Editorial Committee REBECCA HARCOURT Managing Editor DALE ARVIDSSON Curator, Brisbane Botanic Gardens ALAN MATCHETT Botanic Garden Manager, Dunedin Botanic Garden TOM McCARTER Wildlife Garden Manager, The Natural History Museum, London JANET O’HEHIR Vice-President, Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust Inc. EAMONN FLANAGAN Chief Executive Officer, BGANZ SIOBHAN DUFFY Graphic Designer

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COVER: A living roof planted with a variety of succulents in the Potter Children’s Garden at Auckland Botanic Gardens. Photo: Auckland Botanic Gardens.

CONTENTS 2 President’s view Chris Russell, BGANZ President

4 Editorial insights Rebecca Harcourt, Managing Editor

Feature Interview 6 A biologist who became infected with a passion for plants: Emma Bodley, Chair of BCARM and Botanical Records & Conservation Specialist, Auckland Botanic Gardens

What’s New? 13 Botanic news: from home and abroad

Pollinating Great Ideas 18 World Poetry Day at the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens Roana O’Neill, Co-ordinator Communication & Engagement, Bundaberg Regional Council

Feature Articles 20 Conserving alpine habitats and species: challenges, collections and collaboration Megan J. Hirst, Victorian Conservation Seedbank, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

26 Plant Collection Guidelines: where do I start? Emma Bodley, Chair of BCARM and Botanical Records & Conservation Specialist, Auckland Botanic Gardens

Feature Gardens 32 Rockhampton Botanic Gardens – open for business science Michael Elgey, Curator of Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Kershaw Gardens, and BGANZ Queensland Council member

39 Inala Jurassic Garden: a global collection of Gondwanan flora on south Bruny Island, Tasmania Dr Tonia Cochran, Owner, Curator and Collection Manager, Inala Jurassic Garden, South Bruny, Tasmania THE BOTANIC GARDENer | ISS 56 WINTER 2021

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Published on Jun 3, 2021

THE BOTANIC GARDENer WINTER 2021 - Botanic gardens – Plant science in botanic gardens

4 min read

President’s view

Chris Russell, BGANZ President

2 min read

Editorial insights

Rebecca Harcourt, Managing Editor

15 min read

A biologist who became infected with a passion for plants

6 min read

Botanic news: from home and abroad

2 min read

Pollinating great ideas

10 min read

Conserving alpine habitats and species challenges, collections and collaboration

Megan J. Hirst, Victorian Conservation Seedbank, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

10 min read

Plant Collection Guidelines: where do I start?

Emma Bodley, Chair of BCARM and Botanical Records & Conservation Specialist, Auckland Botanic Gardens

10 min read

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens – open for business science

Michael Elgey, Curator of Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Kershaw Gardens, and BGANZ Queensland Council member

17 min read

Inala Jurassic Garden: a global collection of Gondwanan flora on south Bruny Island, Tasmania

Dr Tonia Cochran, Owner, Curator and Collection Manager, Inala Jurassic Garden, South Bruny, Tasmania

3 min read

Miracle on Black Mountain – A History of the Australian National Botanic Gardens by Don Beer

Neville Page, President, Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens

1 min read

Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia by Andrew Benwell and Australian Rainforest Seeds Plants of Subtropical Eastern …

Australian Rainforest Seeds by Mark Dunphy, Steve McAlpin, Paul Nelson and Michelle Chapman ########## phill Parsons, President, The Tasmanian Arboretum Inc.

1 min read

A review of the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens children’s activity trail and booklet

Michelle Pacey, mother, teacher and Education Officer at Bundaberg Regional Galleries

2 min read

Regional botanic gardens records management system – welcoming Botanical Software

7 min read

Biosecurity 101 for botanic gardens

1 min read

Mapping the plant world one snap at a time

Sam Moon, Marketing and Communications Manager, BGANZ

4 min read

President’s view

Chris Russell, BGANZ President

2 min read

Editorial insights

Rebecca Harcourt, Managing Editor

15 min read

A biologist who became infected with a passion for plants

6 min read

Botanic news: from home and abroad

2 min read

Pollinating great ideas

10 min read

Conserving alpine habitats and species challenges, collections and collaboration

Megan J. Hirst, Victorian Conservation Seedbank, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

10 min read

Plant Collection Guidelines: where do I start?

Emma Bodley, Chair of BCARM and Botanical Records & Conservation Specialist, Auckland Botanic Gardens

10 min read

Rockhampton Botanic Gardens – open for business science

Michael Elgey, Curator of Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Kershaw Gardens, and BGANZ Queensland Council member

17 min read

Inala Jurassic Garden: a global collection of Gondwanan flora on south Bruny Island, Tasmania

Dr Tonia Cochran, Owner, Curator and Collection Manager, Inala Jurassic Garden, South Bruny, Tasmania

3 min read

Miracle on Black Mountain – A History of the Australian National Botanic Gardens by Don Beer

Neville Page, President, Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens

1 min read

Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia by Andrew Benwell and Australian Rainforest Seeds Plants of Subtropical Eastern …

Australian Rainforest Seeds by Mark Dunphy, Steve McAlpin, Paul Nelson and Michelle Chapman ########## phill Parsons, President, The Tasmanian Arboretum Inc.

1 min read

A review of the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens children’s activity trail and booklet

Michelle Pacey, mother, teacher and Education Officer at Bundaberg Regional Galleries

2 min read

Regional botanic gardens records management system – welcoming Botanical Software

7 min read

Biosecurity 101 for botanic gardens

1 min read

Mapping the plant world one snap at a time

Sam Moon, Marketing and Communications Manager, BGANZ

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