Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

 

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Who we are & what we do

The Friends' mission is to promote enjoyment and understanding of the three Gardens and Domain as outstanding places for horticulture, science, recreation, the arts and education, and to support the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. The Friends of the Botanic Gardens is an independent group, able to lobby to protect the three Gardens from developments that could threaten them. 

The Friends is a vital part of the Gardens’ life and helps to make a wide range of projects possible.

Our Gardens include the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan, our native garden in south-west Sydney, and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains. Maybe you value the three Gardens as rich sources of knowledge about the world’s plants. Perhaps you just enjoy the green open spaces, and want to preserve them. By joining the Friends you become part of the valued support group that helps protect some of the world’s great botanic gardens.

What we’ve achieved

Projects supported by the Friends include

  • research into cultivating the Wollemi Pine
  • the 'Sex and Death' exhibition in the Tropical Centre, Royal Botanic Garden
  • the Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Botanical Illustration
  • wayfinding and interpretive signage at all three Gardens
  • creating the Rare & Threatened Plants Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden
  • upgrading the playground at Mount Annan
  • building a pedestrian bridge across Bells Line of Road at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden
  • and more …

You can support the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust in a way that suits you.

What we do

We raise funds for projects that otherwise might not be possible. The Friends offers a great range of events and activities.

  • Friends events - talks, workshops, bushwalks, art & craft exhibitions, plant sales & book sales
  • Friends' tours - special interest tours in Australia and overseas
  • Member benefits - including discounts on activities and products, free entry to the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah and the Sydney Tropical Centre, our high quality magazine, and much more ... 
  • Speakers' bureau - an active group of Friends whose mission is to promote membership of the Friends by providing speakers for interested clubs and societies.

Click here to receive the Friends of the Botanic Gardens monthly e-newsletter filled with all the latest information on what’s happening in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah.

Click here for Links to past Annual Reports.

  Bev Allen's Lotus
Botanica 2012
The Masters and Moore

Wollemi Pine research
Wollemi Pine research

bridge across road
Pedestrian bridge at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah

Playground at the Australian Botanic Garden
Children's playground at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

Herb Garden Sydney
Herb Garden in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

 

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