About The Australian Plants Society - South Australian Region.

People become members of organisations such as ours for a wide variety of reasons. Some may wish to understand more about Australian native plants, some may wish to collect or grow plants for their gardens, others may want to do something about the environment, like revegetation work.  Whatever the reason, we can assist. We are a Society with a large cross-section of people from all walks of life. This is what makes the Australian Plants Society unique. There is always someone who can help.

Some examples of Activities:

General Meetings
Throughout the year, the Australian Plants Society holds General Meetings at Arthur Street in Unley, where we have some very informative speakers that relate to Australian flora in some way.  At one of the meetings each year, we hold a propagation evening, where we invite anybody to come and learn the skills required to grow Australian plants, because some are quite difficult.

Publications
Being an Australian Plants Society member enables a person to take advantage of the many facilities that are available, like buying Australian plant publications at an attractive price.

Seeds.
A wide variety of Australian plant seeds from a well stocked seed bank is freely available.

Library.
Members can borrow from a comprehensive library of Australian plant books.

Propagation Aids.
Propagation aids are available for a very competitive price.

Plant Sales.
As a grower, the APS member is able to sell those plants to the public, at our  very popular Plant Sales that are held twice a year at the Wayville Show grounds. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact with the public.

Study Groups.
There are many study groups within the Society, where members are able to learn about a particular genus,  There are more than twenty groups.

Conservation.
This is possibly the most important part of  the Australian Plants Society. Where we are actively involved in several conservation initiatives.  We have one project where we are managing a site that has the only remaining significant population of a rare and endangered plant. At another site, we are returning some coastal habitat to what it was a hundred years ago, and that includes the mangrove forests. We are the only organisation to tackle the massive weed infestation at a site near Cape Jervis, and restore that area to its original condition. All these projects include weed eradication, seed collection, direct seeding, tubestock growing, revegetation work, survey work and much, much more. For those that are involved, it can be extremely rewarding.

Excursions.

We also have many excursions throughout the year to a variety of places of interest, and these can take the form of weekend camps, daily trips, and dusk discovery walks  so that those  who are not able to get away to some of our excursions and working weekends, are still given the opportunity to see Australian flora first hand with the help of experienced members.

JEFF REID.  Former president of the Australian Plants Society (S.A. Region)