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BGANZ Open Day 2017 Sunday 28 May, plus
Vacancy Wellington, NZ
BGANZ Update
Vacancy Wellingoton NZ
Melbourne - Masterplan
Sydney increase visitors
APGA - Call for papers
New Fellows Program - Longwood
 
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Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Open Day 2017

Save the Date

Date confirmed: Sunday 28 May 2017.
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Vacancy; Wellington Botanic Garden, New Zealand 

Curator - Main Garden
Our Curator in our Main Garden area of the Wellington Botanic Garden has taken on a new role which leaves an exciting opportunity for you to become a Curator. If you are the successful applicant you will be a key member of the Wellington Gardens team responsible for the delivery of high standards of horticultural practice expected of one of New Zealand's leading botanic gardens.

Reporting to the Team Manager Plant Collections you will work closely with the other curators and gardeners across the Botanic Garden and Otari-Wilton's Bush. You will also work closely with the Visitor Experience Team Manager and Botanic Gardens Educator to tell our plant stories through our gardens and our events.

The successful applicant will have:
  • a minimum qualification of Advanced Certificate in Amenity Horticulture L4 or equivalent experience 
  • the ability to lead staff and volunteers 
  • effective work planning skills 
  • a good knowledge of the principles and application of Integrated Pest Management.
We need a skilled horticulturist, an excellent communicator, good presentation skills and a collaborative team player - no shrinking violets' for this role!
 
More information 
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Melbourne Gardens Master Plan

Help shape the future of our iconic Melbourne Gardens 

During August the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria invites you to share your ideas and aspirations for Melbourne Gardens, to help us prepare a 20-year master plan for this historic and world-famous botanic garden.

More information
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More visitors to Sydney botanic gardens than ever before
Major events and celebrations, combined with an injection of funding for upgrades and new facilities have driven visitation to new heights across Sydney's major botanic gardens, said Kim Ellis, Executive Director of Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands, today.
 
Mr Ellis today released visitation statistics for the 2016-17 financial year showing unprecedented growth in visitation and engagement across Sydney's the three major botanic gardens - Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah.
 
"For the first time, the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney has hit 5 million visitors in a year. They key drivers for visitation have certainly been the Garden's 200th Birthday celebrations and its involvement for the first time in Vivid Sydney," said Mr Ellis.

For visitor numbers and more information

 


  American Public Gardens Association (APGA

2017 APGA Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 
Submit by October 12, 2016
(2016 Conference presentations are now available in our Resource Center.)

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Longwood Gardens - New Fellows Program

  

Longwood Gardens, whose influence on American horticulture is seen through its vast education curricula, recently launched a new, 13-month Fellows Program . 

  

The fully funded cohort-based residency at Longwood allows Fellows to delve into topical issues relevant to public horticulture today such as leadership, board relations and governance, communication skills, change management, innovation, and HR/talent management. 

  

A two-month field placement provides a deeper understanding of these issues, equipping Fellows to lead organizations into a vibrant and sustainable future. 

  

Alumni of the Fellows Program join the prestigious Society of Fellows, a global network of public garden professionals.
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