Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) Inc. Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) Inc.

In 1957 Arthur Swalby called a meeting of anyone who would like to grow Australian plants; the response was overwhelming and the Society for Growing Australian Plants was born.

The Society for Growing Australian Plants is now an Australian-wide organisation of people striving to learn to know and grow our native plants and to promote and preserve Australia's unique flora. To this end, we grow our native plants in our own gardens, encourage their use in community areas, and learn to appreciate and conserve those still growing in their original environments.

In 1998 the Victorian Society was renamed the Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) Inc.

The Society is one of the autonomous state bodies which makes up this fellowship of enthusiasts. At local levels, members have formed District Groups for greater convenience and contact. These operate their own affairs under the APS umbrella. There are currently over twenty-five District Groups in Victoria, stretching from Bairnsdale in the east to Warrnambool in the west and Mildura and Albury in the north. New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia have groups that are run similarly.







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