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Visit Australia’s oldest scientific institution to learn about our latest scientific discoveries. We've been studying and documenting plant life in New South Wales and Australia for over 200 years.
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The herbarium is one of the most significant botanical resources in the Southern Hemisphere and houses over 1.43 million plant specimens.
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National Herbarium of New South Wales
The herbarium is one of the most significant botanical resources in the Southern Hemisphere and houses over 1.43 million plant specimens.
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Branch Out with our new podcast and discover the surprising world of plants with science and stories from Australia’s oldest living scientific institution.
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Branch Out
Branch Out with our new podcast and discover the surprising world of plants with science and stories from Australia’s oldest living scientific institution.
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The Herbarium (NSW) is one of Australia’s largest botanical reference collections, housing more than 1.4 million plant specimens.
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The Herbarium (NSW) is one of Australia’s largest botanical reference collections, housing more than 1.4 million plant specimens.
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A world of discovery awaits primary students at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. We offer a range of unique learning activities designed to engage and delight both you and your students.
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Coleus genus resurrected
62 Australian plant species have a had a name change.
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Coleus genus resurrected
62 Australian plant species have a had a name change.
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I Spy A Wollemi Pine
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I Spy A Wollemi Pine
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Flora and Culture of New Caledonia
Florence + the Machine
Flowers & Festivals of Hungary, Croatia & Slovenia
Flowers & Gardens of Belgium & Germany
Food with Friends Cafe
Free Guided Walks
Free Science Talks and Demonstrations
Free Science Week tours, walks and demonstrations
Fresh Honey from the Hive
From the Hive… Swarming to Palm House 2
From the Italian Alps to Puglia
Garden Design – Enhancing, enriching and reshaping your world
Garden Design Series 2020
Garden Design Series with Hugh Main
Garden Design Series with Jim Fogarty
Garden Design Series with Joanne Aquilina
Garden Design Series with Kate Cullity
Garden Design Series with Mark Hovane
Garden Design Series with Nicola Cameron
Garden Party at The Calyx
Garden Sculpture Walks
Gardens of Portugal and Spain
Gone Troppo – A Passion for Palms
Great North Bushwalk with Dr Peter Weston
Handmade by Elizabeth Calnan
NYE | Harbour Hoopla
Harbour Hoopla
Harbourlife
Harbourlife 2017
Harvest by Charlotte Thodey and Friends
Harvest Exhibition Opening Celebration
Head On to the Gardens
Ikebana Exhibition: Out of the Box
Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – Road Cycling
Italy Tour Talk
Journey through Japan's Heartland Tour
Kids Kanga Kitchen
La Boheme on Sydney Harbour
Lawn with the View
Lawn with the View
Leaves Argh! with John Pastoriza Pinol
Light the City
Looping and Netting in the Calyx with Lissa de Sailles
Lost Picnic
Lunar New Year at the Garden
Lysicrates Prize
Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition
Mariposa Stitch Basketry
Mazda Opera in the Domain
Meet our scientists
Midnight at the Oasis
Midnight at the Oasis
Midnight Oil
Mini Monster Plants - Inclusive Activity
Monoprint workshop with Vivien Haley
Mother’s Day Classic Virtual 2020
Mother's Day at the Botanic Restaurant
Mother's Day at the Pavilion Restaurant
NAIDOC Community Workshops
Nature's Art Exhibition
New Years Eve 2018
New Year's Eve Picnic
Night Time Garden Walk
Noble Spirit: Australian Wildlife Portraits
NYE at Mrs Macquaries Point
NYE Garden Party at The Calyx
Oktoberfest in the Gardens
Optus Swim Sydney Harbour
Painting Birds with Kerriann Indorato
Painting Eucalypts with Annie Hughes
Painting, Potaging & Potatoes
Paper Vessels and Surface Design with Lissa de Sailles
Paul Kelly - Making Gravy
PL❤️NTS Exhibition
Plants & Animals – There’s no Place like Home
Plants Explorers Passport
Plants for Sale at the Growing Friends Nursery
Plants with Bite Exhibit
Police Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance
Portugal and Spain Tour Talk
Pumpkin Carving Party for Adults
Rachel Newling - The art of printmaking
Red Bull Flugtag 2018 Sydney
Royal to Royal
Run2Cure 2020
Sammy and Shellie - Pirates and Mermaids Garden Theatre
School holidays
Science Week
Sculptural Stitch Basketry with Lissa de Sailles
Sculpture in Willow with Penny Kerr
Singapore Gardens Tour
SMH Half Marathon
Southern Japan with Relle Mott
Spiral Stitch Coiled Basketry with Meri Peach
St. George Open Air Cinema
Step Up! for Down syndrome
Succulent Wreath Workshop
Summer in the Domain
Sydney’s most colourful High Tea
Tasmanian Garden and Art Tour Talk
The 2018 Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition
The Biggest Bouquet
The Curators Dinner
The Garden of Love
The Point
The Point
The Space In Between
Tinkerbell & The Dream Fairies
Tree Whispering
Try-a-Bike
Twitter Blueroom
Vietnam and Cambodia Tour
Walking in the Kimberley
Watercolour Journal Sketching with Jane Blundell
Watercolour Sketching with Jane Blundell
Waverton Coal Loader
La Traviata on Sydney Harbour
Western Australia in Spring
Wildflowers of Western Australia Tour
Wildlife by Marijke Greenway
Wonderful Woven Jewellery with Lissa de Sailles
Woolworths Carols in the Domain
World Rainforest Day Facebook Live Stream
Bondi to Manly Walk
Fungi Exhibition
Tomato Festival Sydney 2020
Blue Mountains Garden Tour
PL❤️NTS Exhibition Opening Celebration
Artisans in the Gardens Exhibition
Longest Tomato Lunch at Tomato Festival 2020
Still Life Art Class With Charlotte Thodey
Mother's Day Perfume Walk
Garden Twilight Tour to Vivid
Still Alive: Art Class with Charlotte Thodey
Arcimboldo x Archibald: Art Class with Charlotte Thodey
Helping Hands Volunteering - Autumn 2020
Master Class: Art Class with Beverly Allen
Painting on Vellum: Art Class with Beverly Allen
Food & Family: Preserve the Italian Way
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
Sustainable Living: Zero Waste Personal Care Items
Illustration Workshop- Goodnight Glow Worms
Book Launch- Goodnight, Glow Worms
Florilegium Exhibition
Garden Art Month 2020
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Event: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour | Fleet Steps
Event: Westpac OpenAir Cinema | Fleet Steps
Events: NYE and Field Day (31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020)
Tree works in Domain (20 December 2019)
Event: Carols in the Domain (Saturday 21 December 2019)
Event: Paul Kelly | Domain | 14 December 2019
The Calyx will be closed on 25, 30 & 31 December 2019
Event: Harbourlife (Saturday 16 November 2019)
Event: Oktoberfest Saturday 26 October
Event: Step Up! For Down syndrome Sunday 29 September
Restaurant renovations: June - August 2019
The Mini Bean is currently under repair following weather damage (June 2019)
Scheduled closure of The Calyx (13 - 26 August 2019)
School Strike 4 Climate (Friday 20 September 2019)
NSW Police Remembrance Day in the Domain (Friday 27 September)
Event: The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival 15 September 2019
Event: Light the City Saturday 21 September 2019
Event: Mother's Day Classic (Sunday 12 May 2019)
Event: SMH Half Marathon (Sunday 19 May 2019)
Sydney Summer Series in the Domain | 12 January 2019
Event: Red Bull Flugtag at Fleet Steps (10 November 2018)
Event bump in: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story (26 February to 22 March 2019)
Changes to metered parking rates from July 2019
Garden Cucina, Busby's Bar and Mini Bean are closed due to weather
Free Guided Walks are cancelled today due to weather
Event: Vivid Sydney bump in (10 May to 24 May 2019)
NSW Caretaker Period
Event: Dirty Dancing | Domain | 15 – 17 March
Facebook live show - Day of Women and Girls in Science
National Herbarium of NSW closure information (2018-2022)
Fleet Steps closed (1 Dec)
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney library is closed until 30 October
Path between the Main Pond and the sea wall works (5 November to 17 November)
Event: Invictus Games Sydney Sunday 21 October 2018
Their Royal Highnesses visit 16 October 2018
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