25 July 2008 7:56 AM

	Painting of a Waratah by John Hunter (1737-1821) *

Venue:  Blaxland Neighbourhood Centre, Hope St, Blaxland, in the lower Blue Mountains, NSW. The Centre is off the Great Western Highway behind the Blaxland shopping centre. - an easy walk from Blaxland Station. If driving, turn at the lights at McDonalds. Parking available.

This program will explore experiences in the development of knowledge of native plants within the environs and from formal botany to gardening.

The key speakers will be:

• Dr Joan Webb is the presenter of the North Shore Group's annual Plant Identification course. She is the author of biographies of George Caley and Thistle Harris and of The Botanical Endeavour - Journey Towards a Flora of Australia. She will speak about the development of an independent botany in Australia, botanical collectors and the fate of their collections.
  
  
• Colin Mills is a vet by profession, a life-long gardener, a garden history enthusiast and author. Camden Park -A Case Study in the use of native flora in an Australian colonial garden. The paper will be in two parts: the plants grown there (190 species identified) and their significance to the gardens; sources of plants and the importance of native flora in the early Victorian barter trade.
  
  
• Merle Thompson: Food, Flowers and Fashion - a presentation on the development of public and private gardens, the nurseries which supplied them and the role of native plants in them, both in Australia and in Europe.

Admission: $20.00 incl catering.

For information email Merle Thompson (callitrisNO_SPAM@bigpond.com - remove 'NO-SPAM' from the address).

Please reply by Thursday 31 July to assist with catering and printing. Later bookings will be accepted.

 * Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ‘89 & ‘90. Bound volume of watercolours on paper; 23.8 x 20.0cm. National Library of Australia

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