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BGANZ Secondments 2016
BGANZ Professional Development opportunities are being expanded in 2016.
In an exciting development for BGANZ Members, Employees of BGANZ members, are welcome to apply for a BGANZ Secondment 2016, with one of six Botanic Gardens offering places in 2016.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Members to enhance their skills and knowledge. The program is aimed at BGANZ Regional Members enabling them to gain additional career experience, but members from Capital City Gardens are able to apply as well.
Places are offered in any discipline, including Horticulture, Science, Education, Management, and Administration.
Also: Coming soon, the latest information on BGANZ Member Awards, and Scholarship opportunities, members are encouraged to apply for.
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Female Apprentice of the Year
Jenna Conran, is the first female
to win Australian Industry Group's annual
Apprentice of the Year Award in the
Illawarra, New South Wales. The 21 year old
works at Wollongong Botanic
Gardens,
Wollongong City Council.
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Roots 13:1 Call for articles.
How do you tell the world about your research?
As public facing, scientific institutions, botanic gardens have a responsibility to share their research with their audiences. Since many people who visit are not experts, communicating plant science effectively requires creativity.
Science communication activities should be fun, inviting and cater to a range of audiences, interests and levels of prior knowledge.
Science communication comes in different shapes and sizes including activities that showcase current research, tell stories about the history of a site or ask the public to take part.
From lectures to citizen science projects; exhibitions to learning labs, the next issue of Roots will look at how botanic gardens are engaging the public with their scientific work. We will take a glance of a variety of activities, from a range of perspectives: educators, directors, scientists, volunteers, etc.
If you have an exciting approach to science communication then let us know!
To feature in issue of Roots contact: [email protected]
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FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ
10 November 2015.
The Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) 7
th Congress hosted by Wollongong Botanic Gardens 25 - 28 October, 2015, provides the following communique:
Congress was attended by over 200 delegates with 51 Botanic Gardens from Australia, New Zealand and the USA represented. Botanic Gardens employees from Science, Horticulture, Education and Management disciplines were in attendance.
The overall theme for the congress was 'Connecting with Communities', and it included several keynote speakers as well as workshops, presentations, rapid fire talks and field trips.
BGANZ Professional Groups held meetings within the Congress.
Professional Development (BGANZ PD)
A professional development strategy document was presented and members agreed to continue to develop and implement B
GANZ Professional Development program.
BGEN (Botanic Gardens Education Network)
Elected a new committee and began development of a tool box of simple visitor engagement strategies to share between gardens
BRON (Botanic Gardens Records Officer Network)
A Plant Collections database has been developed, in collaboration with Parks Victoria. Regional gardens are encouraged to update and manage their plant collections.
National Botanic Gardens Open Day.
The inaugural National Botanic Gardens Open Day initiative was launched at the congress and is scheduled to be held in May 2016, with date and theme to be confirmed. ABC TV's Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis will be the Australian Ambassador for this event. New Zealand Ambassador to be confirmed.
South East Region Botanic Gardens group
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The regional botanic gardens in south-east New South Wales - the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Wollongong Botanic Garden, Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, Booderee Botanic Garden and the Australian Garden Mt Annan - have formed a collaborative partnership particularly focussing on threatened species, resulting in resource and knowledge sharing benefits.
For further information on this Communique please contact. Eamonn Flanagan [email protected]
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