AIɫɫ

Engagement

Conferences, Papers and Publications

Conferences/Seminars

  • Cole C,(October,Ìý2018)ÌýAdapting a World-Renowned Botanic Garden to Climate Change: Landscape Succession Strategy, Melbourne Gardens 2016 – 2036,ÌýpresentedÌýat theÌýAPGAÌýCollect. Cultivate. Curate. Excellence in Plant Collections Management Symposium,ÌýVancouver,ÌýCanada.
  • Symes PE, (2019,ÌýJuly)ÌýLandscape Succession Strategy 2016-2036,ÌýCreating a future botanicÌýlandscape?,Ìýpresented at theÌýSustainability Victoria professional development workshop,ÌýMelbourne, Australia.Ìý
  • Hart C and Symes PE, (2019,ÌýAugust)ÌýLandscape Succession under Climate Change, an international prelude to the Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens, presented atÌýthe BGANZ VictoriaÌý‘Climate, Conservation, Collections and Community’ÌýSymposium, Melbourne, Australia.Ìý
  • Hart C and Symes PE,Ìý(2019,ÌýOctober)ÌýLandscape Succession under Climate Change, an international prelude to the Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens,ÌýpresentedÌýat theÌý8th Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Congress,ÌýWellington, New ZealandÌý(poster,ÌýpresentationÌýand workshop).Ìý
  • Roud KÌý(2019, November)ÌýSomeÌýdon’tÌýlike it hot,Ìýsafeguarding the New Zealand Collection at AIɫɫ, presented at the ASBS & NZPCN Joint Conference,ÌýWellington, New Zealand.Ìý

Papers

  • Symes, P and Connellan G (2013) Water Management Strategies for Urban Trees in Dry Environments: Lessons for the Future. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 2013. 39(3): 116–124
  • Symes, P (2017) Guiding landscape transition for climatic change: planning in the AIɫɫ, Australia. Acta Hortic. 1189, 137-142 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1189.27
  • Entwisle T, Cole C and Symes P (2017) Adapting the botanical landscape of Melbourne Gardens (AIɫɫ) in response to climate change’. Plant Diversity 39(6), 338-347 . ()

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Student Projects

  • University of Melbourne Master of Urban Horticulture Project: Glenn P (2015) Development of conjoint plant evaluation and selection for NZ collection.
  • Monash University PhD project: Lam CKC (2016) Landscape variability of Melbourne’s botanic gardens and visitor thermal comfort.
  • University of Melbourne Master of Urban Horticulture internship: Lumsden E (2017) Exploring plant selection methodology for a botanic garden under climate change (undertook a temperature gradient analysis across 20 Australian botanic gardens.)

WollemiaÌýnobilisÌýWollemi PineÌý– critically endangered but growing well in cultivation at Melbourne GardensÌýand suited to a future temperature climate. It was first discoveredÌýgrowing inÌýa remote gorge in Wollemi National Park, NSW, AustraliaÌýin 1994.ÌýÌý