Skip to content
Donate

Learn

Your students will love our outdoor learning activities, practical gardening experiences and immersive exhibitions at The Calyx. The Garden's educators are highly skilled at engaging students with the curriculum via hands-on learning. 
 

Primary Programs
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.
Find out more
Secondary Programs
Inspire your students with a visit to Australia's oldest scientific institution. The Garden's unique science and history programs are designed to engage and excite learners.
Find out more
Virtual Excursions
If you can’t make it into the Gardens, contact us and we’ll bring the incredible scientific discoveries of our Gardens to you online! Explore our virtual excursions covering a wide range of curriculum-based content here. 
Find out more
Explore excursions and education programs at the Gardens. Read or download an overview of our education opportunities below and get in touch to book your excursion.

Sydney Science Week


 
Find out more
Living Learning - Digital Resources
Discover online activities and resources for families, schools and communities. Explore nature and connect with our amazing and wonderful living world.
Find out more
Youth Community Greening
Youth Community Greening is an environmental education program targeting disadvantaged urban and regional youth from preschool to young adults across New South Wales.
Find out more
International Programs
These programs use the ‘flow learning’ technique developed by Joseph Cornell, Founder & President of Sharing Nature Worldwide. Your students will be engaged and excited by hands-on opportunities to plant and harvest, and discover the Aboriginal uses of plants.
Find out more
Primary School Resources
Looking closer, learning more… through exciting new classroom resources! 
Find out more

You may be interested in

Community Greening
Community Greening is an award winning outreach program promoting communal gardening projects across NSW.
Find out more
Tuck into a bush tucker garden
No idea where to start with a bush tucker garden? Try right here with Brenden!
Find out more
Vacation Care
Find out more about the activities in the Gardens these school holidays
Find out more
The wonder of a school habitat garden
School habitat gardens are important in providing habitat for native wildlife as well as being a great opportunity to teach students about biodiversity within their own school playground. 
Find out more

Project Codium

Project Codium is a Stage 2 and Stage 3 STEM project that immerses students in Design Thinking, challenging them to build a community awareness prototype that aims to protect Codium fragile and the intertidal ocean zone (sometimes known as rock pools).

Find out more

National Tree Day

Enjoy Tree Week with us or in the comfort of your home. Learn about how trees help us and many other animals survive and thrive.

Find out more

Deadly Days

Led by our Aboriginal Educators, Deadly Days brings together First Nations youth to celebrate and learn from each other. 

Find out more