Australian Plants Society Victoria

23/03/2026

Don't forget APS Yarra Yarra's Native Plant & Book Sale - is on this Saturday 28th, 9.30am-3pm, at Eltham Community & Reception Centre, 201 Main Road.
6 independent stalls: Weeping Grevillea Nursery, Ironstone Park Nursery, Goldfields Revegetation Nursery, Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary Nursery, Ian Evans Stall, and Yarra Yarra members' Stall. Lots of great plants, tube stock to advanced
including indigenous, rare & grafted stock. Books on related subjects. Gold coin donation appreciated.
(Sorry it conflicts with MIFGS this year but we often don't know 12mths ahead what their dates will be.)Plant lists are up on our website now:
https://apsyarrayarra.org.au/australian-plants-expo/autumn-plant-sale/

23/03/2026

This video introduces one of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show gardens that will feature Australian plants. Kuranga Native Nursery are supplying several of them as well as designing and supplying our APS display on Australian plants for small gardens.

22/03/2026

Biodiversity loss is continuing in Australia with logging continuing, vast areas still being cleared for cattle farming and pesticides impacting our insect population. The Biodiversity Council are worth supporting providing evidence based reports and recommendations to government.

The Biodiversity Council says the Australian Government is using spin to hide the nature loss crisis and avoid doing enough work to address it, after assessing their first report to the UN under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

22/03/2026

The Growing Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Melbourne also have a plant sale that includes quite a few Australian plants. (different from the Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc.)

They have asked us to share the link to their web page and will post the Autumn sale catalogue a week before the sale. https://www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org/2026-autumn-plant-sale/

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Inc.

19/03/2026

Another fabulous plant sale for the diary. The Geelong APS group put on a fine display, a huge variety of special plants, plant books and refreshments.

Our Autumn Plant Sale is on again, Saturday 11th April, 2026. Opening hours 8:30 am until 4:00 pm. Native plant specialist growers onsite for all your native plant needs. Some growers have eftpos, but ... bring lots of cash!

'Wirrawilla', 40 Lovely Banks Road, Lovely Banks.

See you there!

19/03/2026

Volunteers from Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains have created a video to say what they love about being in our society. We plan to show it at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show to encourage visitors to join their local APS group.

I think it captures beautifully the joy of being with knowledgeable friendly gardeners who share our love of Australian flora.

Here is the link to our video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOX7O2Wp99E Why not share it with people you know and consider joining if you are not a member.

Membership of APS will be half price for new members if you visit our display at MIFGS. The display will again be created by Kuranga Native Nursery - just inside the main south doors of the Exhibition Buildings (C30) and the show runs from next Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th March.

Our theme this year is Australian Plants for Small Gardens.


Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc.
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Maranoa Gardens
Friends of Karwarra Garden

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19/03/2026

Kuranga Native Nursery will once again create a superb display of Australian plants for us at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. We are at stand C30. If you are heading through the main south doors to the Exhibition building from the gardens - its just on your left.

The theme this year is Australian Plants for Small Gardens. That could be a balcony, a courtyard, a city garden or just as a part of a larger space.

Opening Hours
Opening Day & Welcome Ceremony
Thursday 26 March 9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday 27 March 10:00am – 9:30pm
Saturday 28 March 10:00am – 9:30pm
Sunday 29 March 10:00am – 5:00pm

See you there!

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show bursts into life on Wednesday!

Kuranga will once again be alongside the Australian Plants Society Victoria, inside the Exhibition Building at Stand C30.
Who's coming? 👋

16/03/2026

Another reason not to use sprays that kill insect larvae

The incredible transformation from tiny slug-like caterpillar (that also look like bird-poop?) into one of Australia’s largest and most impressive butterflies is not a tall tale but a fascinating true story that is repeated on many native and cultivated Citrus – 2 to 3 times each year.

All Swallowtail eggs are spherical and are typically laid one at a time – sometimes more than one on a leaf.

These caterpillars are completely harmless and don’t eat more than a few leaves before they are ready to hide away and turn into a chrysalis – to then completely transform into one of our most beautiful native butterflies (providing they don’t get poisoned by garden chemicals or eaten by one of their many predators)

Now is a great time to get a pesticide-free Citrus - from your local native plant nursery, garden centre or even by growing your own from a pip

13/03/2026

The Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc. always have an interesting and unusual list of species of Australian plants for sale. Not long until their Autumn sale.

It’s that time of the year again, the Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc. Autumn plant sale is finally here! 🌱

Visit Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne this weekend to pick up a new Australian plant to add to ( or begin) your collection 🪴

Choose from a range of small and large plants including grasses, climbers, border-plants, ground-cover, bushes, trees and more, many of which you will find in the Australian Garden!

The Growing Friends propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings, divisions and seeds throughout the year, with plant sale proceeds being contributed to selected projects for the Cranbourne Gardens. 💚

Want to plan your wishlist? The full plant list will be available on the Friends website before the event!

📍 Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
📆 March 14 – 15
⏰ 10am – 4pm

13/03/2026

David Binch (or Binchy) has a wonderful set of videos on his YouTube channel "Binchy's Garden", featuring Australian plants. In this one he is given a tour of Neil and Wendy Marriott's collection of Banksia's at their lovely property in the Black Range near Stawell.

Neil is also speaking on the BEST GREVILLEA FOR SMALL GARDENS on the main stage of the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show at 4.30 on the Friday - 27th March -open till 9.30pm that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQWxmGu5Ac


Grevillea GrowersAustralian Plants Society Foothills Group Inc
APS Melton and Bacchus Marsh
Bendigo Native Plant Group
Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains
Cranbourne Friends Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc.

Today we’re in the Black Range near the beautiful Grampians National Park in western Victoria, visiting the incredible Banksia collection of renowned horticu...