Calyx Tours

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Thank you for your interest in our school excursions at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

Full day special offer: Book your group into two lessons in the one day to receive big discounts! *To view rates see here. **Terms and Conditions apply.

The submission of this form is a formal request for a booking on the dates and times specified, subject to availability.

If you do not wish to make a booking please send your queries to programs.info@bgcp.nsw.gov.au

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School *

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Mobile number *

School phone number *

Email address *

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Full day (2 x 2 hr with 1 hr lunch break)

Preferred date (1st preference) *

Preferred date (2nd preference) *

Preferred date (3rd preference) *

Lesson choice *

Sessions *

Would you like to add a half hour tour of The Calyx to your excursion? *

Total number of students *

Student year(s) *

Teacher in charge *

Number of supervisors *

Please provide the emails of all attending teachers *

Additional information about the class?

Any further information about the class such as additional needs or allergies?

Has your school visited us before?

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A quote for your excursion will be sent to you with your Booking Confirmation. Teachers and assisting adults are free of charge.

For details on Excursion costs please see Plan Your Excursion

To allow us to invoice your school following your excursion, please complete the following.

Billing Address *

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Account payable contact name *

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I agree to the Terms and conditions

As per our terms and conditions we require notice at least eight (8) working days prior to the session for cancellations. As we rely on Casual Education Officers for the excursions, cancellations received less than eight working days prior to the session and 'no shows' will incur a charge of the minimum per lesson charge per booked class group.

Cancellations due to weather are not accepted. Cancellations must be made in writing to school.excursions@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

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Booking Request

The submission of this form is a formal request for an excursion booking at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on the date/s and time/s specified. Once we receive your form we will allocate your booking based off of our availability and will respond with a booking confirmation document.

The receiving of a booking confirmation document by email constitutes an agreement that your lesson/s are booked and confirmed and subject to our cancellation policy, see above.

Please make a note of the contact details below in case you do not hear from us within a week.

Education Coordinator, School Programs
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: 02 9231 8134
Email: school.excursions@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

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Explore a world of colour and light with inBLOOM at The Calyx!

This new floral exhibition allows students to immerse themselves in a spectrum of visible delights surrounded by flowers of every colour and beyond. inBLOOM has over 20,000 plants and one of the largest indoor green walls in Australia.

Every flower is a machine designed for reproduction and survival. Competing for attention, they signal brazenly using colour, shape and scent. Explore the unique adaptations of flowers that enable them to stand out in a gorgeous crowd and the design and production of one of the most spectacular vertical gardens to be found!

You may like to download the inBLOOM Digital Resources to support your students engagement with Living World content pre, post and during your visit.

Stages

Stages ES1 - 3

Location

The Calyx

Contact

programs.info@bgcp.nsw.gov.au

There are three options to visit The Calyx with your class:

Option 1 – Choose a school excursion that already includes a tour and activities in The Calyx (Primary only)

Cost: Included in excursion booking (Primary only)
Bookings essential: Click the "Book Now" link and choose a primary school lesson which includes “The Calyx” in the title.

Option 2 - Add a 30 minute guided tour to your existing school excursion (Primary or Secondary)

Cost: $100 per class
Bookings essential: Choose “YES - $100 guided” in your excursion application form. Includes an introduction and interpretation by a Botanic Gardens Educator (Primary or Secondary). Only available if you are also booking a school excursion with us.

Option 3 - Self-guided: Walk through the exhibition with your students, pointing out fun facts as provided on a self-guided information sheet (Primary or Secondary).

Cost: Free. Donation requested upon entry.
Bookings essential: Choose “Calyx Tour only – free self-guided” in your excursion application form. Fact sheet provided on booking.

Questions? Please contact us on programs.info@bgcp.nsw.gov.au

Sustainable Development Goals

Through our education programs we aim to
•   ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning (SDG 4)
•   demonstrate actions that work towards making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11)
•   inform and empower students to preserve our forests and halt biodiversity loss (SDG 15)

Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals we promote prosperity for the whole community, while protecting our planet for future generations.

We would like to acknowledge the Cadigal people of the Eora Nation within Sydney andpay our respect to Elders past, present and future.

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National Herbarium of New South Wales

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Plant Trial Winners

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Living Learning

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Construction underway on new National Herbarium of NSW

The Australian Institute of Botanical Science

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Weddings

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Explore a world of colour and light with inBLOOM at The Calyx!

Stages

Location

Contact

Option 1 – Choose a school excursion that already includes a tour and activities in The Calyx (Primary only)

Option 2 - Add a 30 minute guided tour to your existing school excursion (Primary or Secondary)

Option 3 - Self-guided: Walk through the exhibition with your students, pointing out fun facts as provided on a self-guided information sheet (Primary or Secondary).

Sustainable Development Goals