The 2024 AGM for the Friends group will be held on Saturday 14th September 2024 and includes a wildflower walk, shared dinner then AGM and talk entitled “Peas in the Park” by Glen Johnson
• There will be a walk in the Park guided by Glen Johnson. Meet at the Chiltern Post Office at 3:00pm.
Food can be delivered to the Senior Citizens Hall beforehand if desired.
• Gather at the Senior Citizens Hall at about 5:30pm for a dinner. Please bring a plate of food and
whatever you wish to drink. Some soft drinks and juice will be provided. Please advise of what you
plan to bring so that we have a suitable variety available.
• The Friend’s AGM will take place at about 7:30pm followed by a talk entitled “Peas in the Park” by
Glen Johnson.
Peas in the Park – Spectacular, diverse, and essential to ecosystem function – we’ll investigate and
marvel at our unique Pea flora. It’s not all eggs and bacon!
Our Speaker – Glen Johnson
Glen has over 30 years of multi- agency experience in biodiversity conservation and threatened species management with the Victorian Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action (DEECA). Glen left DEECA in Jan. 2024 and is now a Senior Ecologist with Wild Research Pty Ltd (working mainly on threatened frog recovery projects). Glen has worked in a diversity of environments from mallee to alpine, forest to riparian, and box ironbark to lowland grassy ecosystems. He has extensive experience in the conservation of numerous threatened species in the Park.