Plant and Enviro Day

The QMS Christmas party! Bring a plate of your favourite Christmas goodies to share and, if you wish, wear festive attire! Photographic and Art and Craft Display It’s not so much a competition, as a display of wondrous things you have seen or created. You are invited to contribute your 3 best photos for this…

Situated on the north side of Brisbane, Murrumba Downs John Oxley Reserve is an interesting site with a variety of habitats, ranging from dry Eucalypt forest to pockets of rainforest and mangroves. How to get there: The 2013 UBD map ref is 99 F1. If you heading north over the North Pine River, you take…

"Fungal diversity in maritime Antarctic soils" Dr Paul Dennis is a Lecturer in Soil and Environmental Science in UQ’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, where he also runs a research group focussing on microbial ecology. Paul graduated from the University of Bangor in North Wales with a BSc hons in Environmental Science in 2002….

Walk and Talk with the Truffle Master Dr Jim Trappe This event is part of the Woodfordia Treehuggers Weekend (24th-25th June) held in the Festival Hall Woodfordia, 87 Woodrow Rd.  We are honoured to have Dr. Jim (James) Trappe, a world-renowned truffle expert, drop in from the US. You are invited to join Jim on…

This workshop will be presented by Dr Tony Young.  Spores from many different fungal species will be examined. The workshop will be held at the Pooh Corner Environment Centre, 100 Wolston Rd, Walcol. If you have a microscope, it would be very much appreciated if you could bring it along to this workshop!

An exhibition by Donna Davis, a talk by Nigel Fechner and Herbarium tours.   For more about Donna’s exhibition go to: http://donnadavisartist.weebly.com/unseen.html