Activities

Our aims are two-fold:

• to provide interesting, enjoyable and educational activities for Friends, exploring aspects of natural history, such as plant and bird life
• to raise funds for projects undertaken at the RBG Cranbourne.

Check out some of our forthcoming activities and please do feel welcome to join us. Just complete the Booking form (Word - 79.5 kb).

Regular monthly activities

• 1st Saturday - Botanical Basketry (other than January) - Susan Birch 9754 3556
• 1st Monday - Press Gang - Nola Foster 9583 5731
• 1st and 3rd Wednesday - Botanical Illustrators (other than January) - Margaret Holloway  5998 5382
• 1st & 3rd Friday - Botanical Illustrator Class 1 (during school terms) - Margaret Holloway  5998 5382
• 2nd & 4th Friday - Botanical Illustrator Class 2 (during school terms) - Margaret Holloway  5998 5382
  
• 2nd Sunday - Press Gang - Linda Moon 5996 9759
• 2nd Tuesday - Botanical Fabricators - Gwen Elliot 9879 1427
• 3rd Wednesday* - Growing Friends - Don Dower 9736 2309; Marjanne Rook 9769 7881
  * Note: Growing Friends are usually present on Thursdays of other weeks
• On selected dates - Seed Collectors - Shirley Smith 9763 8281

Friends 2012 activities calendar

March

• 10 Saturday – 18 Sunday - Fabricators Event, Australian Garden Auditorium
• 18 Sunday - Australian Garden Stage 2 Planting Working Bee
• 21 Wednesday - Plant Sale—FRBG Members & Staff
• 24 & 25 Saturday & Sunday - Autumn Plant Sale Weekend
• 27 Tuesday - Discovery Day—Mornington Peninsula

April

• 22 Sunday - Discovery Day—Bushland Management, BBQ & Night Prowl at RBGC
• 29 Sunday - Family fun bike ride
  

May

• 5 Saturday - FRBGC Annual Dinner
• 20 Sunday - Discovery Day—Westwick & Ceres
• 25 Friday – 27 Sunday - Discovery Weekend—Ferns, Fungi & Lichens, Mt Erica

June

• 24 Sunday - Pleasant Sunday Afternoon—Lectures at RBG Melbourne. Joint function with Friends RBG Melbourne

July

• 7 Saturday - Random Weaving Basketry Workshop
• 20 Sunday - Plant Genus Workshop—Acacia, Our Wondrous Wattles
• 29 Sunday - Australian Plants for Bonsai

August

• 4 Saturday - Photoshop Elements Workshop (compact cameras), with Chris Clarke
• 5 Sunday - Photoshop Elements Workshop (SLR cameras), with Chris Clarke
• 8 Wednesday or 9 Thursday - Plant Sale—FRBG Members & Staff
• 11 Saturday – 12 Sunday - BookFest
• 12 Sunday - Winter Plant Sale Day
• 17 Friday – 19 Sunday - Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens Conference, Port Augusta
  Possible 5-day pre- or post-conference tour
  

September

• 2 Sunday - Pleasant Sunday Afternoon—Lectures at RBG Melbourne. Joint function with Friends RBG Melbourne
• 25 Tuesday - Discovery Day—Bend of Islands and Yarra River

October

• 2 Tuesday - Discovery Day—Southbank & City Gardens
• 17 Wednesday or 18 Thursday - Plant Sale—FRBG Members & Staff
• 20 & 21 Saturday & Sunday - Spring Plant Sale Weekend
• 28 Sunday - Annual General Meeting & Plant Sale for Members

November

• 10 Saturday - Discovery Day—Geelong Region, Revegetation & related aspects
• 13 Tuesday - Discovery Day—Trust for Nature
• 24 Saturday - Discovery Day—Indigenous Flora & Fauna of Melbourne

December

• 2 Sunday - End-of-year Celebration Picnic

Bookings

To book for any of the activities, just complete the Booking form (Word - 79.5 kb).