| Horticultural Session (draft program - details subject to change) |
| 8:00 |
am |
Registration, Coffee |
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8:45 |
am |
Opening address, Dr Philip Moors, Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Botanic Gardens |
| 8:55 |
am |
Keynote – Wattle Overview |
|
Bruce Maslin |
| 9:35 |
am |
Why Grow Wattles?? |
|
Trevor Blake |
| 10:00 |
am |
Small and Interesting |
|
Neil Marriott |
| 10:35 |
am |
Morning Tea |
|
| 11:00 |
am
|
Propagation panel (4) - seed, cutting & grafting
|
|
Alison Jeavons, Marilyn Sprague,
Alan
Lacey, Max McDowall
|
| 12:05 |
pm
|
Nurturing Wattles - their Cultivation and Care (soil, sun aspect, water needs, feeding, pruning, staking)
Pests, diseases & ailments |
|
Rodger Elliot
|
| 12:40 |
pm |
Lunch |
|
| 1:15 |
pm |
Wattles in Landscaping |
|
Paul Thompson |
| 1:50 |
pm |
Wattles as Weeds:
Some Case Studies from Western Victoria |
|
John Reid |
| 2:15 |
pm |
Dalwallinu Wattle Capital of the World |
|
Cr Robert Nixon |
| 2:40 |
pm |
Afternoon tea |
|
| 3:05 |
pm |
The many uses of Australian wattles: from leather and perfume, to fine furniture
and bread |
|
Suzette Searle |
| 3:40 |
pm |
Historical Aspects of Wattles |
|
Tony Cavanagh |
| 4:05 |
pm |
Australian Acacias in Europe |
|
Wolf-Achim Roland |
| 4:40 |
pm |
Summary |
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| 4:50 |
pm |
Close day session, housekeeping |
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The Dinner will be held at the Karralyka Centre on Saturday the 26th
of August 2006. The After Dinner Speaker will be Ian Campbell, a grandson of
the 19 – 20th century photographer A. J. Campbell, regarded as the
main person responsible for the initiation of Wattle Day in the early 1900s. |
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Australian Plants Society
(SGAP Victoria) |
APS Maroondah Group |
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