Friends of Kings Park

We invite you to join us to discuss our ClimateWatch activities and to explore the specific plants which have been selected to observe along the Bushland Trail. The walk will be led by the Climatewatch co-ordinators with expert advice and specific insights from Ryan Glowacki, Bushland Manager, BGPA

An exclusive ‘Behind the Scenes’ tour of the Nursery facilities in the lead up to the biggest September plant sale ever. From 10am a guided tour through the Park’s nursery and recycling area will be followed by a ‘close encounter’ with volunteers working in the Friends nursery. Refreshments will be available at the start of the tour in the BCC lunch room. This is a members-only event and places are limited to 24 members.

2018 Festival Address with special guest speaker - Neville Marchant AM will deliver the 2019 Festival Address. “South-western plants: a diverse flora from a northwards drifting Gondwanan raft” Wine and cheese served before the presentation and supper to follow.

The Friends are holding a Photography Workshop on Sunday, 21st July commencing at 2pm in the Green Room, Education Centre, Kings Park. Photographer John Robinson is leading the Workshop. Participants bring along any type of camera (including phones, iPads, laptops), go out into the Park and take photos, then come back and learn how to correct and edit images. This workshop will run for approximately 2 hours. Places are strictly limited for the Workshop.

2018 Festival Address with special guest speaker - horticulturalist, author and presenter on ‘Gardening Australia’, Angus Stewart. Angus is a passionate advocate of native plants. See his ‘Wild at Heart’ video, aired in series 27, episode 33 of ‘Gardening Australia’. Angus will be presenting a talk on the extraordinary and spectacular biodiversity of plants along our south coast. Wine and cheese served before the presentation and supper to follow.