Below is our events calendar

We also have Covid-19 Guidelines for meetings and excursions (7 Sept 2020).

Upcoming Events

    • 5 Jul 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • University of Queensland

    Walk: University of Queensland. 9am start. 

    • 8 Jul 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 8 Jul 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 9 Jul 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 11 Jul 2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • Logan Village

    9:30am at home of Jan Glazebrook and Denis Cox. Bring shared morning tea and BYO lunch. Bring a chair, a friend and plants for a plant raffle.

    • 12 Jul 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 13 Jul 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Coombabah Lakelands


    • 15 Jul 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Eagleby Wetlands Community Nursery


    • 17 Jul 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
    • Tamborine


    • 19 Jul 2025
    • 10:00 AM
    • Freshwater National Park, Deception Bay


    • 19 Jul 2025
    • 11:45 AM
    • MRBG cafe


    • 19 Jul 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
    • Tullebudgera


    • 26 Jul 2025
    • 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 27 Jul 2025
    • 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM
    • Sandgate


    • 29 Jul 2025
    • Emu Swamp, Peregian Springs


    • 1 Aug 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • 3 Aug 2025
    • 7:00 PM


    • 5 Aug 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Kenmore Library Meeting Room

    "Where to see Australians in south-east Queensland!' is a presentation by member Barry Jahnke and will show the native plants that grow in public places that we should all visit. Specimens, raffle and supper to follow. 

    • 7 Aug 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Eagleby Wetlands Community Nursery


    • 8 Aug 2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • Jamboree Heights

    At the home of Jo Whiting and John Holt. Bring shared morning tea and BYO lunch. Bring a chair, a friend and plants for raffle. 

    • 9 Aug 2025
    • Local bushland


    • 12 Aug 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 12 Aug 2025
    • Bribie Island Community Arts Centre


    • 13 Aug 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 16 Aug 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Redlands Bay


    • 16 Aug 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Strathpine

    Native Orchid Society: Speaker

    Saint Faiths Anglican Church, Sutherland Drive, Strathpine

    • 19 Aug 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Eagleby Wetlands Community Nursery


    • 21 Aug 2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • Mount Cotton


    • 22 Aug 2025
    • 25 Aug 2025
    • Maroochy Waterfront Conference Centre, Sunshine Coast

    The Native Plants Queensland 2025 State Conference will be held from Friday 22nd August to Monday 25th August.

    This Conference is to be held on the delightful Sunshine Coast where there are many diverse environments to visit, and we have planned an exciting program to embrace this diversity. Skilled and knowledgeable local guides will share their knowledge over the four days of our site visits (by bus) which will cover the following vegetation types:

    • Subtropical and dry Rainforest
    • Wet Eucalypt Forest (Sclerophyll)
    • Dry Eucalypt Forest (Sclerophyll)
    • Freshwater Wetlands and Riverine locations
    • Dry and Wet Coastal Heath
    • Wet Coastal Heath
    • Tidal Wetlands
    • Dunes and headland
    • Montane Areas

    State Conferences occur biennially in the alternative year to National Conferences.

    Visit our dedicated conference page to find out more and register to attend - https://npq.org.au/state-conference/

    • 23 Aug 2025
    • 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 30 Aug 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Belmont Shooting Complex

    Belmont Shooting Complex, 1485 Old Cleveland Road, Belmont


    • 2 Sep 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Kenmore Library Meeting Room

    Meeting 7pm Kenmore Library Meeting Room. Talk on orchids by Trevor Eiser who grows a wonderful variety of native and other orchids. Specimens, raffle and supper follow. 

    • 4 Sep 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Eagleby Wetlands Community Nursery


    • 9 Sep 2025
    • Freshwater National Park, Deception Bay


    • 9 Sep 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 10 Sep 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 12 Sep 2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • Kurwongbah

    Meeting 9:30am at home of Steve Wilson and Marilyn Parker. Bring shared morning tea and BYO lunch. Bring a chair, a friend and plants for a plant raffle.

    • 16 Sep 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • Eagleby Wetlands Community Nursery


    • 18 Sep 2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • Cedar Vale


    • 20 Sep 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Tugun Hill Conservation Park


    • 27 Sep 2025
    • 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang


    • 11 Oct 2025
    • Maleny Showgrounds

    Details TBA

    • 11 Oct 2025
    • Maleny Showgrounds

    Details TBA Maleny Showgrounds

    • 14 Oct 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 25 Oct 2025
    • Rosewood Showgrounds

    Details TBA

    • 11 Nov 2025

    Meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. at the Holland Park Library Meeting Room, 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December and January. Come join us, if you are interested in native plants and want to learn more. Our local members are keen to pass on their knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and welcoming setting. We can advise you on the best native plants, their growing requirements and garden design for a range of situations; e.g., a balcony, a small suburban garden to large acreage.

    Visitors are always welcome. The usual meeting format is:

    • A short business meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the Branch and Native Plants Queensland including reports relevant to native plants and their cultivation or conservation.
    • A ‘show and tell’ with an informative discussion, where people can bring along specimens from their gardens (i.e., flowers, interesting foliage or propagation material).
    • A discussion session led by a guest speaker and/or local members. These sessions are varied and have included topics about a particular plant group and their cultivars (e.g., Banksias), soil/water requirements for different situations (e.g., containers), a particular propagation technique (e.g., taking cuttings), on conservation issues (e.g., rare and endangered local plants) or topics related to gardening (e.g., native bees, honeyeaters, etc.).

    For more information contact the branch at southside@npq.org.au

    • 19 Aug 2026
    • 26 Aug 2026
    • Toowoomba TBC

    Details TBC