Botanist. Former Botanical Records and Conservation Specialist at Auckland Botanic Gardens. Soft spot for orchids. Opinions my own.
Joined April 2011
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Emma Simpkins (Bodley) retweeted
BGANZ's Living Collections Toolkit (LCT) launched at 8GBGC in Singapore yesterday!
It's a world-first web-based tool allowing gardens to easily develop a best-practice informed LC Plan for the assessment, management & development of their LCs. See lctoolkit.bganz.org.au/
#8gbgc
If you missed the first webinar from @BGANZ1, it’s well worth a watch. There are lots of events this month to celebrate #botanicgardensday on the 26th May so keep an eye out for those.
BGANZ 2024 MAY Webinars No.1 Science Saving Species7pm Thurs 2nd May xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ypJdkOdR…
Our new paper is out on @AklBotanicGrdns water sensitive design journey. There’s some plant recommendations in it too for swales and rain gardens.
Water sensitive design is @AklBotanicGrdns nature-based solution to intense rainfall events with demonstrations trials & information for all @ebodley R Simcock B Stanley & J Hobbs #openaccess @SibbaldiaJ @TheBotanics Read it here bitly.ws/32idz
What is going on with this staking technique? #horticulture #notbestpractice
Emma Simpkins (Bodley) retweeted
👀Looking for a new job? Join us to coordinate a plant conservation alliance, manage conservation projects, source funding & build relationships. Initial 18 mth role with potential permanency. Apply now! 🌿✨#ConservationJobs
👉 apsjobs.gov.au/s/job-details…
I love spring and especially these Prunus ‘Awanui’ at @AklBotanicGrdns.
How well do kangaroo paw grow in Auckland? I love them but I don’t know anything about growing them. Advice please.
Such an impressive hedge of Loropetalum chinense and it seems to always be flowering. #fringeflower
Love this type of camellia flower but just a pity this cultivar gets petal blight and the flowers brown on the plant before dropping off.
My favourite time of year is here….magnolia season! @AklBotanicGrdns
It’s a good day when you find lots of orchids and even more special to find my old friend Pterostylis brumalis which I haven’t seen since I studied it for my masters.
Baby poroporo Solanum aviculare. With all this rain, the fruits weren’t ripening as usual so good to know the fruit I collected has germinated despite it not being close to ripe #conservation #research
Emma Simpkins (Bodley) retweeted
#RHSHamptonCourt was particularly special this year.
Not only did the @hebesociety jointly exhibit #NewZealand #plants with @GondwanaPlants, but @iplantsman got to meet Jack Hobbs from Auckland Botanic & famously the breeder of the Wiri Series of #Hebe.
#Hebesoc #legend
Enjoyed seeing @BotanicSydney by night. Well worth checking out Lightscape if you haven’t already.
