Conference Presentations
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The Conference Guide Book includes:
The full Conference Programme
All Guest Speakers and Abstracts
B.Hadrill - A Changing Sub-Tropical Garden 2024
Dr L. SKATES - Kings Park - Supporting Change
Lawrie Smith - Conference Presentation Outline
M.Cox - The Relationships That Define Us
R. SLIWA - Noosa RBG - Connecting our garden to an on-line world
Speakers at our 2024 Conference
DR Judy West AO; Patron, AAFBG
Linda Beveridge: President, AAFBG
Cassandra Nichols: CEO, BGANZ
Cr Joe Natoli; Councillor, Sunshine Coast Council
Kate Heffernan; Horticulturalist, writer, presenter, tour leader - Master of Ceremonies
Dale Arvidsson, Keynote Speaker, Curator, Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens - TOPIC: The Challenge of Change
Bill Hadrill, Group Executive, Liveability & Natural Assets, Sunshine Coast Council - TOPIC: A Changing Sub-Tropical Garden
Michael Gilles; Environmental Visitor Centres Officer, Sunshine Coast Council - TOPIC: A Changing Sub-Tropical Garden
Lawrence Smith AM, Landscape Architect; National Leader of ANSPA Garden Design Study Group - TOPIC: Challenges always come with opportunities
Malcolm Cox; Friends of MRBBG - TOPIC: The Relationships That Define Us
Friends of Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta Inc. - TOPIC: Changing the Appeal of Volunteering
Dr Laura Skates; Events Officer, Friends of Kings Park - TOPIC: Let's grow wild: the role of Botanic Gardens and Friends of groups in supporting pro-environmental behaviour change
Renate Sliwa; Friends of Noosa Regional BG - TOPIC: Connecting our garden to an on-line world
Sheridan Stewart; Dinner Speaker - TOPIC: The Challenge of Change
Liz Capelin; (Community Engagement Officer) & Mandy Botterell; (Education Officer), Environmental Visitor Centres, Sunshine Coast Council - TOPIC: Engaging the next generation: environmental programs and experiences for children and young people
Dr Hilary Pearl; Botanist - TOPIC: Collaborating for Change: Conservation of the Sunshine Coast heathlands
Dr Romane Cristescu, PhD MSc DVM; Research Fellow; Director, Detection Dogs for Conservation - TOPIC: Changing the koala's fate through innovation: non-invasive methods and technology to safeguard our iconic species
Joan Dillon, Committee Member, Barung Landcare - TOPIC: Community Nurseries and Gardens for Wildlife
Tanika Orr; Eastern Arrente woman and founder, ‘Nooks & Cooks’ - TOPIC: Bush Food Cultivation and Cooking from an Indigenous Perspective
Christine Olney (President, Friends of Kings Park) with Dr Laura Skates - TOPIC: The role of Botanic Gardens in supporting community behaviour and changes toward native gardening
Conference contacts
E: bgfriends2024@gmail.com
W: www.friendsofmaroochybotanicgardens.org.au
The AAFBG acknowledges the Sunshine Coast Country, home of the Kabi Kabi peoples and the Jinibara peoples, the Traditional Custodians, whose lands and waters we all now share.
The AAFBG Biennial Conference 2024 was hosted by
The Friends of Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens
