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.
Related entries
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)
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
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491935. Details
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
Christine Moje
Created: 28 June 2012, Last modified: 20 April 2016