Past Events
Field Trip on Sunday 11th of July 2010, 10:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: Orokonui Ecosanctuary | info@orokonui.org.nz | (03) 482 1755
Cost $39. All proceeds to biodiversity protection in the Ecosanctuary. An illustrated talk and field excursion looking at fabulous ferns with John Steel from the University of Otago Botany Department.
Field Trip on Saturday 10th of July 2010, 10:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: John Barkla | mjbarkla@xtra.co.nz | 027 326 7917
Watsons Beach in south Otago has some of the most extensive coastal turfs in Otago that include populations of the uncommon herbs Lepidium tenuicaule, Myosotis pygmaea and Ranunculus recens. There's also relict coastal shrubland, sedgeland and lichen encrusted rocks. We'll wander north towards Quoin Point so dress for exposed coastal conditions. Leave from the Botany Department carpark at 10 am.
Talk / Seminar on Wednesday 30th of June 2010, 05:30 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: Mike Thorsen | mike.esr@xtra.co.nz | (03) 453 6800
A talk by Mike Thorsen. A misty-eyed voyage through some of the special places and plants on the island of the glowing skies. At the Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King Street, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building to get in and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Rm. 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt as we have to hold the door open.
Field Trip on Sunday 13th of June 2010, 10:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: Orokonui Ecosanctuary | info@orokonui.org.nz | (03) 482 1755
Cost $39. All proceeds to biodiversity protection in the Ecosanctuary. An illustrated talk and field excursion looking at magical mosses and liverworts with Maia Mistral from the University of Otago Botany Department.
Field Trip on Saturday 12th of June 2010, 09:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Orlovich | david.orlovich@otago.ac.nz
Fungal Foray and Workshop, in conjunction with Orokonui EcoSanctuary.
Foray 9 am–1 pm (for BSO members only): Led by David Orlovich. Meet 9 am Botany Dept Car Park to car pool to Orokonui. Bring waxed paper, collecting bag, hand lens, camera, lunch and $15 for entry into the EcoSanctuary, and maybe a bit extra for hot food and drinks at the café there. Bring warm and waterproof clothing. Contact: David Orlovich 021 122 7230
Workshop 1–3 pm with David Orlovich, who teaches and researches mycology, plant diversity and evolution at the Botany Department. Free to BSO members, $20 to public. Limit 20 people. Bookings essential—phone (03) 482 1755 or email info@orokonui.org.nz
Field Trip on Saturday 15th of May 2010, 09:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Lyttle | djl1yttle@gmail.com | (03) 454 5470
In the morning we will visit Colinswood Bush, a private covenant located in Macandrew Bay. This bush remnant was fenced to exclude stock 20 years ago. Considerable progress has been made in restoring the bush and enhancing it biological health since the inception of the project. We will continue on to the Pyramids where we will have lunch and look at the different plant communities that are found there. You will be able to practise the plant identification skills that you learnt at Wednesday's workshop. Meet at 9:30 am at the junction of Howard St and Barling St, Macandrew Bay. If coming from Dunedin, meet at 9:00 am at the Botany Dept car park. Bring your lunch.
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Field Trip on Wednesday 12th of May 2010, 07:00 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Lyttle | djl1yttle@gmail.com | (03) 454 5470
At Macandrew Bay Hall. Note the change from our usual meeting time and venue. This is a joint meeting with The Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group. The original native vegetation of the Otago Peninsula has mostly been cleared for pastoral farming. However scattered fragments of the original vegetation remain. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the biodiversity values associated these remnants and assist people to identify the native plants that are still found on the Peninsula.
Speakers
- John Barkla, Department of Conservation "Plant Biodiversity on the Otago Peninsula."
- Nigel McPherson, Colinswood Bush Committee "The Restoration of Colinswood Bush: A 20 Year Story."
- Moira Parker, Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group "Weed-busting."
- Mike Thorsen, Department of Conservation "Practical Identification of Native Plants."
At the end of the formal talks a cup of tea will be served. Specimens of various plants will be laid out on tables around the hall for participants to examine. Questions on plant identification and discussion on the topics covered are welcome.
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Field Trip on Saturday 24th of April 2010, 09:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: John Barkla | mjbarkla@xtra.co.nz | 027 326 7917
This closest range to Dunedin has a variety of vegetation including beech forest, extensive regenerating shrublands and tussock grasslands/herbfields, and an interesting suite of forest, sub-alpine and alpine lichens. We'll start at Mountain Road and walk into the new Jubilee Hut for the night, probably returning the same way. Participants need to be able to carry a weekend pack over steep terrain for at least five hours each day. Please contact John Barkla ph. 476 3686 or Allison Knight ph. 487 8265.
Talk / Seminar on Wednesday 21st of April 2010, 05:20 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Lyttle | djl1yttle@gmail.com | (03) 454 5470
Judging of the 4th BSO photographic competition and a brief AGM. Entries will be on display, photographic tips given and prizes presented. At the Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King Street, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building to get in and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Rm. 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt as we have to hold the door open.
Field Trip on Saturday 27th of March 2010, 08:50 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: Abe Gray | graab419@student.otago.ac.nz | (03) 479 7577
This is the home of Associate Professor Brian Cox and the house is one of the original properties in Pine Hill, over 100 years old. There are extensive ornamental and edible gardens, featuring all white Hydrangea that are sold to the cut flower market. In the beginning of last century it was a fern nursery, thus the name. There are extensive sections of regenerating native bush and several large rimu trees. Meet at the Botany Department car park at 8:50 a.m.
Talk / Seminar on Wednesday 17th of March 2010, 05:20 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Lyttle | djl1yttle@gmail.com | (03) 454 5470
The well known Dunedin conservationist and author Neville Peat will update us on progress at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary and the future plans for it. With the completion and opening of the impressive new visitors centre and introduction of various species to the Ecosanctuary progress has been rapid. Neville is an excellent speaker so dont miss this meeting. At the Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King Street, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building to get in and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Rm. 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt as we have to hold the door open.
Social Event on Friday 5th of March 2010, 12:00 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Orlovich | david.orlovich@otago.ac.nz
BBQ to welcome new botany/ecology students and new BSO members. At the front lawn, Botany House Annex, Great King Street (across the road from the main Botany building). Sausage sandwiches and drinks provided free by the Botanical Society of Otago. All BSO members welcome!
Talk / Seminar on Wednesday 24th of February 2010, 05:20 PM (14 years ago)
Contact: Bastow Wilson | bastow@otago.ac.nz | (03) 479 7572
A talk by Brent E. Ewers, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. At the Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King Street, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building to get in and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Rm. 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt as we have to hold the door open.
Field Trip on Sunday 14th of February 2010, 09:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: John Barkla | mjbarkla@xtra.co.nz | 027 326 7917
Heywood Point Scenic Reserve is a rare example of podocarp/broadleaved forest with many special features including fragrant tree daisy (Olearia fragrantissima) and climbing daisy (Brachyglottis sciadophila). With luck, lunch will be in the sun admiring the interesting shrub and herb communities on the coastal cliffs and headland. We'll do a return trip from Aramoana so be prepared for a steep, though scenic climb, up through farmland until the reserve is reached. Meet at the Botany Department carpark at 9 a.m.
Field Trip on Saturday 9th of January 2010, 12:00 AM (14 years ago)
Contact: David Lyttle | djl1yttle@gmail.com | (03) 454 5470
The BSO has been invited by the Auckland Botanical Society to join them for their annual field trip based at Bannockburn from the 9th to the 15th of January. Excursions are planned to various site of botanical interest in Central Otago. It will be possible to participate for all or part of the time depending on sufficient accommodation being available. Anyone who is interested please contact David Lyttle