Friends of the National Arboretum Canberra

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Forest 20 at the National Arboretum Canberra is unfortunately still closed to the public. However, working bees continue to be held each Thursday morning. Everyone is hoping that STEP will be open for Wattle Day that is at the beginning of next September.

Kitchen Garden article by Susan 'Parsnip' Parsons

Kitchen Garden: The versatile root vegetable is a favourite of Susan 'Parsnip' Parsons. Winter is the season for root vegetables - creamy potatoes, crunchy carrots and old-fashioned parsnips, which are making a come-back these days. And like these staples of the kitchen, you can boil, mash or roast them. Hope you enjoy this article, republished by kind permission of the author.

U3A Course on Trees 2022

U3A is again running courses on specific trees/forests in the Arboretum. The course will cover forests planted at the Arboretum including, how the trees became 'known to science', distribution, descriptions, uses and other interesting stories. Each part covers 24 trees in the Arboretum's forests. The dates are: Part 4: Thursdays 11 August–22 September, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon at Flynn Community Hub. Part 3: Wednesdays 31 August–5 October, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon at Hughes Community Centre There is a list of the trees included in each part if you need it to make a choice. Read on for further details ...

A Wollemi of your own - update

Robust and healthy two-year-old Wollemi Pines from the Friends' Wollemi Pine Propagation Project will continue to be sold and are only available on this website. These are very special trees. Each Wollemi can be traced back to the specific tree in the Arboretum's Wollemi Pine Forest 32 from which the seed was sourced. See what you get when you buy this magnificent tree!

Friends' AGM - 10 May 2022

The Friends' AGM held on 10 May was an informative and relaxed evening. Below are links to some of the reports given on the evening. Thanks to everyone who came along to the event.

Join the Friends!

This is our newest membership promo! Looks great! You too can become a Friend and then you are eligible to buy a Parking Pass. Think how useful that would be - no more trips to the parking meter on hot/rainy days or having to leave kids in the car till you return with the ticket! For less than $2/week you can get a membership and a parking pass. That has to be Bargain of the Month! See below for links.

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Wollemi Pine

Each Wollemi package will include:

a Wollemi between 50-80cm tall in excellent condition
a tag showing the Friends’ license number issued under Section 273 of the Nature Conservation Act of 2014 and the tree number in the Arboretum’s Wollemi Forest that the seed was taken from
a Certificate of Authenticity
a brochure describing the Wollemi Propagation Project and giving care instructions for growing your Wollemi.
a QR code enabling you to enter the tree number and identify the exact tree in the Wollemi forest
a bag of Wollemi seed bracts that can be used as mulch

The Wollemi Propagation Project is about preservation of this species. Funds raised support future approved Arboretum projects.

For pickup information, please email: contact@arboretumcanberra.org.au and we will arrange a convenient time for you to pick up your new Wollemi Pine!

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Latest News

Of Interest @STEP - August 2022

Kitchen Garden article by Susan 'Parsnip' Parsons

U3A Course on Trees 2022

A Wollemi of your own - update

Friends' AGM - 10 May 2022

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Wollemi Pine

The Arboretum 2022 Calendar

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