Welcome to the Keilor Plains Native Plants Group


To become a member of APS Victoria and APS Keilor Plains 2025-2026, 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.


Visitors are welcome to attend our monthly meeting. Further information can be found in Monthly Meeting Page, or by contacting our secretary.

Meeting Venue

Airport West Uniting Church

72 Roberts Road, Airport West.
GPS coordinate: 37°43’29.0″S 144°52’28.4″E.

December 2025 Monthly Meeting

6PM: Picnic at A J Davis Reserve,

near Barbeque Area.
(car park entrance from Roberts Road)

December 5th, 7.50 to 10PM

Christmas Break-Up

“Members’ short presentations

At December Meeting, members are invited to give short presentations of their own topic/interest.

Upcoming Guest Speakers at our monthly meeting in 2025:

February 7Jill Burness
March 7John Lenagan
April 4Plant Auction
May 2John Thompson
June 6Neville Walsh
July 4Annual Plant Table
August 1Susan Kachaniwsky
September 5David Lindenmayer
October 3Dr Alex Maisey
November 7Ann McGregor
December 5Christmas Break-up

Upcoming Trips

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No upcoming Trips for 2026 has been planned.


Week-end Day Trip 2025
(every second month)
Saturday November 8th: Grasslands Trip.
Weekend Trip in Spring 2025
October 10th – 13th: Weekend Trip to Wilson’s Promontory.
Alpine Trip 2026
No definite plan for the 2026 trip.

APS Keilor Plains Facebook


At our Annual General Meeting on August 1st, 2025, the group has reelected:
Chris as President,
Jodi as Deputy President,
Linda as Secretary, and
elected one new member to the Committee (Alex).

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.


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!


NEW BOOK:

front cover

“Lantern Bushes of Australia; Thomasias & Allied Genera.”
A Field and Horticultural Guide
by Trevor Blake

Editor: Jane Canaway
Publisher: Australian Plants Society – Keilor Plains Group
RRP: $50.00

For enquiries about the above books, please contact: kpbook@apskeilorplains.org.au