Corporate Body

Society for Growing Australian Plants (SGAP) (1957 - 1962)

From
12 March 1957
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1962
Functions
Plant science

Summary

The Society for Growing Australian Plants SGAP was founded by Mr A. J. Swaby in Melbourne in 1957. Writing a regular column 'Know Your Natives' in the magazine Your Garden, he articles attracted a great deal of interest in forming a group of likeminded people across the continent, to foster the interest and cultivation of native Australian plants.

Timeline

 1957 - 1962 Society for Growing Australian Plants (SGAP)
       1962 - 2008 Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
       2008 - Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
             2008 - Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Walter, John, SGAP: the Story of Arthur Swaby and the Society for Growing Australian Plants (Hawthorn, Vic.: Australian Plants Society, 2007), 236 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Elliot, Gwen and Elliot, Rodger, 'Preservation by Cultivation: the Genesis of the Australian Plants Society', Australian Garden History, 13 (6) (2002), 21-22. Details
  • Walter, John, 'SGAP, Swaby and the FNCV', The Victorian naturalist, 122 (2005), 330-5. Details

Resources

Reviews

  • Walter, John, SGAP: the story of Arthur Swaby and the Society for growing Australian Plants (2008)
    Cohn, Helen M., The Victorian naturalist, 125 (3), (2008), 85-6. Details
  • Walter, John, SGAP: the story of Arthur Swaby and the Society for Growing Australian Plants (2007)
    McMahon, Philippa, Australian Garden History, 19 (4), (2008), 19-20. Details

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