Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens

The Nature Journalling Group has been meeting for over five years. Members are enjoying the Gardens through the changing seasons. September should see many Acacias in flower, and the Rainforest […]

Join the Friends of the National Library and the ACT branch of the Australian Garden History Society for their annual joint lecture, as they present Professor Tim Entwisle to discuss the extraordinary diversity of the humble oak.

Gavin brings together his research in sociology, ecology and conservation with his expertise in handling snakes.

The free exhibition ‘Floral Impressions: Coins in Bloom’ is open daily at the Royal Australian Mint, running until March 2027. The exhibition curator Meredith Trinko shares her favourite pieces and discusses how she identified three distinct ways coin designers over the centuries have used flowers and plants.

The Australian Lamiaceae are a large family of plants, including Prostanthera, Westringia and Plectranthous, which are well represented in the ANBG collection.

This talk will discuss some of the programmes set up to rehabilitate peatlands after the fires of 2019/20, as well as the recovery of Sphagnum Shrub Bogs in the Alps more generally

  Have you ever heard the frogs in the Gardens and wanted to know more about them? Join Anke Maria Hoefer (Frogwatch Coordinator for ACT & Region) to listen and […]