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25.01.2022 Haven't been up the mountain or down to the river recently so no new posts about MCBG or Sherwood Arboretum. Will make amends soon!

25.01.2022 waterlilies at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens yesterday (3rd Dec 2015).

25.01.2022 That's our launch day floral emblem (planted up at BBG, Mt Coot-tha on 14 October 2015) a month into its flowering. Proiphys cunninghamii is such sweet plant. It's common name is Brisbane Lily so it makes such sense to adopt it as our emblem (photo by MJ Katter)

24.01.2022 Ficus racemosa foliage close up.

24.01.2022 New poster for Membership drive!

22.01.2022 Found in the front rainforest area at Brisbane Botanic Gardens (Mt Coot-tha): the cairn celebrating the beginning of construction works on site in 1970 (photos by JSim)

21.01.2022 The Battery is back (well one out of 12 cannons) at former Queen's Park in Brisbane Botanic Gardens, City! This handsome devil was minted in 1803 so that makes it the oldest item on site. Located along Bunya Walk and aimed at Kangaroo Point! "BOOOOM!"

21.01.2022 BACK AT WORK and POSTING! spotted yesterday at OBBG under the stunning Pinus roxburghii (Chir Pine) were these rain lilies (Habranthus robusta) -- my favourite subtropical bulb! And someone's glasses perched on the sign post!

21.01.2022 The joys of panorama function on my iPhone (JSim)! Taken from underneath the yellow poinciana looking across Queens Park field at Old Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

20.01.2022 who needs flowers when your new bark is so gorgeous?! Eucalyptus major on footpath outside Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha, on Mt Coot-tha Road. Orange is awesome! [Photos by Stephen Niven]

20.01.2022 HISTORIC PHOTO: 1984 Gardens Point Study by QIT landscape architecture staff/students. View under the Scholar's Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) near to U Block at QUT.

19.01.2022 BCC asset services folks need help in designing signage systems. Sherwood Arboretum Friends have been fighting for improvements for years and this is actually the compromise (win). Previously the idea was to place the big blue sign right in the middle of the start of the avenue! OUCH! now to fight off traffic signs proliferation.

18.01.2022 Over near the riverside of Sherwood Arboretum is a hidden fig tree dell: now this is perfect for children (or all ages!) to play. The imagination runs riot with pretending and story making.

18.01.2022 Postcards Rock! Here's an old one from the 1990s of Gardens Point. The Riverstage's amphitheater has much more concrete paving these days.

18.01.2022 NEWS from OBBG (21 December 2015) one of 160 trees being planted to celebrate the 160th anniversary of establishment (1855) of Brisbane Botanic Garden. Dracaena arborea (African Dragon tree) is located on Old Government House (OGH) boundary to OBBG. Checked on condition 6 Jan 2016 and still OK! It sits next to an old ponytail tree (Beaucarnea recurvata). More comments on each photo.

18.01.2022 CHECK OUT THIS SET OF PHOTOS! from Brisbane City Council: https://www.flickr.com//brisbaneci/sets/72157637583665815/

18.01.2022 FLOWERING in OBBG today (8 Feb 2016): Delonix regia (yellow flowered form)! Located in Queens Park field.

17.01.2022 Everybody loves the Japanese Garden up at Mt Coot-tha! Here's another beautiful view from Kim Woods Rabbidge.

16.01.2022 From CITY BBG: the view of the city from the lawn chairs outside the Cafe in the former Curator's Cottage... dreamy (photo by JSim).

16.01.2022 QUT/OGH: Ficus racemosa in full foliage (3 Dec 2015). It seemed slow to come back this year, certainly slower than the Ficus virens in the OBBG. I will monitor the Spring regrowth of both in 2016 and report back!

14.01.2022 The boardwalk through the rainforest area at Sherwood Arboretum -- Lomandra edging really well placed to be fully formed! Lovely shady trek (photos by JSim).

13.01.2022 Sherwood Arboretum on Halloween 2015: Avenue of gigantic Agathis robusta (Queensland kauri pines) planted in 1925 with bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii) in background.

09.01.2022 Sherwood Arboretum northern entrance: summer flower fall! (photo from FoSA & Andrew Benison)

09.01.2022 Cannon details: 1803 and GR for George Rex #castiron

08.01.2022 Sculpture by Lindsay Daen: "Jemmy Morrill and the Brolgas" (photo by Kim Woods Rabbidge 2015) Location: lily pond in the Old Brisbane Botanic Garden.

06.01.2022 BOUNDARY SAGA: Once a upon a time, the boundary between QUT and the OBBG was like mortice and tenon pattern! Since the early 2000s QUT got the line straightened to be the same as the George Street alignment. With no fencing between the sites anymore who would know where the real boundary is? It is a straight line that aligns with the back edge of that granite stone paving.

05.01.2022 FLOWERING in Old Brisbane Botanic Gardens today (8 Feb 2016): Lagerstroemia indica (pink flowers maybe variety 'Eavsii') located of Alice Street Main Entry

04.01.2022 more waterlilies at MCBG 3 Dec 2015

04.01.2022 And here is what Jeannie Sim did in 2001 to celebrate the unknown boundary between QUT/OBBG: a curving hedge of Murraya that wiggles like a skier around the big bunyas!

03.01.2022 Before they were joined as one Botanic Garden site, BBG in the city abutted the original Queen's Park (alongside Alice Street). Here's the proof of when the iron railings and stone gateways were constructed: 1865. VR for Victoria Regina (photo by JSim)

02.01.2022 FLOWERING in OBBG today (8 Feb 2016): Colvillea racemosa (huge orange inflorescences which Rainbow Parakeets are noisily feasting upon)! Located in Queens Park field near Circle of Royal Palms.

01.01.2022 Same Scholar's Banyan in 2003: Old Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

01.01.2022 Sherwood Arboretum displays big trees in spacious lawns: the irresistible appeal of the arboretum landscape design approach.

01.01.2022 Sherwood Arboretum is spectacular at the moment after that rain! Check out this unusual treat: Pterospermum acerifolium (Bayur or Dinner Plate tree) native to India to Burma areas. This magnificent specimen was planted in the 1930s having been selected by Governor Wilson -- located up near Joseph Street entry. It has scented, night blooming flowers which you can still catch early in the mornings now!