The 2024 competition is open to students attending Australian primary or secondary schools or colleges. All entries must be digital photographs taken in the ANBG, featuring some aspect of the Gardens such […]

The Summit Walk, a joint initiative between the ACT Government, the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) and Telstra, was officially opened in 2000. Join our ANBG Guides, and FoBM guide Michael Doherty, a […]

Wattles are acacias, or are they? The first tree called a wattle in Australia is not an acacia at all. The acacias of Africa are no longer acacias. Many of the wattles have leaves that are not leaves. On this free guided walk, hear about some of these paradoxes while visiting a variety of wattles […]

We thank our work party for removing more than 2,215 mostly young woody weeds at our August work party in the grassland and woodland area, and Rosemary for the thousands of pink tags that made it easier to find the weeds. Details of the next weeding work party (including the booking link) are: Date: Saturday, 7 September […]

The next Plant Science talk will be on Monday 9th September, 10.30am in the Theatrette.   Presenter: Tasha James (PhD student, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra) Title: Endemics on the Edge - a case study at Mt. Imlay, NSW. Synopsis: This talk summarises the work Tasha will be undertaking in her PhD to […]