Community Support
Gold Coast Botany supports local community and not-for-profit organisations , either pro-bono or at reduced rates. This can cover a range of expertise including one-off plant identification to workshops and presentations. We also offer planning advice in relation to flora and vegetation matters.
Workshops can include:
- Native plant identification
- Weed identification
- Threatened plant species
- Guided botanical walks
Organisations assisted include (in alphabetical order):
- Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS)
- Camp Creek Rehabilitation Project
- Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
- Ecovillage Land Management
- Friends of Springbrook Alliance
- Friends of The Ormeau Bottle tree
- Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club
- Gold Coast & Hinterland Environment Council (Gecko)
- Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens
- Nerang Community Association
- Numinbah Valley Environmental Education Centre (NVEEC)
- Outdoor & Environmental Education Centres (O&EEC)
- Platypus Watch (Gold Coast)
- Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) Camp Bornhoffen
- Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service
- Springbrook Catchment Management Landcare Group
- Springbrook Wildlife Appreciation Group (SWAG)
- University of Queensland
- Wildlife Queensland
- Friends of Currumbin
Please contact us for any enquiries.
Recent presentations:
December 2020
Springbrook BioBlitz – Watergum - flora survey team leader for large community event exploring the biodiversity of Springbrook.
July 2020
QPWS Springbrook – Workshop, local plant biodiversity.
December 2019
Austinville BioBlitz – Watergum – flora survey team leader for large community event exploring the biodiversity of the Austinville Valley.
June 2019
Green Week – Rosser Park Botanic Gardens: “Local Plants, past and present”.
February 2019
Springbrook Wildlife Appreciation Group: “Local Plant Biodiversity”.
November 2018
Gecko Talks, Currumbin RSL: “Local Plant Biodiversity”.
March 2017
Rainforests of Subtropical Australia (ROSA) Symposium – Healthy Land and Water – Robina Community Centre: “Incremental Loss in a Regulated World”
October 2016
Landcare Forum – Gold Coast Catchment Association – Robina Community Centre: “Invisible Biodiversity – Threatened Plants of the Gold Coast”
August 2016
Science Week – Rosser Park Botanic Gardens “Spot the Panda – Threatened Plants of the Gold Coast”
June 2016
Lamington Natural History Association, Binna Burra – “What’s in your backyard?”
March 2016
Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club – “Threatened Plants of the Gold Coast”
December 2015
Gold Coast Catchment Association AGM – guest speaker
December 2015
Friends of Rosser Park Botanical Gardens AGM – guest speaker
March 2015
Queensland Arborist Association – Plant Identification Workshop
February 2015
Springbrook Wildlife Appreciation Group – “Declared and Environmental Weeds”
July 2014
Queensland Arborist Association – Plant Identification Workshop
January 2014
OECC Annual Conference – Key Note Speaker “Know Your Patch – a Snapshot of Local Biodiversity”
September 2013
Springbrook Wildlife Appreciation Group – “Threatened Plants of Springbrook”
July 2013
Wildlife Qld Forum: Queensland’s’ Biodiversity Crisis – “Qld Legislation Changes: Threats to Local Biodiversity”
March 2013
Numinbah Valley Environmental Education Centre – “Threatened Plants of the Local Area”
