Welcome to the Keilor Plains Native Plants Group
Season’s Greetings
from
APS Keilor Plains Group
Our next Monthly Meeting is on
Friday, February 7th, 2025.
There is no Monthly Meeting in January 2025
Reminder: From July 2023, Australian Plants Society Victoria manages the Membership Registration and Fee. To Join or Renew Membership click here.
We are a district group of APS Victoria, covering the Keilor Plains area. Our aim is to study, promote, protect and propagate Australian indigenous flora, especially from local area, where many of the species are classified as threatened or vulnerable, because their habitats have been degraded/altered/lost.
Some of our members also grow plants from other part of Australia in their gardens.
The Group was formed in 1972.
The Keilor Plains is on the eastern part of Victorian Volcanic Plains. Further information can be found here.
Monthly Meeting
Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting. Further information can be found in Monthly Meeting Page, or by contacting our secretary.
To Join or Renew membership, click here.
Meeting Venue
From April 2022, our monthly meeting venue is
Airport West Uniting Church,
72 Roberts Road, Airport West.
GPS coordinate: 37°43’29.0″S 144°52’28.4″E.
February 2025 Monthly Meeting
Date: February 7th, 7:50PM to 10PM
Guest Speaker
“Jill Burness”
(WAMA)
“RBGV Cranbourne experience and WAMA challenge.”
Jill Burness will talk about her experience working at RBGV (Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria) – Cranbourne for 27 years and the challenge of working at WAMA (Wildlife Art Museum of Australia), Halls Gap.
Upcoming Guest Speakers at our monthly meeting in 2025:
| January | No Meeting |
| February 7 | Jill Burness |
| March 7 | John Lenagan |
| April 4 | Plant Auction |
| May 9 (to be confirmed) | |
| June 6 | |
| July 4 | |
| August 1 | |
| September 5 | |
| October 3 | |
| November 7 | |
| December 5 | Christmas Break-up |
Trips
Upcoming Trips
Friday January 31st – Monday February 3rd, 2025: Alpine Trip to Mt Buffalo, staying in Bright.
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Saturday March 15th, 2025: Garden visits, Verge Gardens, Cafe get together.
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Friday October 10th – Monday October 13th, 2025: Week-end Spring Trip to Wilson Promontory
| Week-end Day Trip 2025 (every second month) |
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| Saturday May 17th: The Australian Garden Olinda and Sherbrooke or other spots. |
| Saturday July 12th: Anglesea in Winter. |
| Saturday September 13th: Brisbane Ranges Spring. |
| Saturday November 8th: Grasslands Trip. |
| Weekend Trip in Spring 2025 |
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| Weekend Trip to Wilson’s Promontory. |
| Alpine Trip 2025 |
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| January 31st – February 3rd: Trip to Mount Buffalo, staying in Bright. |
News and Events
APS Keilor Plains Facebook
Australian Plants Society – Keilor Plains Group
50th Anniversary
1972 -2022
At our Annual General Meeting on August 2nd, 2024, the group has reelected:
Chris as President,
Julie as Deputy President,
Linda as Secretary, and
elected one new member to the Committee (Jodie).
Books
Our second edition of the book
‘Plants of Melbourne’s Western Plains – A Gardener’s Guide to the Original Flora’
Now available from local
indigenous nurseries and bookshops!
For enquiries about the above books, please contact: kpbook@apskeilorplains.org.au
EVENT CALENDAR from APS Victoria
For information on upcoming events (District Group Plant Sale, Seminar and other events), this link will take you to Event Calendar in APS-Victoria Web site.