GPCAA Events are organised by a voluntary Committee. Activities include propagation workshops, tours of registered GPCAA collections, visits to selected regional gardens, specialised Illustrated talks and guided walks.
Contact us if you would like to join this committee, suggest future events to help raise funds for the Association
What have I missed?
Self Drive Tours:
Ballarat Region Collections Tour
Dandenong Ranges Plant Lovers’ & Collections Tour
Macedon Ranges Collections Tour
Mornington Peninsula Collections Tour
Mountain Marvels Tour
Spa Country Spectacular Tour
Yarra Valley Plant Lovers’ & Collections Tour
Walking Tours:
RBG Melbourne Perennial Border Talk & Walk with Curator Don Henderson
Workshops:
Propagation Workshop with RBG Melbourne's Chief Propagator
Propagator's Paradise, Yarra Valley. Open source: propagation material and workshop to two outstanding private gardens.
Illustrated Talks:
Andrew Laidlaw "Landscaping a Volcano"
John Rayner “Plants and Design Strategies for our new Climate”
Chris Russell "Taking the Australian Garden to Chelsea"
Mike Robbins, Manager of Plant Quarantine, AQIS
Owen Harrod, Senior Policy Officer (Plant Science), Nursery Stock & Weed Assessment Team, Plant Bio-Security, Biosecurity Australia
Peter Leigh of Post Office Farm Nursery "Helleborus Today"
Rodger Elliot: “Registered Australian Plant Collections – Past & Future”
Sue Templeton “Diversity to Suit You”
Book Launches:
“Old Nursery Catalogue 2nd Edition” by Margaret Brookes
I attended your Mountain Marvels Tour last year and had a great time! Thoroughly enjoyed the exclusive talks given and the lunch was superb. Congratulations to everyone involved in the organisation. I'll definitely be attending more GPCAA events.
Posted by: Sandi | 25 March 2011 at 09:25 PM