Tours, courses & activities
Botanic gardens provide a source of inspiration and recreation through their living collections and landscaped gardens of beautiful trees, shrubs and border plants. Our Community Education Unit provides interesting and interactive programs with a botanical, environmental and horticultural education focus for the whole community.
Courses & workshops
A variety of community programs are offered throughout the year and include one- and two-day workshops and sometimes longer courses on such topics as plant identification, bush foods, art & illustration and photography.
>> Click here to find out about the Botanic Gardens Trust's Plant Science Internship program for 2009.
>> Click here to find out about Horticulture courses with Eden Education and the Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living.
School holiday programs
Hands-on activities are also designed for children and school holiday activities often cater for the whole family. To find out more, visit the Events and Activities Calender for each of the three Gardens:
Guided tours
Volunteer Guides offer free guided walks daily at all three Gardens. Group tours and VIP talks can also be arranged.
- Royal Botanic Gardens - group tours and VIP talks/tours are available upon request. Indigenous tours with an Aboriginal guide are also available for $25.00 per person with a minimum rate of $140.00.
- Mount Annan Botanic Garden - booked site tours lasting one hour cost $66 per coach and tours with a Garden specialist cost $77 per group.
- Mount Tomah Botanic Garden - booked guided tours cost $6.60 per person (includes entry charge) with a minimum fee of $99. Ecotours into the Conservation area, 200 hectares of magnificent diversity, are also available for a fee. Phone (02) 4567 3015 for more details.
- Click here to go to the Booking form
Volunteer Guides
For over 20 years, volunteers have worked with visitors and staff to enrich the programs and services provided by the Botanic Gardens Trust. Today there are around 200 volunteers working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Mount Annan and Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, and approximately 185 volunteers working for the Friends of The Gardens. Click here to find out about the range of work done by our volunteers.
Volunteer Guides interpret the living collections, and take visitors on guided walks at all three Gardens. The Guides aim to enhance people’s enjoyment and understanding of the three Gardens, generate goodwill, and increase community support.
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During the July 2008 school holidays, Spudz4Kidz-Harvest was held at the Royal Botanic Gardens. The potatoes for this program were kindly donated by Moraitis Pty Ltd
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