ANPSA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Miriam was born and bred in Queensland and went to University in Brisbane in the 1970s, then onto London where she furthered her training as a research scientist. She returned to Melbourne in the mid-1980s and spent another 20 years in research before retiring to grow plants and a large Australian garden. She joined APS in 1996 and has served in committee and executive roles in her district group, APS Yarra Yarra before joining the APS Vic executive in 2019. She is the current President of APS Vic and ANPSA 2024 Conference Convenor. She loves propagating plants and has a particular interest in Australian Mint Bushes.
Miriam Ford
APS Vic President &
ANPSA 2024 Conference Co-Convenor
Maree Goods has been a member of the Wimmera Growers of Australian Plants since the formation of the group in 1976. She is a Life Member and has been involved in the planning of two FJC Rogers Seminars which the group has hosted. She has had a long interest in growing and propagating Australian plants with their garden open to the public on several occasions. Maree has also done volunteer work for Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Friends of the Great Victoria Desert, Victorian and Western Australian Herbariums in collecting, and processing specimens. She is co-author of the book Birds and Plants of the Little Desert.
Maree Goods
APS Vic
ANPSA 2024 Conference Committee
Nicky has been a member of the SGAP / Australian Plants Society for close on 40 years and has been to almost all the biennial conferences since her introduction to the ASGAP 1995 Conference which was held in Ballarat and ASGAP 2009 held in Geelong when she was involved on the organizing committees. Nicky is a keen traveller and loves exploring all the corners of Australia, has a wide interest in natural history and bird watching, and loves catching up with all the terrific people associated with the different native plant societies.
Nicky Zanen
APS Vic
ANPSA 2024 Conference Co-Convenor
I have been involved with Australian plants all my life. My parents were members of both Maroondah and Waverley District groups and they ran a native nursery where I worked from a young age until I embarked on my nursing career. I have always been a gardener and I love walking in the bush, sharing my knowledge and learning from others. I joined APS Vic in 2014 and joined the executive as a VP a few years ago. I am the current Leader of Mornington Peninsula District group.
Robyn Tyson
APS Vic Vice President
ANPSA 2024 Conference Committee
Chris has been a member of APS Vic Foothills Group for around 30 years. She is currently the leader of this group. Chris has a passion for garden design using Australian plants and has been thinking and writing about it for 25 years for the Garden Design Study Group and more recently the Victorian quarterly newsletter ‘Growing Australian’. She has a large stroll garden of approximately one acre on a north facing hillside 35 kms south-east of Melbourne. The garden showcases a wide range of plants and is a haven for wildlife.
Chris Larkin
APS Vic
ANPSA 2024 Conference Committee