Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Art in the Gardens with Friends Exhibition

2014 Art in the Gardens with Friends
The 7th Annual Art in the Gardens with Friends Exhibition

The official opening of the 2014 Art in the Gardens with Friends Exhibition will take place in the Visitor Centre on Friday 21st March, at 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm. Admission to the opening is by invitation only.

From 1:00pm to 4:00 pm on Friday 21st March there will be a special preview of the Exhibition for Friends of the ANBG. All Friends are welcome and no booking is needed.

The exhibition will be open to the general public from Saturday 22nd March until Monday 21st April. All of the paintings to be exhibited will portray native Australian plants many of which can be found in the ANBG Gardens. Most of the paintings will be for sale and a percentage of all Exhibition sales will go to support the Friends activities.

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Botanic Art Group Exhibition

22/03/2014 - 12:00am to 21/04/2014 - 11:45pm

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Growing Friends Autumn Plant Sale

05/04/2014 - 8:30am to 06/04/2014 - 9:45am

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Walks in Westbourne Woods

Thu, 23/01/2014 - 9:34am — friendseditor

Westbourne Woods Arboretum was established by Charles Weston in 1913 on a 120 hectare site at Yarrulumla. More than 200 different species of conifers, exotic hardwoods and native Australian trees were planted between 1914 and 1918, with additional plantings in 1949. The Royal Canberra Gold Club was established in the Woods from 1949. More information may be found on the ACT Government Libraries website.

Free guided 2-hour walks are conducted through the Woods on the second Sunday of every month. Guides are volunteers, a number of whom are closely linked to the Friends of the Botanic Gardens. For details of when and where to meet, and the schedule of walks and guides for 2014, click here.

Westbourne Woods (Photo: environment.gov.au)

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Campsis Newsletter - Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens

Sat, 21/12/2013 - 3:49pm — friendseditor

The latest issue of Campsis, the newsletter of the Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens, has just been published. This issue marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Association. Click here to download it.