Our Activities
Australian National Botanic Gardens - Flower, Fruit, Foliage walk
Terra Australis Garden at the National Arboretum Canberra
Ros’ Curriculum Vitae
Ben’s Curriculum vitae
Life membership in the Australian Native Plants Society Canberra Region
Flowers, Fruit and Foliage at the Australian National Botanic Garden (ANBG)
Each fortnight Ben and I produce the Flowers, Fruit and Foliage brochure, which is a publication of the Friends of the ANBG. I choose 15 different plants in flower, or with interesting foliage, nuts or fruit and Ben photographs them. I write up a short description of the plant, including aspects of the foliage, flowers and fruit or nuts, if present, and record its native distribution. Sometimes I note the person for whom the genus or species is named. For hybrid plants, instead of distribution, I often note the persons, or nurseries, who developed these plants. Ben uses Microsoft Publisher to create a brochure which folds into three parts. He also makes a map of the FFF walk and shows the numbers of the plants and where they are in the Garden. We use the stake pictured to mark each plant and these 15 stakes are moved every fortnight for each new walk. The FFF brochure is available on the Friends website friendsanbg.org.au. FFF continues the publication In Flower This Week which Barbara Daly, Life Member ANBG, 1925-2020, produced for 25 years before we began in 2013.
Terra Australis Garden at the National Arboretum Canberra
In February 2019, a formal agreement between The National Arboretum Canberra and The Australian Native Plants Society Canberra Region Inc was signed that established the last garden of the Gallery of Gardens as a garden of Australian native plants. Lawrie Smith designed the garden with the concept that it would be a miniature representation of Australia with regionally representative plants that people could grow in their gardens.
The design encapsulates the basic form of the Australian continent, featuring a cascading rock pond, small ephemeral lake, central rock formation representative of the Great Dividing Range, and an extensive range of new Australian native cultivars.
The regions represented include:
Tropical Coast and Hinterland
Subtropical Coast and Hinterland
Temperate Coast and Hinterland
Temperate Montane
Southwest Western Australia Coast and Sandplains and
Outback
Funds for construction and planting were raised by donations from ANPS Canberra, APS Victoria, ANPSA, APS NSW, other smaller plant societies and individuals. Many nurseries donated plant material for the establishment of the garden. Below are some views of the Arboretum and site for the TA Garden
Top: Sculpture of Wide Brown Land Middle; View from the TA Garden towards the city Bottom: Space for the garden in 2017
Above: Construction begins in October 2019 with a central water feature with sandstone and a wall of basalt rocks in the tropical region
Above: heavy construction finished, paths created, mulches have been applied and final rockwork being done end October 2019
Above left: TA Garden on the bottom right of picture looking towards the Margaret Whitlam Pavilion middle: TA Garden 31 October at opening. Right: At the opening [Ben, Scott Saddler (Director Arboretum), Lawrie Smith, Ros, Tara Cheyne, MLA and Angus Stewart] on 31 October 2019
Terra Australis Garden: Pictures taken recently (2022)
Rosalind’s Curriculum Vitae
ROSALIND WALCOTT
Red Hill, ACT 2603 Australia
LAST EMPLOYMENT:
Biological Sciences Librarian, University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5260 1991-1996
Left: Columbia University graduation 1991: Middle: Jack Smith (Director of Libraries Stony Brook) and Ros stand to receive degrees Right: Jack Smith and Ros
EDUCATION:
1991 D.L.S. Columbia University, New York, NY. (Dissertation "Characteristics of Citations in Geoscience Doctoral Dissertations Accepted at United States Academic Institutions 1981-1985")
1983-1986 Certificate in Advanced Librarianship, Columbia University
1973-1974 M.S.L.S. (Library Science) C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY (Dissertation "A Journal Citation Study of Periodicals in the Field of Geology")
1968-1970 B.A. (Psychology) Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. Australia
Left to right: Allan, Ros, Steph and Olga Bennett after graduation from New England
1967 Honours (Geology) University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. Australia. (Dissertation " The Petrology of Bingle Mountain")
1964-1966 B.Sc. (Geology) University of New England
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991 Coordinator of Collection Development, Reference Collection, Melville Library, University at Stony Brook
1974-1991 Earth and Space Sciences Librarian, University at Stony Brook
1972 Administrator, Canberra College of Advanced Education, Canberra, A.C.T. (Student administration)
1968-1971 Geologist, Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University / Bureau of Mineral Resources. (Geochronology of rocks and minerals of Australia and Antarctica)
1964-1967 Geology Cadet, N.S.W. Department of Mines, Sydney, Australia
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Consultant, Haworth Press, 1995 "History of Science and Technology Centers; A Sampler of Collections of Distinction" edited by Cynthia A. Steinke
Book Reviewer, Natural Resource Librarians List on Internet, 1993-
Member, Research Libraries Group Long Term Serials Project, Earth Sciences, 1990 -
Consultant, Research Libraries Group, "Information Needs in the Sciences: An Assessment" project, 1991
Member, Geoscience Information Society Collection Development Issues Committee, 1989-1991
Member, Geoscience Information Society Guidebook Standards Committee, 1989-1991
Convenor, Session C11, "Managing Collections and Archives", Fourth International Conference on Geoscience Information, Ottawa, Canada, June 24 - 29, 1990
Convenor, Geoscience Information Society Workshop on Field Trips and Field Trip Guidebooks, November 7, 1989
Member, Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Geoscience Information, (Ottawa, Canada, 1990), 1987-1990
Participant, RLG Pilot Study for Coordination of Collection Development in Geology, 1986-1991
Participant, RLG Conoco Study for Verification of the Conspectus for Geology, 1984-1986
Member, Nomination Committee, Geoscience Information Society, 1985-1986, 1987-1988
Chairperson, Geoscience Information Society Best Paper Award, 1984-1986
Member, Committee for the Third International Conference on Geoscience Information, (Adelaide, Australia, 1986), 1984-1986
Consultant, (Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services), Survey of Library Collections in Geoscience, Victoria, Australia, 1981-1982
Chairperson, Nominating Committee, Geoscience Information Society, 1980-1981
President, Geoscience Information Society, 1979-1980
Member, Joint Technical Program Committee, Geological Society of America, 1979
Convenor, Geoscience Information Society Symposium on Collection Development in Geoscience Libraries, November 4, 1979
Vice-President and Program Chairperson, Geoscience Information Society, 1978-1979
Director, Long Island Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 1978-1980
Member, Geoscience Information Society Committee to Investigate the Impact of International Union of Geological Sciences Publications, 1975-1977
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORARY SOCIETIES:
Geoscience Information Society Best Paper Award 1989. (For paper "Geoscience Dissertations for the Future: a Case Study from the United States") (photo above), Geological Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri
George Virgil Fuller Award, 1987. (Columbia University's School of Library Service award to the "D.L.S. candidate who during the academic year shows both high achievement on the comprehensive examinations and competence in planning a dissertation designed to make a significant contribution to library literature" Columbia University Bulletin, School of Library Service.)
Member, Beta Phi Mu, 1974- (International Library Science Honor Society)
Geology Cadetship, N.S.W. Department of Mines, 1964-1967
Australian Summer Science School Student, 1963
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Member, Committee for Implementation of Collection Analysis Project (CAPSIT), 1994-
Consultant, Provostial Library Task Force, 1994-95
Member, Mentoring Committee for Janet Cavanagh, 1993-
Member, Search Committee for Chemistry Librarian, 1994
Member, Library Executive Committee, 1993-94
Member, Mentoring Committee for Donna Albertus, 1990-1994
Chair, Task Force on Collection Analysis, Collection Analysis Project, 1992-93
Member, Study Team, Collection Analysis Project, 1992-93
Co-Chair, Task Force on Public Services, Library Strategic Planning Team, 1992-93
Member, Task Force on Collection Development, Library Strategic Planning Team, 1992-93
Member, University Senate Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1991
Member, Senate/Provostial Task Force to Advise on Library Service, 1987-1988
Member, Library Appointments and Promotion Committee, 1977, 1986-1988
Member, Planning for an Integrated Library System Committee, 1985-1988
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Director for Science Libraries, 1987-1988
Member, Search Committee for Coordinator of Collection Development, 1985-1986
Member, Provost's Committee for Travel Funds and Grants-in-Aid, 1985-1986
Member, Library Executive Committee, 1984-1985
Member, SUNY Stony Brook Senate Academic Services Committee, 1979-1982
Co-Chair, Library Appointments and Promotion Committee, 1978
Member, Library Programs Committee, 1974-1976
BOOK REVIEWS:
"The Literature of Animal Science and Health. The Literature of the Agricultural Sciences." Edited by Wallace C. Olsen. Ithaca:Cornell University Press, 1993. In Quarterly Review of Biology 69 September 1994, pp. 436-437.
PUBLICATIONS:
"Characteristics of Citations in 1993 Volumes of Auk, Condor, Ibis and Wilson Bulletin". Science & Technology Libraries 15(4) 1996, pp. 29-39.
"Local Citation Studies - A Shortcut to Local Knowledge". Science & Technology Libraries 14(3) Spring 1994, pp. 1-14.
"Serials Cited by Marine Sciences Research Center Faculty, University at Stony Brook, 1986-1991". Science & Technology Libraries 14(3) Spring 1994, pp. 15-33.
"Characteristics of Citations in Geoscience Dissertations Accepted by Academic Institutions in the United States 1981-1985" in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Geoscience Information. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada, 1994. Open File 2315. v. 2, pp. 185-198.
"Characteristics of Citations in Geoscience Doctoral Dissertations Accepted at United States Academic Institutions 1981-1985". Science & Technology Libraries 12(2) Winter 1991, pp. 5-16.
"Overlooked Sources of Information: Theses and Dissertations". The Compass : the Earth-Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon 68(2) (1991):104-106.
"Guidebook Problems from the Librarian's Point of View". Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 20 (1989):185-192.
"Where Have All the Dissertations Gone?". Geotimes 33(4) (April 1988):7.
"Geoscience Dissertations for the Future: A Case Study from the United States". Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 18(1988):59-65.
"A Survey of Major Library Collections in the Geosciences in the State of Victoria, Australia". Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 14 (1984):231-242.
A Survey of Major Library Collections in the Geosciences in the State of Victoria. Melbourne: Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services, 1982.
Editor, "Collection Development in Geoscience Libraries and Geoscience Information Review", Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 10 (1980):1-128.
"Librarians Study Buying". Geotimes 25(3) (March 1980):20-21.
"The Geoscience Librarian's View of the Publishing Process". Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 9 (1979):55-66.
"Information Transfer to the Geoscientist Through the International Union of Geological Sciences" in Geoscience Information; a State-of-the-Art Review, Anthony P. Harvey, ed. pp. 271-276. Heathfield, Sussex: Broad Oak Press, 1979.
"A Survey of Holdings of a Sample of International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Publications in Selected U.S. Geoscience Libraries." Geoscience Information Society Proceedings 8 (1978):96-110.
Rb-Sr Age Determinations of Some Rocks From the West Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Canberra: Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics., Australia, 1970. Record Number 1970/20.
RETIREMENT ACTIVITIES:
Member, ANPS Canberra Region, 2003- I joined the society in 2003 soon after arriving in Australia. The society, and its parent society ANPSA, have been central to my activities for the last 20 years.
Bulletin Editor, ANPS Canberra Region, 2005 – 2013, produced and printed monthly
Council Member, ANPS Canberra Region 2006 – 2012, 2016-17
ANPS Canberra Assistant Secretary/Treasurer 2010-2012
Membership Secretary ANPS Canberra 2017-2018
Produced membership labels for ANPS Canberra members 2005-2015
Librarian, Canberra Orchid Society 2003- 2015, grew and showed cymbidiums 2003-2015
Open Gardens Australia, open garden many times 2006 -2014
Open garden many times to both garden groups and interested individuals; Nimmitabel Garden Club, Belconnen Inner Wheel (twice), ANPS Canberra New Members, Open Gardens Australia launch (twice), Tumut Garden Group, American Tour, First Canberra Garden Club, Second Canberra Garden Club, Third Canberra Garden Club (five times), ANPS Canberra Garden Design Study Group (four times), Braidwood Garden Club, Hills District Iris group of New Zealanders, Cooma-Monaro Ladies Probus Club, Weston Creek Garden Club, Nowra ANPS group (twice), Orange Garden Club. Our garden was open for five half-days for all delegates to the Canberra ANPSA Conference, 2015 Horticultural Society of Canberra (three times), Garden History Society of ACT, Ross Tours (twice), Mt. Eliza Garden Club, Garden History Society, Gardening Australia, Belconnen Garden Club, Braidwood Garden Club, Cool Country Native Nursery (twice), Horticulturalists National Arboretum (twice), NSW National Trust, Guides of Australian National Botanic Gardens, BGANZ delegates, STEP, ANBG group, Ambassadors’ wives group, SE APS group, Commonwealth Club, Canberra, International Festival of Music (twice), Southern Highlands APS, CIT Horticulture students, APS Goulburn, ANU Game Change Fund Event, ANU Sustainable Farming book launch, ANBG Friends (twice)
Committee, ANPSA Biennial Conference, Canberra 2015 I was responsible for organising speakers at the Conference and gifts to speakers. One year of involvement, inspecting facilitites, registering delegates, planning field trips.
Attended and participated in ANPSA conferences in Perth 2005, Adelaide 2011, Sunshine Coast 2013, Canberra 2015, Hobart 2020
Attended and participated in ANPSA Eremophila Study Group conferences in Port Augusta, SA 2017 and Warwick, Qld. 2020
Member, Attracting Birds to Your Garden brochure, contributor to Garden Bird Survey, 2005- Canberra Ornithologists Group
Editor, ANPSA Garden Design Study Group Newsletter, 2012-2018. Produced 20 Newsletters of approximately 20 pages each over this period. Updated the GDSG website with additions of text and photos of many Australian native gardens and their descriptions.
Leader, Garden Design Study Group, ANPS Canberra 2011-2018. Arranged many visits each year to gardens in the Canberra region and wrote reports on these visits for the ANPSA Garden Design Study Group Newsletter
Ros (as Editor) and Ben (as Leader) visited APS Garden Design Study Groups in Melbourne, Southern Highlands, Newcastle, Armidale representing ANPS Canberra, 2013-2019
Co-Leader, ANPSA Native Plants in Containers Study Group, 2019- We produce two Newsletters per year of about 20 pages each with contributions from members around Australia.
Editor, ANPSA Native Plants in Containers Study Group Newsletter 2019-
Co-Convenor (with Fiona Johnson) Canberra GDSG and Sydney GDSG visit to Blayney/Bathurst, November 9-10, 2013
Produced (with Ben) 650 large photo labels with text for the ANPS Canberra Plant Sale, 2011-2015 Bulletin Editor, ANPS Canberra Region, 2005 – 2013
Council Member, ANPS Canberra Region 2006 – 2012, 2014-15
Member, Friends ANBG, write In Flower This Week substituting for Barbara Daly until December 2013, then regularly 2014 -, fortnightly publication Flowers, Fruit and Foliage
Librarian, Canberra Orchid Society 2003- 2015, grew and showed cymbidiums 2003-2015
Open Gardens Australia, open garden many times 2006 -2014
Open garden many times to both garden groups and interested individuals; Nimmitabel Garden Club, Belconnen Inner Wheel (twice), ANPS Canberra New Members, Open Gardens Australia launch (twice), Tumut Garden Group, American Tour, First Canberra Garden Club, Second Canberra Garden Club, Third Canberra Garden Club (twice), ANPS Canberra Garden Design Study Group (twice), Braidwood Garden Club, Hills District Iris group of New Zealanders, Cooma-Monaro Ladies Probus Club, Weston Creek Garden Club, Nowra ANPS group, Orange Garden Club
Member, Attracting Birds to Your Garden brochure, contributor to Garden Bird Survey, 2005- Canberra Ornithologists Group
Editor, ANPSA Garden Design Study Group Newsletter, 2012-2018
Co-Leader, ANPSA Native Plants in Containers Study Group, 2019-
Editor, ANPSA Native Plants in Containers Study Group Newsletter 2019-
Terra Australis Garden, National Arboretum, Canberra
Created in 2016, with generous contributions from many APS societies and individuals, including $25,000 from ANPS Canberra. Design by Lawrie Smith, Queensland and opened by Angus Stewart in November 2016. Ben and I were responsible for collecting monetary donations and plant donations from nurseries. Karen Brien at Cool Country Native Nursery held these plants for Terra Australis until we could plant in November 2016. Ben and I, together with our two gardeners, planted the garden and have continued to buy plants for the garden and supervise their planting ever since. I keep the official list of plants for Terra Australis Garden.
NATIVE PLANTS RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
‘Terra Australis Garden at the National Arboretum’ Australian Plants in press 2024
‘Flowers, Fruit and Foliage (FFF) at the ANBG’ Journal ANPS Canberra, March 2024
‘Two difficult spots in our garden’ pp. 14-16, Garden Design Study Group NL 125, March 2024
‘Update on the Terra Australis Garden’ pp. 29-31, Journal ANPS Canberra, December 2023
‘Paraserianthes lophantha’ pp. 1-2, Journal ANPS Canberra, March 2023
‘Two Banksias and a She-Oak’, pp.2—23, Journal ANPS Canberra, June 2022
‘Native Hibiscus’ pp.28-29 Journal ANPS Canberra, March 2022
Some Favourite Plants from Flowers, Fruit and Foliage, pp. 3-4, Fronds 99, December 2021
Hakeas in Cold and Clayey Soil, Hakea Study Group Newsletter 77, October 2021 (reprinted in ANPS Canberra Region Journal 21(1) March 2022 4-9)
‘The Three Best Wattles in Our Garden’, pp., Acacia Study Group Newsletter 150, August 2021
‘White, Cream and Lemon Flowered Correas’ pp.7-10 Correa Study Group Newsletter 63 July 2021
‘The Wockner Garden’ Eremophila Study Group Newsletter 129 December 2020
‘What’s Blooming in Ros and Ben’s Garden’ Journal ANPS Canberra December 2020, pp.12-13
‘The Terra Australis Garden at the National Arboretum’, Journal ANPS Canberra December 2020, pp.32-37
‘Eremophilas at the National Arboretum, Canberra’ p. 312 Australian Plants, Spring 2020, v.30, #244
‘The Terra Australis Garden at the National Arboretum’, Growing Australian,#257, September 2021, pp. 34-37. Reprinted from Journal ANPS Canberra v.20(6), December 2020
‘Some Plants Currently Flowering in the Walcott’s Garden’, pp. 15-16, Journal ANPS Canberra, September 2020
‘Barbara Daly 1925-2020’ Journal ANPS Canberra June 2020, p.1-2
‘Wattles in the Walcott Garden’ Acacia Study Group Newsletter 147 May 2020
‘Correas in the Walcott Garden’ pp. 4-7 Correa Study Group Newsletter 61, May 2020
‘Some Thoughts on Garden Design’ Journal ANPS Canberra September 2019 pp. 1-10
‘New Leaders of the Australian Plants in Containers Study Group’, p. 42, Journal ANPS Canberra September 2019
The Importance of Water in the Garden’, Journal ANPS Canberra September 2018 pp. 3-9Plants for a Cold Climate Garden, pp.157-164, Australian Plants v.29(233) Summer 2017/18
Plants for a Cold Climate Garden, pp.157-164, Australian Plants v.29(233) Summer 2017/18
Three Banksias for your Garden, pp 6-8, Journal ANPS Canberra, September 2017
‘Wet and Frosty Foliage’, Journal ANPS Canberra December 2017, pp.8-11
‘Eremophilas in Garden Design’ pp. Eremophila Study Group Newsletter 117 May 2017
Two Cheers for the Correas, pp. 18-22, Journal ANPS Canberra, September 2016
Banksias in Pots and in the Garden, pp 2-5, Journal ANPS Canberra, June 2016
‘The Walcott Garden in Canberra’ , Australian Plants Autumn 2015 pp. 9-14
‘Redesigning a Native Meadow’, Australian Plants Winter 2015, pp. 57-63
Native Garden on Stamp, p. 5, Journal ANPS Canberra, December 2014
Horse Island, pp. 16-20, Journal ANPS Canberra June 2014
Visit to Blayney/Bathurst, pp. 14-19, Journal, ANPS Canberra, March 2014
Wattles at Wickham, pp. 6-8, Acacia Study Group Newsletter No. 122, September 2013
‘Cymbidium’, Growing Orchids in Cool Climate Australia, Eds. MJ Fraser, J Wright, W Ferris. 13, pp. 67-73. Ben and Ros Walcott and Lynne Phelan. 2013
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne; Australian Garden Stage 2, pp. 20-23, Journal, ANPS Canberra June 2013
Birdscaping Australian Gardens by George Adams, Book Review, p. 177, Canberra Bird Notes, February 2012.
Birdscaping Australian Gardens by George Adams, Book Review, p. 26, Journal ANPS Canberra, June 2012
‘The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden’ Journal ANPS Canberra December 2011
pp.26-29
‘Acacia acinacea’ Journal ANPS Canberra September 2011 pp.12-13
‘Eucalyptus caesia subsp. magna’ Journal ANPS Canberra March 2011 pp.14-15
‘Winter at the Banksia Farm, Mt. Barker, WA’ Journal ANPS Canberra September 2010
pp.11-13
‘Illawarra Grevillea Park’ Journal ANPS Canberra December 2009 pp.13-14
‘A Closer Look at Two Open Gardens’ Journal ANPS Canberra September 2009 pp.9-11
‘My Favourite Plant: Eucalyptus gregsoniana’ Journal ANPS Canberra March 2008 p.4
‘Our Garden 51: 10 Wickham Crescent, Red Hill, ACT’ Australian Plants September 2007 pp.112-114
‘Garden Design – Establishing a Large Scale Australian Native Garden in Red Hill’ Journal ANPS Canberra September 2006 pp. 13-20
Garden Design Study Group Newsletter articles:
Walcott, Ros & Ben, see also finances
'A Floral Streetscape – Waikiki, Hawaii' 83.16–83.18
‘A Format for Recording Gardens’ 73.8–73.11
'A Most Awful Summer!' 110.24
'Anniversary Year 2017' 97.1
ANPSA Conference in Adelaide 76.18–76.19
at meeting of Victorian Branch 85.1–85.5, 85.23
‘Australian Native Vines and Climbers’ 87.8–87.11
‘Banksias in Pots and in the Garden’ 94.9–94.12
‘Bees - a Worrying Compilation of Evidence’ 86.11–86.14
Ben elected President of ANPSA 93.1
Ben Walcott as new study group leader 81.1–81.2
Ben Walcott as new Treasurer 73.2, 73.20
‘Birdscaping Australian Gardens’ book review 77.14–77.15
book reviews by 75.21–75.22
Canberra GDSG and Sydney GDSG Visit to Blayney/Bathurst, report on 85.14–85.19
'Canberra members visit Melbourne' 110.14–110.16
climate change demands...garden design change 119.5–119.6
‘Complexity in a garden’ (Snape), letter about 78.3
‘Contrasts of Flower and Foliage’ 92.2–92.6
electronic newsletters to APS groups 80.5
‘Exceptional Australian garden makers’ book review 85.5–85.6
'Foundation Plants in the Walcott Garden, Red Hill' 110.17–110.19
'Fragrance of Boronias' 113.7–113.8
garden in Dec 2013 edition of Garden Drum 85.5
'Garden of Gail & Adrian Wockner, Toowoomba' 113.12
garden of, letter about 90.1
garden on ABC Gardening Australia 98.1
garden on cover of AOGS Handbook 84.23
‘Growing Native Plants in Pots’ 75.18–75.20
‘Horse Island – Quiet, Secluded, Beautiful’ 86.14–86.19
letters from 72.4, 75.5–75.6, 103.13
'Light and Shade in the Garden' 83.13–83.14
meadows in Walcott Garden (Snape) 94.7
meeting reports 74.14–74.15, 75.23–75.24, 76.20–76.22, 82.20–82.23
'Native – Art and Design with Australian Plants' (book review) 101.13–101.14
Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs, NT 93.7–93.9
‘Photoessay - Details in the Garden’ 82.8, 82.9–82.12
photographs of garden of 84.1, 84.4
‘Plants one can trust’ 60.9–60.10
Procession of Light and Shade through the Days and the Seasons 107.8–107.9
proposals for additional garden design records 82.1
‘Redesigning a Native Meadow’ 89.2–89.9
reliable plants (letter) 60.3
'Resurrection in a native garden' 84.13–84.14
‘Ros and Ben Walcott's garden, Red Hill ACT’ (Pipitone) 57.16–57.18
Ros Walcott as Canberra branch leader 73.2
Ros Walcott as new newsletter editor 81.1–81.2
Ros Walcott becomes newsletter editor 79.1, 80.1
Ros Walcott resigns as newsletter editor 101.1
‘Some Thoughts and Ideas for Recording Gardens’ 73.7
'Taking a chance on Eremophilas' 97.7–97.11
‘Terra Australis’ at the National Arboretum 121.16–121.17
"‘Terra Australis’ Garden formally opened in November" 106.15–106.16
Terra Australis - update 111.24, 113.17, 114.14–114.15
Terra Australis - update [pruning, mulching, labelling] 113.17
thanks to 99.5
'The Importance of Water in the Garden' 103.6–103.7
‘The Millennium Garden’ Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Fakenham, Norfolk, England’ 88.16
‘The New Ornamental Garden’ by Simon Rickard , reviewed by 74.11–74.12
‘Three Exceptional Garden Benches’ 88.18–88.19
Three Native Gardens in Hobart 102.5–102.8
'Three trees anchor a simple design' 111.21
‘Traceries and Layers in the Garden’ 90.10–90.12
Treasurer’s report 74.20
‘Trip to UK, France and Spain’ 87.2
‘Two Cheers for the Correas’ 95.5–95.8
'Vale Shirley Pipitone' 117.15–117.16
visit to garden of 84.23–84.26
‘Visit to NSW South Coast, 17-19 October’ 96.20–96.23
visits to Victorian gardens 85.1–85.5, 85.23
‘Walcott Garden stamp!’ (Snape) 88.2–88.4
‘Walcott Garden stamp!’ (Snape), letters about 89.1–89.2
'Wet and Frosty Foliage' 100.9–100.12
‘What can we learn from Italian garden design?’ 81.9–81.12
‘When Disaster Strikes…’ 95.1–95.3
Garden Drum
Walcott Garden
By Catherine Stewart December 15, 201
Ben’s curriculum vitae
Present Position:
Emeritus Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5230
Education:
B.A. Harvard College 1963 Biology
Ph.D. University of Oregon 1968 Biology (Neurobiology)
Positions:
Director of Electron Microscope Facility and Instructor in Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Or. 1967-1968
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, Scotland 1968-1969
Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 1969-1970
Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 1970-1972
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 1972-1979
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 1979-1990
Visiting Research Fellow (on sabbatical leave), Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 1981-1982
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook NY 11794 1991-1999
Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Behavior and Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 11794 2000-2003
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University Canberra Australia 2003-2007
Society Memberships:
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (Fellow)
Research Interests:
Neural control of lacrimal gland secretion
Neuroimmunology
Research Grants:
General Research Support Grant- “Cell movement in compound eye” 1973-74 $ 2,000
AM 18750 NIH- “The effect of filament length on striated muscle tension” 1976-81 (Co-PI with M.M. Dewey PI) $278,000
Biomedical Research Support Grant- Magnetic field receptors in pigeons”. 1979-81 $ 5,500,
GM 28804 NIH- “Neural basis of magnetic field detection”. 1980-83 $106,8
NS 19350 NIH- “Neural control of a lacrimal gland” 1983-86 $167,20
EY 0702704 NIH- “The neural control of lacrimal glands” 1986-91 $289,000
EY 067480 NIH- “Plasma cells in the lacrimal gland: Modulation of IG secretion” 1991-96 (Co-PI with Peter Brink) $436,802
EY 09406 NIH- “Neural control of lacrimal secretion” 1996-1999 (PI, Peter Brink Co-PI) $473,32
NIH- “Water movement in lacrimal glands Women’s Health Initiative Supplement 1997-99 $ 48,000
NIH- “Water transport in the lacrimal gland”2003-2006 (Peter Brink PI, Walcott subcontract) $75,000
Teaching Experience:
Undergraduate:
HBA 300 - Human Biology
BIO 328 - Mammalian Physiology
HBY 350 - Physiology (for Allied Health students)
BIO 446 - Readings in Neurobiology and Behavior
BIO 486 - Research in Neurobiology and Behavior
BIO 487 - Research in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Graduate:
HBA 530 - Medical Histology
HBA 656 - Cell Biology
HBA 562 - Techniques of Electron Microscopy
BCD 521 - Seminar in Cellular and Developmental Biology
HBY 501 - Graduate Physiology
Doctoral Students Supervised:
1971 Simon Laughlin, Dept Neurobiology, Australian National University
1978 David J. Meyer, Dept of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY, Stony Brook
1980 Joseph F. Margiotta, Dept of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY, Stony Brook
1985 Steven Goldfine, Program in Cell and Development, SUNY, Stony Brook
1985 Deborah Kuterbach, Program in Cell and Development, SUNY, Stony Brook
Doctoral Thesis Committees:
Barbara Hecker, Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
Ronald Gordon, Dept. of Pathology
Gary S. Tennyson, Dept. of Pathology
David Blaustein, Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
Robert Kensler, Cell and Development Program
Glen Zorn, Cell and Development Program
Jeffrey White, Cell and Development Program
John Copland, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior
Kent Keyser, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior
Thomas Christansen, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior
Roger Sauterer, Cell and Development Program
William Brunken, Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
Mary Rapuano, Cell and Development Program
Chuanqing Ding, Physiological Optics, Univ Alabama, Birmingham
Committee and Administration Service:
Member Executive Committee, Cellular and Developmental Biology 1974‑76, 1979‑81, 1984‑86
Director, Graduate Studies in Cellular and Developmental Biology 1983‑86
Graduate Committee, Anatomical Sciences 1973‑81
Chairman, Graduate Committee, Anatomical Sciences 1978‑81
Member, University Graduate Council 1978‑81
Chairman, University Graduate Council 1979‑81
Senator, Medical School Senate 1979‑81, 1993-2003
Secretary, Medical School Senate 1979‑81
Chairman, University Personnel Policy Committee 1982‑84
University Senate, Vice‑President from Health Sciences 1984‑86, 2000-2001
President, University Senate, 1986, 2001-2003
Associate Provost of the University 1986‑1994
Member and Chair, University Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation 1997-2001
Member and Co-Chair Undergraduate Council Univ. Senate 1997-2001
Undergraduate Director, Neurobiology and Behavior 1997-2002
Publications:
Atwood, H. L. and B. Walcott 1965 Recording of electrical activity and movement of walking crabs. Canad. J.Zool. 43: 657‑665
Hoyle, G., P. A. McNeill, and B. Walcott 1966 Nature of invaginating tubules is Felderstructur muscle fibers of the garter snake. J. Cell Biol. 30: 197‑201
Walcott, B. and E. B. Ridgway 1967 The ultrastructure of myosin extracted striated muscle fibers. Amer. Soc. Zool. 7: 499‑504
Walcott, B. 1968 The Locomotion of Giant Water Bugs (Belostomatidae). Ph.D. Thesis University of Oregon
Walcott, B. and M. Burrows 1969 The ultrastructure and physiology of the abdominal air‑guide retractor muscle in the giant water bug, Lethocerus. J. Insect. Physiol. 15: 1855‑1872
Walcott, B. 1969 Movement of retinula cells in insect eyes on light adaptation Nature Lond. 223: 971‑72
Horridge, G. A., B. Walcott, and A. C. Ioannides 1970 The tiered retina of Dytiscus: a new type of compound eye. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 175: 83‑94
Ioannides, A. C., and B. Walcott 1971 Graded illumination potentials from retinula cell axons in the Bug, Lethocerus. Z. vergl. Physiologie 71: 315‑325
Gradwell, N. and B. Walcott 1971 Dual functional and structural properties of the interhyoideus muscle of the Bullfrog tadpole. (Rana catesbeiana). J. Exptl. Zool. 176: 193‑21
Walcott, B. 1971 Cell movements on light adaptation in the retina of Lethocerus (Belostomatidae, Hemiptera). Z. vergl. Physiol. 74: 1‑16
Walcott, B. 1971 Unit studies on receptor movement in the retina of Lethocerus (Belostomatidae, Hemiptera). Z. vergl. Physiol. 74: 17‑25
Walcott, B. and G. A. Horridge 1971 The compound eye of Archichauliodes (Megaloptera). Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 179: 65‑72
Walcott, B. 1974 Unit studies on light adaptation in the retina of the crayfish, Cherax destructor. J. Comp. Physiol. 94: 207‑218
Levine, R. J. C., M. M. Dewey, M. Elfvin, and B. Walcott 1974 Lethocerus flight muscle paramyosin: antibody localization and electrophoretic studies. Amer. J. Anat. 141: 453‑458
Levine, R. J. C., M. Elfvin, M .M. Dewey, and B. Walcott 1976 Paramyosin in invertebrate muscles: II. Content in relation to filament dimensions. J. Cell Biol. 71: 273‑279
Dewey, M. M., B. Walcott, D. E. Colflesh, H. Terry, and R.J.C. Levine 1977 The changes in thick filament length in Limulus striated muscle. J. Cell Biol. 75: 366‑380
Brann, L., M. M. Dewey, E. A. Baldwin, P. Brink, and B. Walcott 1979 Requirements for in vitro shortening and lengthening of isolated thick filaments of Limulus muscle. Nature 279: 256‑257
Meyer, D. J. and B. Walcott 1979 Differences in the responsiveness of identified motoneurons in the cockroach: role in the motor program for stepping. Brain Res. 178: 600‑60
Walcott, B. and M. M. Dewey 1980 Length‑tension relation in Limulus striated muscle. J. Cell Biol. 87: 204‑208
Meyer, D. J., J. Margiotta and B. Walcott 1981 Effect of shadow on the escape response of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. J. Neurobiol. 12: 93‑96
Kuterbach, D. A., B. Walcott, R. J. Reeder and R. B. Frankel 1982 Iron‑containing cells in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera). Science 218: 695‑697
Margiotta, J. F. and B. Walcott 1983 Conductance and dye permeability of a rectifying electrical synapse. Nature 305: 52‑55
Walcott, B. and J. R. McLean 1985 Catecholamine‑containing neurons and lymphoid cells in a lacrimal gland of the pigeon. Brain Research 328: 129‑137
Kuterbach, D.A. and B. Walcott 1986 Iron‑containing cells in the honey bee (Apis Mellifera). I. Adult morphology and physiology. J. Exp. Biol. 126: 375‑387
Kuterbach, D.A. and B. Walcott 1986 Iron accumulation in the honey bee (Apis Mellifera). II. Accumulation during development. J. Exp. Biol. 126: 389‑401
Sibony, P.A., B. Walcott, C. McKeon and F.A. Jakobiec 1988 Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and the innervation of the human lacrimal gland. Arch Ophthalmol. 106:1085-1088
Walcott, B., P.A. Sibony and K.T. Keyser 1989 Small peptides and the innervation of a lacrimal gland. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 30: 1666‑1674
Brink, P.R., E.J. Roemer and B. Walcott 1990 Maxi-K channels in plasma cells. Pflugers Archiv. Eur. J. Physiology 417: 349-351
Brink, P.R., B. Walcott, E. Roemer, E. Grine, M. Pastor, G.J. Christ and R.H. Cameron 1994 Cholinergic modulation of immunoglobulin secretion from avian plasma cells: The role of calcium. J. Neuroimmunol. 51: 113-121
Cameron, R.H., B. Walcott, N. Claros, K. Mendel and P.R. Brink 1995 Cholinergic modulation of immunoglobulin secretion from avian plasma cells: the role of cyclic mononucleotides. J. Neuroimmunol. 61: 223-230
Rehman, J., Chenven, E, Brink, P.R., Grine, B., Walcott, B., Melman, A. and Christ, G.J. 1997 Diminished neurogenic- but not pharmacologic-induced intracavernous pressure responses in the 3 month Streptozotocin (STZ)- diabetic rat. Amer. J. Physiol. 272: H1960-H1971
Walcott, B. 1998 The lacrimal gland and its veil of tears. News Physiol. Sci. 13: 97-103
Casellas, D., Bouriquet, N., Artuso, A., Walcott, B. and Moore, L.C. 2000 New method for imaging innervation of the renal preglomerular vasculature. Alterations in hypertensive rats. Microcirculation 7 (6) pt 1 429-437
Ding, C., Walcott, B. and Keyser, K.T. 2001 Neuronal nitric oxide synthase and the autonomic innervation of the mouse lacrimal gland. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci 42: 2789-2794
Paranyuk, Y., Claros, N., Birzgalis, A., Moore, L.C., Brink, P.R. and Walcott, B. 2001 Lacrimal gland fluid secretion and lymphocytic infiltration in the NZB/W mouse model of Sjögren’s syndrome. Current Eye Research 23: 199-205
Sundermeier, T., Matthews, G., Brink, P.R. and Walcott, B. 2002 Calcium dependence of exocytosis in lacrimal gland acinar cells. Amer. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol 282:C360-C365
Walcott, B., Moore, L.C., Birzgalis, A., Claros, N., Valiunas, V., Ott, T., Willecke, C. and P.R. Brink. 2002 The role of gap junctions in fluid secretion of lacrimal glands. Amer. J. Physiol. 282(3): C501-C507
Walcott, B., Matthews, G.G. and Brink P.R. 2002 Differences in stimulus induced calcium increases in lacrimal gland acinar cells from normal and NZB/NZW F1 female mice. Current Eye Res 25:253-260
Ding, C., Walcott, B. and Keyser, K.T. 2007 The alpha1- and beta1-adrenergic modulation of lacrimal gland function in the mouse. Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48(4): 150-154
Chapters:
Walcott, B. 1975 Anatomical changes during light adaptation in insect compound eyes In: The Insect Compound Eye. Ed. G. A. Horridge, Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 20‑32
Dewey, M. M., R. J. C. Levine, D. Colflesh, B. Walcott, L. Brann, A. Baldwin and P. Brink. 1979 Structural changes in thick filaments during sarcomere shortening in Limulus muscle In: Cross‑bridge Mechanisms in Muscle Contraction. Eds. H. Sugi and G. H. Pollack. Univ. Tokyo Press. pp. 3‑22
Walcott, B. and C. Walcott 1982 A search for magnetic field receptors in animals. In: Avian Navigation Eds. Papi and Wallroff Springer‑Verlag, Berlin. pp. 338‑343
Walcott, B. 1985 The cellular localization of particulate iron. In: Magnetic Biomineralization and Magnetoreception in Organisms:a New Magnitism. Eds. Jones, Macfadden and Kirschvink. Plenum Press. New York Chapter 7, pp. 183‑195
Walcott, B., K.T. Keyser and P.A. Sibony 1986 The association of nerves and plasma cells in a tear gland. In: Leukocytes and Host Defense Eds. J.J. Oppenheim and D.M. Jacobs Alan R. Liss, Inc. New York pp. 227‑232
Walcott, B. and P.R. Brink 1990 Innervation of the plasma cell compartment in a lacrimal gland. in "Neuropeptides and Immunopeptides: Messengers in a Neuroimmune Axis" Eds. O'Dorisio and Paneral NY Academy of Sciences 594: 425
Walcott, B. 1994 Anatomy and Innervation of the Human Lacrimal Gland in: Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology eds. Albert, Raviola and Dowling Chapter 29 W.B. Saunders, New York
Walcott, B., R.H. Cameron and P.R. Brink 1994 The anatomy and innervation of lacrimal glands. in: The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance Ed. D.A. Sullivan et al Plenum Press, New York pp. 11-18
Walcott, B.,R.H. Cameron, E. Grine, E. Roemer, M. Pastor and P.R. Brink 1994 Anti-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-like immunoreactivity in lacrimal glands.in: The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance. Ed. D.A. Sullivan et al Plenum Press, New York pp 61-65
Cameron, R.H., B. Walcott, S.F. Fan, M. Pastor, E. Roemer, E. Grine and P.R. Brink 1994 Second Message modulation secretion from chicken lacrimal gland. in: The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance Ed. D.A. Sullivan et al Plenum Press, New York pp 133-139
Brink,P.R., B. Walcott, E. Roemer, R.H. Cameron and M. Pastor 1994 The role of membrane channels in IgG secretion by plasma cells in the lacrimal gland of chicken. in: The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance Ed. D.A. Sullivan et al Plenum Press, New York pp 151-156
Walcott, B., N. Claros, A. Patel and P.R. Brink 1998 Age-related decrease in innervation density of the lacrimal glands in mouse models of Sjögren’s Syndrome. The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance Ed. D.A. Sullivan, Plenum Press
Brink, P.R., Peterson, E., Banach, K and Walcott, B. 1998 Electrophysiological evidence for reduced water flow from lacrimal gland acinar epithelium of NZB/NZW F1 mice. The Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance Ed. D.A. Sullivan, Plenum Press
Citation for Life Membership in ANPS Canberra
Nomination of Ben and Rosalind Walcott for Honorary Life Membership of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region
Membership and offices held Ben and Ros joined ANPSC in 2003 and have been valuable members of the Society for the past 20 years. They have actively promoted and supported the Society since becoming members and participated in a range of activities. Their enthusiasm and efforts in growing and promoting our native flora in gardens, their interest, participation and forward thinking in the Society’s management, and their readiness to give support to members and the Society, speaks highly of their commitment, generosity and kindness. Both Ben and Ros have held positions on ANPSC’s Council. Since 2005, Ros has been Assistant Secretary/Treasurer and a member of Council for 3 terms totalling 10 years, preferring to work behind the scenes. Ros is a valuable team member, someone who has good ideas, contributes to discussions and has excellent writing and editorial skills. Since 2007, Ben has held executive positions totalling 10 years — as Treasurer (2 terms, 6 years) and as President (2 terms, 4 years) most recently in 2019. Ben has always been available to Council to provide counsel and guidance on Society matters and has generously offered given his time as a mentor. Ben’s leadership and wise counsel is very much appreciated and valued.
Ben also supported ANPSC’s role in ANPSA, the national body when he nominated and was elected ANPS Canberra Region member of the ANPSA Executive between 2014 and 2019; he was Vice-President for 2 terms and President for one. In addition, both Ben and Ros have attended and participated in a number of the ANPSA Biennial Conferences held around Australia, the last time in Albany WA in 2019. Ben was Convenor for the 2015 ANPSA Biennial Conference held in Canberra. He chaired and worked as a member of the organising committee* that handled all aspects of organising the event and was also the chair for the talks program held during the conference week. Ros was a member of the organising committee and was responsible for organising the speakers and thank-you gifts; inspecting facilities; handling conference registrations; and planning field trips and excursions.
*The organising committee tasks included: devising the format and content, selecting venues, planning the program, organising fieldtrips and excursions and also talks and speakers, and managing conference registrations and facilities for attendees.
Ros was Bulletin Editor for an extended period from 2005 to 2013, producing 11 issues a year. For the last few years each month both Ros and Ben have contributed to the Bulletin with their quality 1 page ‘Show and Tell’ of plants currently flowering, with text provided by Ros and photos provided by Ben. Ros has been part of our membership team and as needed produced the membership address labels for the Bulletin/Journal/Australian Plants mailouts for 10 years. She was our Membership Secretary for 2017 and 2018. Ben recognised the difficulty the Society was having finding volunteers for certain ongoing tasks and was a great supporter of simplifying and automating our membership system and database. His efforts led to a new membership system, one that is part of the new website. Discussion and exchange of ideas on growing Australian native plants Ben and Ros have a unique and beautiful Australian native garden they created together. They have opened their garden many times, not just for members of ANPSC, but also for Open Gardens Australia (between 2006 and 2014) and for more than 40 different societies and hundreds of individuals and for all attendees at the 2015 ANPSA Biennial Conference. This garden shows off our native flora and promotes positive examples of its use in horticulture and Ben and Ros generously share their growing knowledge and experiences with visitors. In 2014, their garden was also selected by Australia Post for display on one of its new stamps. Ben and Ros have created and maintain a website walcottgarden.com to provide the public with information and images on Australian native plants and garden design. Ben and Ros were instrumental in the creation, development and funding of the Terra Australis Garden, National Arboretum, Canberra, created and opened in 2016. This Australian native plant garden aims to promote Australian native plants and was funded with generous contributions from many of the Australian Plant Societies and individuals, including $25,000 from ANPSC. This has been a project strongly supported by Ben and Ros from the beginning: they have collected the monetary donations, as well as plant donations from nurseries; and together with two gardeners they planted the original garden. They have continued their commitment to the garden, buying plants and supervising their planting and Ros continues to maintain the official list of the garden’s plant species. Ben and Ros have been members of the Friends of ANBG since 2003. Since 2014, they have produced, each fortnight, the Flowers, Fruit and Foliage brochure on behalf of the Friends. Ros chooses 15 different plants in the ANBG in flower or with interesting foliage, nuts or fruit; places a numbered stake to mark each plant. Ben photographs them and Ros writes a short description of each plant and includes any other interesting details. Ben produces a digital brochure with map that is made available on the ANBG website and at the Visitor Centre. The brochure provides a self-guided walk for visitors to the ANBG promoting and highlighting plants of current interest. Ben and Ros are members of the ANPSA and Canberra Garden Design Study Groups. Ros has edited the ANPSA GDSG Newsletter and Ben updated the website with text and images. Ros has also been leader of the Canberra GDSG, arranging local garden visits and producing reports for the ANPSA GDSG Newsletter. Ben and Ros have had visits with GDSGs in other Regions and attended the Eremophila Study Group conferences in SA and Qld. Ben and Ros are joint leaders of the Native Plants in Containers Study Group and Ros is the Newsletter Editor producing 2 issues a year with contributions from SG members. Furthering the objects of the Society ANPSC has been using facilities at ANBG (for monthly member and Council meetings and plant sales) since 2013. Ben was involved in developing and negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ANBG that has allowed ANPSC to use meeting and plant sales facilities and storage area in the Dickson Room and under the Visitors Centre in exchange for an annual donation to their research fund. Ben invariably attends both days of ANPSC’s twice-yearly Plant Sales, in his role as Treasurer and as a volunteer for setup and on Sale Day. He has been the Plant Sale Coordinator. Images are very important as they showcase and inform people of our flora. Ben photographs and provides many quality plant photos for the Bulletin, the Plant Database and for the large photo labels used at the Plant Sales. For many years, Ros was responsible for producing many hundreds of the large photo labels with text that we display at our Plant Sales. In 2016, Council decided that the current website needed to be redeveloped to better meet our needs and chose a commercial developer, for the task. Ben and Ros were members of the committee who consulted on website structure, content and architecture over many months to create the new website. Once it went ‘live’ in 2017, Ben immediately took on the role as one of our webmasters who manage and maintain the website and he continues in the role to this day. Ben also chaired the new website committee. Ben has always had an eye to the future and keeping the Society relevant and able to function with less volunteers and has been instrumental in modernising our processes. Ben proposed that Council consider updating the Society’s logo and replace it with an image more identifiable. As a result, a new, professionally designed logo was sought in 2017 and the current logo adopted in 2019. Our Plant Database has been a crucial Society asset for many years. In 2019, Council decided that it was no longer fit for purpose and enhancement and chose a commercial developer to create a new online plant database. Again, Ben was a member of a group, who worked to develop the new database, and then moved all the data across. The database is available to anyone via our website and importantly generates the plant labels for the plant sales. Ben continues to be one of the database editors and chairs the PDB committee. Ben has been a speaker at our monthly meetings and on our native plants at meetings of other Societies and Groups. Ben has on a number of occasions been a speaker at ANBG’s Friends Thursday talks — the last time was on 25 May with a talk titled Gardens and biodiversity. In addition to editing and producing the GD Study Group and the Native Plants in Containers Study Group Newsletters, Ros has written an impressive list of interesting and informative articles for the ANPSC Journal, the ANBG Friends Newsletter, the Acacia, Hakea, Correa and Eremophila Study Groups Newsletters, and Australian Plants magazine. Ben and Ros are great ambassadors for the Society and our native flora and we recommend that Ben and Rosalind Walcott be awarded life membership of ANPSC.
Nominated by: Lucinda Royston, Annabelle Greenup, Karen Brien and Roger Farrow. Council approved the nomination and awarded life membership to Ben and Ros Walcott at the November 2023 members’ meeting.
