The Auckland Botanical Society holds regular meetings and field trips throughout the year. Meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm, and field trips on the third Saturday of the month, starting at 10 am.
Meeting Venue: Unitec, School of Natural Sciences, 139 Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Auckland-Gate 4, Building 115, Room 2005 , Level 2
(Annual Lucy Cranwell lecture is held at the Auckland Museum)
Evening Meeting: Wednesday 4th March
7:30pm Unitec
Our AGM followed by
Short Talk: Dan Blanchon
Moore Than Intended: The Curious Case
of Caloplaca L. B. Moorii
Bulletin Launch: Rhys Gardener
Mosses of the Waitakere Ranges
Copies will be available at a discounted price at
the meeting.
Field trip: Blackswamp, Te Arai Dunes and
Wetlands, Saturday 21st March
Leader: Jack Warden
Meeting time: 10 am
Meeting place: Blackswamp Beach (Pacific
Road Beach) entrance - End of Pacific Road (off
Blackswamp Road)
The field trip will re-explore areas surveyed by
AK Botsoc in 2021. The focus will be to observe
any of the changes that have occurred over the
last 5 years. Previous highlights included
Myriophyllum votschii, listed as "Regionally
Threatened – Regionally Endangered"
We will generally focus on walking through the
dunes and associated wetlands which are part of
the wider Te Arai Point Regional Park.