The Friends have initiated and will finance a specially commissioned treehouse to be built in the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Sitting among a stand of paperbark trees, ‘the treehouse and surrounding landscaping will create a wonderful nature play area for children and their families’, said Lesley Jackman, President of the Friends.

The design, by Sydney-based architecture and design company Cave Urban, is the winning entry in a national design competition conducted by the Friends and the Gardens. It uses recycled timber, some of which will be salvaged from the Gardens.