commonwealth Government pension or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card shall be entitled to all the benefits of ordinary membership at a reduced annual subscription. Proof of status shall be produced upon application for membership.
Concession Members are individuals who, or a Family membership where one or more members, are in receipt of a means-tested Australian Commonwealth Government pension or Commonwealth Seniors Health Card shall be entitled to all the benefits of ordinary membership at a reduced annual subscription. Proof of status shall be produced upon application for membership.
Honorary Life Members being members who have rendered special or meritorious service to the Society and who are nominated by a member of the Society and approved by the Management Committee. Honorary Life Members shall be relieved from the annual subscription for membership but shall be entitled to all the benefits of Individual Members and such other privileges as the members in General Meeting may from time to time prescribe.

Membership Agreement

Membership is open to all persons or organisations supporting the Objects of the Society:

  • To encourage the conservation and preservation of Western Australian flora by, among other things, supporting efforts to strengthen laws and regulations for the conservation of Western Australian flora, encouraging enforcement of laws and regulations and making submissions on the preservation of Western Australian flora to government and other organisations.
  • To raise public awareness about the value of, and need to conserve, bushland.
  • To promote the cultivation of Western Australian flora in home gardens and public areas.
  • To promote the study of Western Australian flora and to keep records of information on growing methods and the performance of such plants under cultivation.

Wildflower Society membership gives you access to a wide range of expertise and experience and provides unique opportunities to support and participate in the work of the Wildflower Society, a fully independent non profit organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting world famous Western Australian flora. 

  • Education – access to professional advice regarding all aspects of native plants – propagating, cultivation, technical expertise, scientific breakthroughs , access to the WA State Herbarium and professional botanists.  The Society provides unparalleled opportunities for education.
  • Activities – There are a myriad of activities offered by individual branches throughout Western Australia.  All branch meetings and activities are open to any member – you are not tied to a single branch.  
  • Library – the Honor Venning Library is an important resource for books, many out of print.  It also contains many records of independent research undertaken by the Society which is unavailable elsewhere. Several branches also have libraries of rare and out of print books.
  • Advocacy – the Society provides considered, professional responses to Local, State and Commonwealth governments.  
  • Research – the Society conducts original research in the form of flora surveys.  Many of these areas would never be surveyed, nor their botanical worth known, if it were not for the rigorous work undertaken by the Society.
  • Newsletter – the newsletter is a professional source of news and information that would not be available elsewhere.  Subscription to the journal Australian Plants through your membership for an additional fee.
  • Discounts on publications and workshops.