2017 Planned Events: We will have a range of fun activities including face painting, a Nature Play mud kitchen, behind the scenes tour (booking essential), Botanic Art Group stall, Friends of the Gardens stall, Friends Photographic Group stall, craft Australian National Botanic activities, junior rangers program and a colouring-in competition. Bring the ACT Gardens, Canberra whole family! Our Open Day activities spread across the whole weekend! We will be hosting a range of gardening and art workshops, children's activities (including insect hotel making, craft and potting plants) and a plant fair with North Coast Regional both native and exotics for sale. Botanic Garden Coffs There will be two tours of the early settlers walk finishing with tea and Harbour damper, bush songs and a look through a Rusty Iron Machinery Display. Join us for live music in the gardens from 11am-1pm, featuring some of our Southern Highlands finest community musicians. Tea, coffee, cake and hot food will be available Botanic Gardens, Bowral to purchase. Entry is via a gold coin donation. Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens TBC The Garden will be buzzing with activities from 1pm, including guided garden tours on the electronic buggy, Behind-the-Scenes Tours of our Greenplan Nursery, as well as plant sales and workshops. For a full program please see: A special feature of this year's event is the free screening of Before the Wollongong Botanic Flood, National Geographic film about climate change featuring Leonardo Garden DiCaprio. We will be hosting a Plants Q&A from 10-2, with our experts on hand to answer all your plant-related questions, including all you need to know about growing and pruning. We will be offering guided walks to all of our gardens, a Hunter Region Botanic propagation talk and nursery tour, plus lots more! Food and drink will be Gardens available. Entry cost $2 per person. Free Parking Dubbo Regional Botanic Gardens TBC Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney TBC The Auburn Botanic Garden open day will feature acoustic music, various activities and due to the date coinciding with reconciliation week will include aboriginal-led tours of bushland and adjoining Duck River. More information Auburn Botanic Gardens to come.
2017 Planned Events: ACT Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra We will have a range of fun activities including face painting, a Nature Play mud kitchen, behind the scenes tour (booking essential), Botanic Art Group stall, Friends of the Gardens stall, Friends Photographic Group stall, craft activities, junior rangers program and a colouring-in competition. Bring the whole family! North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Coffs Harbour Our Open Day activities spread across the whole weekend! We will be hosting a range of gardening and art workshops, children's activities (including insect hotel making, craft and potting plants) and a plant fair with both native and exotics for sale. There will be two tours of the early settlers walk finishing with tea and damper, bush songs and a look through a Rusty Iron Machinery Display. Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens, Bowral Join us for live music in the gardens from 11am-1pm, featuring some of our finest community musicians. Tea, coffee, cake and hot food will be available to purchase. Entry is via a gold coin donation. Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens TBC Wollongong Botanic Garden The Garden will be buzzing with activities from 1pm, including guided garden tours on the electronic buggy, Behind-the-Scenes Tours of our Greenplan Nursery, as well as plant sales and workshops. For a full program please see: A special feature of this year's event is the free screening of Before the Flood, National Geographic film about climate change featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Hunter Region Botanic Gardens We will be hosting a Plants Q&A from 10-2, with our experts on hand to answer all your plant-related questions, including all you need to know about growing and pruning. We will be offering guided walks to all of our gardens, a propagation talk and nursery tour, plus lots more! Food and drink will be available. Entry cost $2 per person. Free Parking Dubbo Regional Botanic Gardens TBC Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney TBC Auburn Botanic Gardens The Auburn Botanic Garden open day will feature acoustic music, various activities and due to the date coinciding with reconciliation week will include aboriginal-led tours of bushland and adjoining Duck River. More information to come.
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