Celebrate the National Arboretum Opening Festival
Saturday 2 February | 10am to 3pm
Enjoy fun, food and fabulous entertainment for all ages!
Events
Events coming up at the STEP garden
2013 NELA National Conference
The Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne
7th March – 9th March
www.nelaconference.com.au
Overview
With the conference theme “Delivering a low carbon future”, the 2013 NELA National Conference will focus on legal aspects of Australia’s pathway to a low carbon economy in the 21st century.
The conference will examine state, national and global developments in environment and climate change litigation and review emerging regulations and programs with a focus on facilitating clean energy.
As part of the discussion we pose the question: What is the proper role of the states and territories in planning a low carbon future given the Commonwealth’s constitutional role in international environmental law, the energy sector, and regulating greenhouse gas emissions?
Key Dates
Registration: Now Open
Early Bird registration closes: 31 January 2013
Conference Starts: 7 March 2013
Contact Details
Conference Office:
Think Business Events
Suite 6, 19-23 Hoddle St, Richmond VIC 3121
Phone: 03 9417 1350 Fax: 03 8610 2170
Email: nela@thinkbusinessevents.com.au
First event
Details of next event with a link to more information about this event.
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher attends STEP Planting
Warrren Saunders, was quick to capture this great clip on his mobile phone of Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher planting a Hardenbergia at the STEP site on 1 April 2012. Thank you Warren!!!
CVA helps construct Botanic Garden visitor pathways
Saturday 21 May 2011 and at 9.30 the start of a wonderful day at the STEP site, National Arboretum Canberra, in the glorious autumn sunshine. A bunch of conservation volunteers were driven on site in the Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) van by Tim Harvey.
ABC News Canberra features Festival of the Forests
ABC News Canberra included a feature story on the Festival of the Forests in its evening broadcast on Sunday 20/03/2011.
An accompanying article and the original story may be viewed on the ABC website.
New garden for National Arboretum
Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope, today commemorated the official opening of Stage 2 of the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park (STEP) garden at the National Arboretum by planting the first understorey species at the site.
“STEP has a vision, an applaudable vision, to create a community-based regional botanic garden, education and ecosystem recovery centre specifically for Canberra and the surrounding Southern Tablelands,” Mr Stanhope said.
“This project aims to enhance the quality and availability of practical and scientific knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the ecosystems and species of the Southern Tablelands.
STEP Raffle Prize Winners
The STEP Raffle Winners were drawn out of a hat at the STEP exhibit by Ann Duncan, National Arboretum Board member.
The draw was witnessed by Tony Lawson, Andrew Russell and Cathy Robertson.
- First Prize: won by James Overall, Campbell. The prize is: Eucalypts by Murray Fagg and John Wrigley.
- Second prize: won by Jens Svennson, STEP Committee member. The prize is $50.00 worth of southern tablelands tube stock from Seeds and Plants Australia.
- Third Prize: Anthony Widderspoon, Isaacs. The prize is a copy of Grassland Flora by Eddy, Mallieson, Rehwinkel and Sharp.
Arrangements have been made for all prizes have been delivered to their owners.
STEP working bees can be fun…
We have a good time especially during the morning tea break. Working bees are held on Thursday mornings about 9 am. Why not come along and join in?
STEP Raffle Prize Winners
Congratulations to our three STEP Raffle Prize Winners – at 14 March Festival of the Forests.
All prizes were donated by: www.seedsandplantsaustralia.com.au – Thanks to Warren Saunders – CEO of Seeds and Plants Australia.
- First Prize – sixty dollars worth of local provenance plants – Ticket F27 Red Circles Jenny.
- Second prize– thirty dollars worth of local provenance plants – Stephen and Sam Ning – F47 – Red Circles
- Third prize- fifteen dollars worth of local provenance plants – Peter Yarit – B02 Red Diamonds.
We sold 132 tickets and proceeds from the raffle were $105.95 cents.
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2009
The STEP AGM will be held on Saturday 7 November 2009 from 5.00 – 7.00 pm at the CIAG Board Room on site at the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens.
All members and non members welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.
October 2009 Newsletter
The STEP newsletter for October 2009 is now available.
Included in this addition:
- Notificatino of AGM
- STEP Events calendar
- Information on the STEP working bee
- Geology, Soil and Water Flows: digging into the Soil Survey for the STEP site
- A report on the STEP Wetland Project
- Volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia come to work on the STEP project
- Water Flows into STEP Ephemeral Wetland
- Thirty year old seeds successfully germinated for the STEP forest
- Tree of the month: Eucalyptus delegatensis
Download the October 2009 Newsletter here.
STEP Tree Planting – 31 October 2009
The next planting a tree day on the STEP site will be Saturday 31 Oct from 8 am till 3pm. STEP cordially invites Friends of the Arboretum to join us. This special day will include a media event at 10.00 am. Dr Maxine Cooper, the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainability with her Youth Ambassadors will arrive to join us in our planting activity. The media will be invited by the Office of the Commissioner. It would be wonderful to have a large group to welcome them.
Floriade 2009 at Commonwealth Park Canberra
Come along to the Floriade in Canberra this year. STEP is presenting information about our project as part of the Friends of the Canberra International Aboretum and Gardens Display at Floriade this year from 12 September to 11 October. We are located in the cottage that is part of the Bonsai Display, on the fence near the Archbishops Residence. Do drop by and say hello.
STEP Tree Planting Ceremony
On the 15th of March STEP hosted a tree planting ceremony at the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens on Block 100. The first tree was planted by the Chief Minister, John Stanhope, followed by students from a Evatt Primary School, members from the planning committee of the ACT House of Assembly and STEP members and friends.
Festival of the Forests 2009
15 March 2009 will be the first open day at the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens giving members of the public an exciting opportunity to experience the unique 250 hectare park, just five minutes from the centre of Canberra.
Twelve Eucalyptus Species on Block 100
In stage 1, twelve different tree species and a total of 541 trees, will be planted in autumn 2009.
Ceremonial Tree Planting
Sunday 15 March at 10.00 am
The Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park Inc (STEP), invites members and friends to join with Jon Stanhope MLA, ACT Chief Minister, and the Friends of the International Arboretum and Gardens, to celebrate STEP’s first ceremonial planting at Block 100 in the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens (CIAG) at 10am on Sunday 15 March.
Event Sunday 26 August 2007
STEP is holding its fist event at the Arboretum on Sunday 26 August from 9 am to 1pm.
STEP Activities
As it develops the Arboretum Project STEP will be conducting a number of regular activities including weeding and planting days, and seminars and seminars and field trips. In the past, STEP has run a number of workshops to develop aspects of STEP strategy and resources, and on 28 August 2005 conducted a workshop with Friends of Grasslands on the topic Leaf, Feather Fur and Scale Workshop exploring the relationship between Southern Tablelands and their bird mammal and reptile inhabitants. In the meantime, STEP has focused on developing a project proposal to establish the botanic garden and recovery centre at the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens site.
Many Canberra-region conservation groups such as the Australian Native Plants Society, Friends of the Grasslands,ACT Herpertological Association, and Canberra Field Naturalists have events that are highly relevant to learning about the SouthernTablelands ecosystems, their plants and animals, and their recovery, andSTEP members are encourages to participate in thses acitivities.
This website will flag activities put on by other groups which may be of interest to STEP members who wish to increase thier understanding of ecosystems of the Southern Tablelands, Botanic Gardens abd related horticultural activities.
STEP Launch
We had a very successful launch for the association on 22 May 2002. Work is continuing to establish STEP with as wide a base of stakeholders as possible.