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2015 Upcoming Events

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  • National Tree Day - Friday 24th July
  • 5th Anniversary of the Arboretum - August
  • Biodiversity Month - September
  • Wattle Day - Monday 1st September
  • Open Day - Saturday 12th September

Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest, Photo: Samantha Newton


2010 Photographic Competition Results

In 2010 a Photographic Competition was held to commemorate the launch of the Arboretum.

Competition was stiff, with 60 entries being submitted for judging. The judges looked for images that inspired them to visit the Arboretum, and images that represented different depths of the Arboretum, from landscape to macro.

And the winners are:

First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Margaret Morgan - Angophora Michael Gillings - Untitled Helena Bolle - Bottlebrush

 

Highly Commended

Kasia Zieminska
Plants Are Watching Us

Arun Dass
Canopy
Matthew Bulbert
Still Reflecting
Helena Bolle
Young Eucalypt
 
Finalists

Christina Birnbaum
Contrast

Emily Smyth-King
Ducklings
Anke Snoek
Flying, Laughing, Spring
Hector Viveros
The Guardian of the Forest 2
Christina Birnbaum
Lichen
Doug Kelley
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Andrea Nicastro
Rainbow
Doug Kelley
Running Around
Arun Dass
Shade
Michael Gillings
Untitled
Andrea Nicastro
Untitled
 
 
 
All entries
 
Thanks again to our prize sponsors
Department of Biological Sciences
 
Macquarie Sustainability
 
Eden Gardens, Lane Cove Road, North Ryde

 

 

Key Dates in the Arboretum calendar

Keep a look out on our website for activities to celebrate the following:

  • World Environment Day (5 June)
  • Arbor Week (last week of July)
  • Wattle Day (1 September)
  • Biodiversity Month (September)
  • National Threatened Species Day (7 September)