Events and Activities for Botanic Gardens Week
The Friends invite everyone to enjoy the activities offered by our volunteers and members of the Friends from 18 to 24 May 2026
The Friends help the Gardens achieve its mission of inspiring, informing and connecting people to Australia’s unique flora.
Join us to help celebrate and conserve the world’s largest collection of Australian native plants.
What’s coming up?
May 2026
May
24
Sunday,
8:40 am – 10:30 am
Event Category:
The Photographic Group invites you to join us on a CAMERA AND CAFÉ WALK in the Gardens. Bring along your camera (the camera in your phone is fine!) for a guided walk led by experienced photographers, followed by morning tea and a chat at Pollen Café.
May
28
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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Roger, formerly of CSIRO, will tell a tale of mystery and suspense involving two geneticists, some cemeteries, a taxonomist, a survey, sheep, habitat loss, citizen scientists and a sceptic.
May
29
Friday,
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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The next Photographic Group regular meeting is at 10.00 am Friday 29 May. It will feature Cormac Farrell as guest speaker.
June 2026
Jun
04
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Event Category:
Charlie Blumer and Jon Darvill explore the identities and ecology of some of the 200-odd native bees and other pollinators in the ACT. They identify why they matter, the threats to them, and how we can help them.
Jun
06
Saturday,
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
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This is FoBM’s sixth re-visit in our program to weed the grasslands area in the south-west corner of the Black Mountain Nature Reserve Wear: HAT, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. Morning tea will be around 10:30am. Please book so that we have sufficient morning tea.
Jun
11
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Event Category:
Heidi, from Australian National Herbarium, will give an overview of taxonomic and nomenclatural principles, provide a gentle introduction to modern methods used in orchid taxonomy and discuss some interesting orchid case studies.
Jun
15
– 21
Jun
Monday,
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Event Category:
Join a free guided walk to get up close and personal to our wonderful Australian flora, focusing on the interesting details of Australian plants that we might not notice at first glance. These one-hour guided walks are held at 11am and 2pm each day Monday 15 June to Sunday 21 June.
