MYALL PARK  
  BOTANIC GARDEN  
 
 a bush retreat
 
 


celebrating the international year of biodiversity 2010

 

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FRIENDS, VOLUNTEERS

& SPONSORS

Myall Park Botanic Garden is owned and run as a community project by  MPBG Ltd, a non-profit company of volunteers. 

 

 

 

 

We thank all the generous Volunteers, Friends and Sponsors for their help. 

 

Many individuals and groups help us in the Garden. We welcome your queries, ideas or offers.

 

Your visits to our Garden help us with essential maintenance. You can also help by joining our Friends, coming to our working bees, or purchasing our merchandise.

 

Donations to our Gift Fund are tax deductible and can be either money or gift of goods.

 

Volunteers

Our governing body is a board of directors. Together with the caretaker and administrative assistant they take care of the business of the Garden in all its facets, applying for grants, organising Open Days and other special occasions, and many other jobs.

Several of our directors knew and worked with Dave and Dorothy Gordon in their lifetime, and carry on work for the Garden with the same motives and aims. Thousands of hours of voluntary work are gladly given to the Garden each year, and each year we find more people offering to help us realise the ideals of our mission statement.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

Preserve Australian flora, especially those species from arid and semi arid regions and the rare and threatened.

Promote conservation, education, research and development to preserve genetic biodiversity and ensure the sustainability of species and ecosystems. 

Monitor naturally occurring flora.

Foster the arts.

Maintain the unique history and spirit of the development of Myall Park Botanic Garden

 

If you would like to help us in any way, please contact us.

 

 

 Current management team - Myall Park Botanic Garden Ltd

 

 


 


 

Trevor Bacon

Director, Vice-Chairman

 

Gill Kidd

Director

 

Nita C. Lester

Chairman

 

 

Megan McNicholl

Director

 

Priscilla Mundell

Director

 

 

Lyn Reilly

Director

 

 

Peter Reilly

Director, Vice-Chairman

 

Sue Reilly

Director

 

Betty Salter

Director, Company Secretary,

Treasurer.

 


 


 

 

Dorinda Schwennesen

Director

Garth Shaw

Director

 

 

 

Much of the time, our wonderful staff members act as volunteers too -

 

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Janine Pechey

Administrative assistant

 

Neal & Diane McIntosh

Caretakers

 

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Sponsors

 

We are constantly amazed at the generosity of our Friends and many others who visit the Garden, and take this opportunity to say thank you!

We would like to thank the following for their recent help:

  • Open Day 2009

    Bruce & Jocelyn Wolfe - Australian Voices    

    Rosemary & John Anderson - Hebel workshop & nest building, sculpture donation   

    Glenmorgan SS, Hannaford SS, Condamine Seeds and the Blue Light Disco Group - Tents   

    Ian Venables - Bird walks   

    Miles Regional Arts Council - Bus, sound equipment, radio play   

    Glenmorgan State School - data projector

Other  helpers include:

  • Joan Wilkinson, Kathryn Nicholls, Alison Bailey and the estate of the Late Alan and Beryl May - for their very generous donation.

  • Negri - http://www.negriaustralia.com.au we are delighted with the mulcher!

  • FRRR

  • Rhino Web Designs: www.rhinodesigns.com.au 

  • Envirotuff Tanks

  • Grainco

  • InterNational Park Tours

  • Sunrover Tours

  • Gaming Machines Community Benefit Fund

  • Envirofund

  • GVEHO

  • National Heritage Trust 

  • Regional Arts Development Fund

  • Regional Arts Fund

 

Thanks to Adrienne Williams http://www.seesawdesign.com.au/ and Karen Smith for illustrations and words from our interpretive signs that we use on this website and other interpretive information.

 

We would also like to thank all photographers whose work has brightened up our website.

 

Donations of cash and kind supplement our earned income from visitor services and marketing, and we seek grant funding for projects we have sufficient human resources to handle. 

 
FRIENDS

Friends' subscriptions help our voluntary organisation to survive, and are used to preserve, maintain and develop the garden. A subscription form appears on our brochure.

Click here to view our 2-page brochure. Feel free to print a copy for your friends.

Donations over $2 made out to our Gift Fund are tax deductible. 

We also receive valuable hands-on help from our Friends in many ways. Director Peter Reilly organises a wonderful group of Friends to visit annually during autumn to spend several days toiling in the garden. This is help that really makes a visible difference! If you'd like to join in, call Peter on 07 5537 3354.  Watch our 'latest news' page or the Friends newsletter for details

Various SGAP groups also assist. (See Qld Society for Growing Australian Plants at www.sgapqld.org.au

We encourage our Friends to take responsibility for certain areas of the garden. To find out more, please email us.

Friends benefits include a regular newsletter with botanical and horticultural information, free entry to the Garden,  accommodation discounts, plus invitations to field days, workshops, art exhibitions and other functions. 

 

Please contact us for details

 

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Myall Park Botanic Garden Ltd,

Glenmorgan, Queensland, Australia

       

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