Winter 2013 - Friends Of The Royal Botanic Gardens
Winter 2013Enjoy our activitiesassociated with Monet’sGarden at the NGVThursday 20 Juneand Wednesday 26 JunePlanting in Potswith Michèle AdlerSaturday 24 August
from the presidentclasses now running seven days a week. We look forward tothe botanic art exhibition planned for later this year in October From Forest to Seashore - Natural History: ferns, fungi and allies.If you are a member of the Friends you are invited to exhibit yourwork in this exhibition. If you would like to try this amazing artform we hold regular Beginner Workshops. Our website containsinformation about all our classes and exhibitions.Our Events committee is now committed to holding quarterlypractical, hands-on workshops for our members on weekends,following the successful Photography workshop held in Autumn.We have Michèle Adler returning this Winter, and in Septemberwe will be holding a Make a Terrarium Workshop. Look out forboth of these and book quickly on the enclosed form as they aresure to fill fast.I look forward to seeing many of you both in the Gardens andat some of our Winter events in the months to come.Stop Press: We have just heard that our well-known botanicalillustrator Sandra Sanger has won a gold medal at the RoyalHistorical Society exhibition in the UK for her paintings of orchids.Congratulations Sandra from the Friends.by Cathy TrincaWelcome to all our new Members. You have helped ourmembership numbers reach an all time high. We thankyou for choosing to support the Friends and our projectswithin the Gardens. I hope to meet many of you at ournext Welcome to New Members in the Spring. To all ourmembers who have renewed their membership thisquarter, thank you for helping us continue with oursupport.The Friends’ Trust Fund produces an income from which wesupport projects such as the Working Wetlands and Guilfoyle’sVolcano; RBG Staff Development through the Friends’ 25thAnniversary Scholarship; research projects via the HelenMcLellan Research Grant, and a number of select projects eachyear. By making a donation to the Trust Fund, your generosityhelps the vital work of the RBG, Melbourne. All donations to ourTrust Fund are tax deductible.Although the activities of our Growing Friends and ourBotanic Art classes continue to be restricted by the RBG’s MyrtleRust protocol, we once again sold hundreds of fantastic plantsfor the home gardener at our Autumn Plant Sale, making around 26,500. I hope you managed to get along to it and purchasesome of the wonderful plants for sale, all propagated by ourhard-working and committed Growing Friends’ Group.Enthusiasm for our Botanic Art Classes continues, withAnnual Appeal - 2013Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust FundAs 30 June approaches the Friends invite you to make atax-deductible donation to the Friends’ Trust Fund, a publicancillary fund. Further information is included in the enclosedTrust Fund brochure.contentsGrowing Friends8Members11Welcome Prof Entwisle 3Research9Illustrators12EventsBirds in the GardensFriends’ Calendar1652 Botanic News / winter ‘1310Front cover image: Nymphea LakePhoto: Jennifer MarshallAbove: Heliconia sp., and Calathea spgrowing in the hothouse.Photo: John Johnston
from the gardensHello and thanks for the warm, in all senses, welcome!Janet Thomson provided a lovely introduction in the lastnewsletter and I hope you’ve had the chance to read alittle more about my aspirations and background in Floreo27 or elsewhere. I’m very much looking forward to workingwith the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne,and the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne.This is also a chance for us to make the new site ‘responsive’– i.e. able to look its best on any device – attracting visitors fromtheir tablets and smartphones. The redevelopment incorporatesthe online shop (shopinthegardens.com.au) and, for the firsttime, brings ARCUE into the website structure.The new website should be live by the time you receive thisnewsletter.Before I dive into the latest news ‘from the Gardens’, I do wantto thank Dr Phil Moors for his 20 years of exemplary service andfor the many great things he and his staff have achieved in thattime (just read through the reports in Botanic News!). I know theFriends have been great supporters along the way.Australian Garden stampFern Gully BoardwalkI was thrilled to hear on arrival that the Friends have committed 100,000 this year towards the Fern Gully Boardwalk Projectand, if the markets and fund-raising allow, a further 200,000over the next two years. The main component of the projectis the installation of a low-rise steel boardwalk and woodenbridges along the length of the Fern Gully.The boardwalk will allow full access to the Fern Gully.Currently some areas are closed to the public due to failinginfrastructure and trip hazards, and others are difficult tonavigate for anyone with limited mobility. We also expect treehealth to improve and the overall look and feel of the Fern Gullyto reach the standard we expect for RBG Melbourne.Website refreshOur current website is difficult to navigate, difficult to update,and doesn’t reflect the contemporary image of Royal BotanicGardens, Melbourne. In August 2012, the Marketing andCommunications branch began a project to redevelop the siteto improve the online experience for all visitors as well as reducethe time and costs required to administer the site. An improvedwebsite will also make it easier to book events and programs,buy online and to donate.The Australian Garden is set to star in only the second set ofstamps to celebrate Australia’s botanic gardens. The first, issued in2007, featured Mount Coot-tha, Brisbane; Kings Park, Perth; RoyalBotanic Gardens, Sydney; Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne; andBotanic Gardens, Adelaide. It was voted the most popular stampissue of the year. This second issue, as you can see, features RoyalBotanic Gardens Cranbourne among others.Photographed by renowned garden photographer SimonGriffiths, the stamps were released on 23 April and should beavailable now to purchase in-store and online. Products for thisissue will include the usual philatelic range plus a small bookletof approximately 30 pages of text and additional images calleda Prestige Booklet.Watching the weatherNext time we have a record-breaking spell of weather ourvisitors to Melbourne Gardens should be able to track itsvital signs from the Visitor Centre. The latest addition to ourintegrated irrigation system, the Automatic Weather Station, hasbeen installed on Eastern Lawn and an aerial placed on theHerbarium. The station is now operational, although additionalsoftware needs to be installed before the data will be availableto our staff via the Intranet, and to our visitors on an LCDinformation screen at the Visitor Centre.News from CranbourneConstruction has begun on the new staff building at Cranbourne,part of the Depot Upgrade Project and the final component ofwinter ‘13 / Botanic News3
gardensfrom the presidentbook reviewto landscape to reduce thevulnerability of our homesto fire. The main emphasisof the publication is how tounderstand fuel load and theflammability of plants – andit is not just for those in thecounty. There are detailedplans provided for gardens inHelping to secure our (plant) borderssuburban as well as coastal,Our Plant Sciences and Biodiversity Division recently ran ahill and rural locations. Theseworkshop in plant identification for Plant Health Australia, theplans very clearly show thatorganisation responsible for Australia’s biosecurity and bordersafe doesn’t have to meancontrol. The workshop featured our DNA barcoding research onboring or unattractive.grasses as well as demonstrating the strength of our collectionsThe features of plant(e.g. wood decay fungi) for plant and fungal diagnostics. Thematerial that contribute toworkshop was well received by participants from 14 national andflammability are graphicallyLandscaping forstate agencies. Our expertise is becoming increasingly importantillustrated as are elementsBushfireas fewer experts are employed in other agencies, and we areof planting design that willGarden Design andlooking to strengthen our involvement in this network.increase our safety. There isPlant Selectioncertainly food for thought. ForAnd finally A CFA Publicationinstance, the wisteria climbingHappy Birthday to the Melbourne Observatory and to our very own As a suburban gardener I listena veranda post – beautifulNational Herbarium of Victoria. The Observatory will celebrate 150with dread and sympathy toand romantic as it is – is a fireyears on the Observatory Gate site in July, and there will be various news of bush fire ravagedladder. Not that this will stopevents organised to celebrate this milestone. The Herbarium iscommunities – and the damage me growing one! The many160 years old in September. We’ll mark this in a more subdueddone to houses and gardensphotographs make it easy toway (saving our party hats for the 175th) but it’s a good chance – in our increasingly extremeidentify these features, (suchto reflect on its beginnings when Ferdinand Mueller returnedsummers. Occasionally I idlyas plant texture, density, barkwith his botanical bounty from the first collecting trip he made in wonder what would happentype) and translate them toVictoria after being appointed Government Botanist.to my piece of paradise in thewhat we may have in ourTim Entwisle Director and Chief Executiveevent of a fire, and whether my gardens. The model gardenschronic over-planting wouldlook rather lovely and use quitehelp or hinder the passage ofa wide range of plants – not allthe flames.of them are native.Here is a publication thatThe very clear Plantheeds my musings andSelection Key will assist inanswers my questions. It istaking a systematic inventory ofmost timely in the aftermathour own gardens.of last summer, and comes inBut the best part of thisautumn when garden cleanpublication is that, in lineups and renovations oftenwith making it available to alloccur.Victorians, it is provided free asThe CFA has provideda download from the internet.this publication to aidThe link is Landscaping forVictorian communities inBushfire, or go to cfa.vic.gov.their preparation for the fireau/plants where it is simple toseason. As well as explainingdownload the pdf.a landowner’s rights andTerri Kayobligations regarding firesafety, it clearly shows howthe Australian Garden. As I write, demolition of existing structureson the construction site has finished, and underground electricaland plumbing works have commenced.If you’ve visited Cranbourne lately you will have noticed theGarden Explorer (people mover) in action. Early numbers havebeen variable but the trend is upwards. I’m also pleased thata recent intake of 35 recruits swells our ranks of CranbourneGarden Ambassadors to 78.4 Botanic News / winter ‘13
eventsfrom the gardensRSVP for Events on our booking form or download one from the Events page on ourwebsite: www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org. For disabled access to onsite Events please contact the Friends’ office.A walk in Monet’sGardenWinter Fit Friends RambleThursday 20 JuneMeet at 10 am in front of theNational Gallery, St. Kilda Rd.COST: 50(Friends 45)Includes entry to the exhibition,a talk and morning tea.Gallery members pleaseinclude your membershipnumber on the booking form.RSVP by Friday 14 JuneHaving bought his house in Giverny in 1890 Claude Monetworked on creating a flower and waterlily garden. On his travelshe sent home different plant varieties to enhance the floraldisplay. In his later years he stayed in Giverny and painted hisbeautiful surroundings, by that time his sole source of inspiration.The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2013, Monet’s Garden: TheMusée Marmottan Monet, Paris is a stunning exhibition devotedto this iconic garden, on display exclusively to Melbourne at theNational Gallery of Victoria. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity to see these masterpieces and enjoy a touch of Parisin The Tea Rooms.Claude MONET French 1840-1926 Waterlilies (Nympheas) (1903) Musée Marmottan Monet,Paris Gift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv.5163) Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, BridgemanGiraudon/PresseIt is with great pleasure we welcome Sophie Matthiesson tothe Royal Botanic Gardens to share the plants, men, andhorticultural inspiration behind Monet’s famous gardens.The gardens planted by Claude Monet at his rural homeIllustrated Talk by SophieofGivernyin Normandy seem timeless, an oasis far removedMatthiessonfrom the quickening pace of late nineteenth-century FranceCurator of International Artand the concerns of the outside world. Yet Monet’s gardensNational Gallery of Victoriawere a product of modernity itself, shaped by recent trends inWednesday 26 Juneaesthetics, international trade and plant science and driven by6 for 6.30 pmthe painter’s own competitive quest for the new.Curator Sophie Matthiesson examines the sophisticated andMueller Hall, National Herbariuminternationalweb of horticultural expertise into which MonetCost 25(Friends 20)tappedforthecreation of his living masterpiece.RSVP by Thursday 13 JuneMonet and thePlants MenRefreshments will be servedbefore the talk.Unknown photographer, Claude Monet (1840-192) gelatin silver photograph, privatecollection, Roger-Viollet, Paris/Bridgeman Ar t.In her talk Jenny will describe her childhood fascination andcuriosity with the natural beauty of plants and her intense passionto want to paint. She will talk of her constant delight in discoverywhen she is ensconced in her garden.Illustrated talk by JennyAll of this background will set the scene and explain herPhillipsnatural progression toward botanical art and why she spentBotanical Artistthousands of solitary hours studying and refining her craft,Wednesday 24 Julysomething that she has been perfecting for over 46 years.6 for 6.30 pmJenny will also talk about her experiences learning and teachingMueller Hall, National Herbarium abroad in USA and Britain, as well as many of the most fascinatingCost 25(Friends 20) and wonderful places she has had the privilege to visit.A Passion forBotanical ArtRSVP by Friday 12 JulyRefreshments will be servedbefore the talk.winter ‘13 / Botanic News5
eventsRSVP for Events on our booking form or download one from the Events page on ourwebsite: www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org. For disabled access to onsite Events please contact the Friends’ office.Sad Streams andConserving PlatypusA joint initiative ofCranbourne andMelbourne FriendsSunday 28 July at 1.45 pmfor a 2 pm startMueller Hall, National HerbariumCost 25(Friends 20)RSVP by Friday July 19Afternoon tea will be servedafter the first lecture.New research is pointing to new approaches in urban watermanagement that can avoid further loss of stream values asMelbourne expands, and reverse some of our past losses. Thiswill also bring a range of other benefits such as water supplyaugmentation, flood mitigation, and a greener’ cooler urbanenvironment.Chris Walsh has been studying the ecology of streams inurban areas for 18 years. With Professor Tim Fletcher he leadsa research group aiming to optimise urban and other land andwater management for the protection and restoration of runningwaters. Current projects include the Little Stringybark Creekproject, a world-first attempt to restore the ecological health ofa stream through catchment-scale retrofit of urban stormwaterdrainage.First Illustrated TalkMelbourne’s Sad Streams:Can we regain their lostrichness?Associate ProfessorChristopher Walsh,Department of ResourceManagement andGeography, University ofMelbourne: Burnley CampusSecond Illustrated TalkConserving the PlatypusIllustrated talk by GeoffWilliams, Director,Platypus ConservancyNational Herbariumof Victoria SpecialCollectionWinter Insiders’ Walk, aguided tour by Dr PinaMilneTuesday 13 August10 for 10.30 amMeet at Gate LodgeCOST: 20 MEMBERS ONLYRSVP by Tuesday 6 AugustMorning tea will be servedbefore the walk6 Botanic News / winter ‘13The platypus is one of the world’s most amazing mammals.Geoff will detail some of the findings from the Conservancy’sextensive research programme on this special and mysteriousanimal, discuss threats to the long-term survival of the speciesand suggest actions that can support conservation.Geoff Williams has been studying platypus in the wild since1994. He was Director of Healesville Sanctuary and AssistantDirector of Sydney’s Taronga Zoo before helping to establishthe Australian Platypus Conservancy. He has given numerouspublic lectures on platypus and Australian water-rats, includingspeaking at the Royal Geographic Society in London, theNational Museum of Australia in Canberra and at MelbourneMuseum for the Australian Geographic Society, as well ascommunity facilities throughout country Victoria.After morning tea and introduction at Gate Lodge we will walk tothe Herbarium to observe the intricate and detailed mounting ofspecimen work carried out by the dedicated volunteers.Dr Pina Milne will discuss the work of the scientists within,and the importance of the herbarium specimen, with a focuson collections from Antarctica and islands in the subantarcticregion. A selection of herbarium specimens from these remotelocalities will be on display, and Dr Milne will inspire you with thestories and discoveries associated with these unique collections.NOTE that this is a strictly limited number entry and please bookearly. After having made a booking if unavoidable circumstancesarise and you are unable to attend, please inform the Friends’office promptly – 03 9650 6398.
eventsRSVP for Events on our booking form or download one from the Events page on ourwebsite: www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org. For disabled access to onsite Events please contact the Friends’ office.Planting in Pots:Easy vegetables andpropagationGardening WorkshopWith Michèle AdlerSaturday 24 August10 am – 3.30 pm‘No Dig Garden’ Session 1: 10.30 am – 12.45 pmWould you like to have a ready supply of fresh vegies and flowersbut don’t have the time or the know-how to make it happen?Here’s the good news. You can have a garden without digging,and you could even set up a successful garden on concrete.Michèle Adler will step you through the process of successfulgardening in smaller spaces. She’ll show you how to create andmaintain a ‘No Dig Garden’, what fertiliser to use, and discussmulching, potting mixes and caring for plants in pots.Domain House, Dallas Brookes DrCost 140(Friends 125)Includes morning tea andlunchRSVP by Friday 16 AugustPotting mix, cutting materialand pots supplied.Please wear closed shoesand bring gardening glovesand cleaned secateurs.Rare Bulbs: How tosucceed withoutthe guessworkWinter Talking PlantsFriday 30 August at 10amDomain House, Dallas Brookes DrCost 25(Friends 20)RSVP by Monday 26 AugustPropagating Session 2: 1.30 – 3.30 pmNew plants for free. By propagating your own plants you canquickly have a garden full of colour and delicious things to eat.It’s not difficult. Learn how to take cuttings successfully and takethem home with you at the end of the session. Growing plantsfrom seed is also covered.Michèle Adler has been teaching horticulture for nearly 30 years.She works at the University of Melbourne, Burnley campus andshares her wealth of knowledge on radio and television. Michèle’spassion of experiencing plants in their natural environment hasled her to many wild places in the world and she now leads tourswith an environmental focus. Michèle has designed gardens inAustralia, England and the Galapagos Islands.Bulbs have been grown for thousands of years. Crocus sativus,the source of saffron, has been a commercially significant plantfor over 2,000 years.Our expert presenter, who has been collecting and growingbulbs since childhood, will discuss how to grow rare bulbssuccessfully in your garden.Of all groups of plants we grow, bulbs are probably themost sensitive to radical departures from the climate and soilcharacteristics of the environment in which they have
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