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21/02/2012 2:57:00 PM
Download our latest Newsletter...The first Newsletter for 2012 is out! Click here to download our latest newsletter.
21/02/2012 2:54:00 PM
Festival of the Forests coming soon...This year, the Festival of the Forests will be held on the 1st of April 2012.
More details will be posted on the Festival of the Forests page as they become available.
28/09/2011 11:25:00 PM
The new 2012 Friends Calendar has arrived!The 2012 Friends Calendar is A4 size with 24 pages plus cover and comes with a mailing envelope, so now you can tell the world about our Arboretum and the Friends' activities. Subjects covered include drooping she-oak (our forest), Queensland bottle tree, Festival of the Forests, autumn colour, cork oak, kurrajong, STEP's Lot 100, bunya pine, Arboretum artworks, Wollemi pine, Buchan blue wattle and Dairy Farmers Hill/views.
The calendar grids give all ACT public holidays, ACT school holidays and incorporate the Friends' calendar of working bees, open days and meetings, and STEP working bee dates, while still leaving room to write notes on the other dates you need to remember. The calendar has been superbly printed in Fyshwick so it is very much a Canberra production. There are 77 full colour photos including 16 showing Friends at work. Calendars including envelopes are $10.00 each plus postage and packaging (varies with the quantity required). A perfect gift for someone special, calendars are available for sale for $10 each from the Visitor's tent at the Arboretum every Sunday between 10am and 3pm during Floriade. Click here to
buy your 2012 Friends Calendar online today.Looking for our online calendar? You can
view our current calendar of events online here.
10/09/2011 9:50:00 AM
Canberra Bonsai Society Annual ShowSaturday 15th October 2011 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Sunday 16th October 2010 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
The Canberra Bonsai Society will be holding its annual bonsai exhibition over the weekend of the 15th-16th of October at Daramalan College cnr Morphett & Cowper Streets Dickson. Apart from a top class exhibition of native and traditional bonsai, during the day there will be ‘continuous’ bonsai activities including demonstrations of bonsai artistry, a bonsai “hospital”, and sales of plants and bonsai equipment. A small entry fee applies.
Further information can be found on the CBS website
http://www.cbs.org.au/
Note that this is the final weekend of Floriade and the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia (NBPCA) is located currently at the Floriade venue. So why not make the trip to see over one million blooms at Floriade and take the opportunity to see some of the best bonsai in Canberra at the Canberra Bonsai Society show and the best bonsai in Australia at the NBPCA.
10/09/2011 9:37:00 AM
Visit Our Wonderful, new Arboretum during Floriade!Arboretum Sunday Access and Bus Tours during Floriade
Sunday 18th September 10am – 4pm;
Sunday 25th September 10am – 4pm;
Sunday 2nd October 11.30am – 4pm;
Sunday 9th October 10am – 4pm; and
Sunday 16th October 10am – 4pm.
The Friends of the Arboretum will host an information display and would appreciate a donation as visitors enter the Arboretum.
Guided bus tours will operate from the marquee in the parking area at the Arboretum at 11am and 1pm each Sunday and can be booked by calling Jocelyn Plovits on 0406 376 711.
The BBQ facilities at the Himalayan Cedar forest will be open for public use.
For further information on opening times please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81
1/08/2011 10:08:00 PM
Bus Trip to Nalyappa - Saturday 19 Nov 2011 - SOLD OUTSorry, there are no more seats available for the trip to Yaouk, at the Murrumbidgee headwaters, to visit an important private arboretum. Val and Maurie Henderson, who are now in their early eighties, have planted ‘Nalyappa’ over the past 35 years and their collection includes many of the species planted in our Arboretum.
We will travel on a 48-seat Murrays bus which will leave from in front of the Defence complex at Russell Hill, near Blamey Place, at 8.30am. Cars can be parked in the carpark opposite for free. We will travel via Adaminaby where we’ll stop for about 45 minutes for a toilet break and to visit the newly-opened museum housing the Adaminaby Snowy Scheme Collection. The return trip will be via Shannons Flat and Cooma and we’ll stop in Cooma for a short toilet break, arriving back in Canberra at about 4.30pm. The cost is $50 per person and this includes a ‘brown bag lunch’. For more information email Max Bourke who is organising the trip: max@mebourke.com or phone him on 02 6247 4630.
17/07/2011 8:38:00 AM
Voices in the Forest - Inaugural Community Concert
Prepare to be enthralled as you listen to the exquisite voice of highly acclaimed Swedish opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter.
Anne Sofie von Otter will sing arias from Carmen and other well-known operas, and pay tribute to fellow countrymen Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Abba) as she puts her soulful, dusky sound to some of their well-known ballads.
The afternoon's program includes local opera singers performing a selection of operatic arias, jazz and Broadway songs:
Henry Choo - Tenor, Louise Page - Soprano, Christina Wilson - Mezzo-soprano, and special performance by Robyn Archer accompanied by PJ Casey.
It is an exciting program with something for everyone, in a new and important location - the National Arboretum Canberra. For information about the event, the program and site access, please visit www.voicesintheforest.com.au
17/07/2011 8:37:00 AM
Bus Tours of the National Arboretum CanberraMurrays Coaches have kindly sponsored bus tours of the Arboretum for the second Sunday of each month until 12 February 2012. Bookings are required for these bus trips.
For Second Sunday tours places are limited so bookings are essential. Contact Jocelyn on mob: 0406 376 711 or on hackman@grapevine.com.au to book your seats. Tour is free, gold coin donation welcome to support the work of the Friends. When your booking is confirmed meet at the bus stop outside the Legislative Assembly, Civic Square at 11.45 am for a 12.00 noon departure. Bus returns to the Civic Square at 1.30 pm.
17/07/2011 8:37:00 AM
Drive in on Second SundaysWhen: Second Sunday of the month(except for September/October - come to the open days on every Sunday - 18 September to 16 October inclusive)
Time: Between 10.00am and 4.00pm
How: In addition to the usual ability to walk or cycle or ride a horse on the site on Sundays you can drive your car.
Where: Come up to the Event Terrace, talk to our friendly guides, hear about the site, ask questions, then drive around and look for yourself. Weather permitting and construction program permitting. Contact Jocelyn on 0406 376 711 if you have any questions.
17/07/2011 8:37:00 AM
Annual Membership Renewals Now Due!Annual memberships fall due in December each year. If you have not yet done so, be sure to pay your membership online, or send your cheque with a completed Application Form to:
The Secretary
Friends of the National Arboretum Canberra Inc
PO Box 48, Campbell
ACT 2612
Alternatively, you can email your membership details and direct deposit your payment to:
Bank: Westpac Petrie Plaza ACT
Account Name: Friends of the National Arboretum Canberra Inc.
BSB: 032719
Account Number: 375379
Make sure you include your name so that your payment can be identified!