BCARM September Forum

Island Flora

Hosted by BCARM (BGANZ Collections and Record Management group) this forum will focus on the diverse flora of islands and Botanic Gardens that care for island collections.

Presenters:  

• Dermot Molloy is Senior Curator Horticulture at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, where he manages and develops internationally significant living plant collections across Melbourne Gardens. Dermot began his career at RBGV in 2001 as a propagator and has spent more than two decades working in botanic garden horticulture, plant conservation, and collection management. A member of the International Plant Production Society since 2006, he currently serves on its Board. Passionate about plants from an early age, Dermot has combined a lifelong career in horticulture with a love of travel, exploring the world's flora, landscapes while building connections across the global nursery and botanic garden community.

• Zoe Knapp the Park Manager at Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden, which combined make up about 18% of the remote territory of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean. Zoe has previously held roles in natural resource management, partnership brokering, public policy, conservation horticulture and academia, including with the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and Parks Australia. 

• Dale Arvidsson is the Senior Curator of the Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens since May 2025. His career in botanical gardens includes 10 years as Curator - Botanic Gardens and High Profile Parks at Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens, and 12 years as Curator of the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens.