The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
About The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Includes: The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah and the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Description
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust is the oldest scientific institution in Australia. We have in our care the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, which is the nation's oldest botanic garden, established in 1816 on the site of the first farm in 1788.
The Trust also manages the Domain established in 1788 as the Governor's private domain. Now a public botanic park surrounding the Sydney Garden, it is used by 4 million people a year for leisure, physical fitness, soapbox oratory, political rallies, big concerts and other public affairs.
The original inhabitants and traditional custodians of the lands of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney and Domain are the Cadigal.
In 1987, we opened the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah in the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains. It is the nation's highest botanic garden, 1000m above sea level, and showcases cool climate plants from around the world. It includes large tracts of native bushland including an accessible area of temperate rainforest known as 'the Jungle'.
The original inhabitants and traditional custodians of the lands of the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden are the Dharug.
In 1988, we opened our Austalian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan in south west Sydney. It is the nation's largest botanic garden (416 ha) and is dedicated to native flora -- and consequently home to a wide range of native fauna. It includes natural areas of endangered native Cumberland Plain Woodland.
The extensive living collections at our three Gardens and in the Domain are supplemented by the dried collections in the National Herbarium of NSW which houses 1. 2 million specimens. The oldest specimens were collected by Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's Voyage of the Endeavour in 1770.
The Australian Botanic Garden at Mount Annan is the site of the new PlantBank to be completed by late 2012. This purpose-designed sustainable building will include storage vaults for Australia's largest native seedbank along with advanced research and educational facilities.
The original inhabitants and traditional custodians of the lands of the Australian Botanic Garden are the Dharawal.
Our scientific research expands knowledge and conservation of NSW and Australian plant life. We also work to protect and nurture our much-loved Gardens so they continue to thrive and provide the people of the Sydney region and tourists from around the world with botanical landscapes where they can learn, relax and commune with each other and with nature for a further 200 years.
Reviews
Dr Barbara Briggs is one of Australia’s leading botanists and has been researching at the Garden for 59 years. Listen to the latest episode of Branch Out and discover how she assisted police with a kidnapping-murder case in the 1960’s and how DNA technology accelerated an even bigger investigation: evolution.
Subscribe & listen on iOS https://apple.co/2siSW6C or Android http://bit.ly/2IXKZhI
You’ll also hear from the next generation of scientists who were at our #ScienceWeek event on 11 August 2018. Macquarie University students taught children as young as five how to extract DNA from a banana!
This Acacia species is a true blue Australian icon in green and gold! The Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae or Coastal Wattle has bright and 'fluffy' yellow flowers occur mainly during winter and early spring 🇦🇺
The Brown Pine or Podocarpus grayae is a conifer endemic to Australia, growing up to 30m high in tall rainforests of the Northern Territory and Queensland. The female seed cones have two distinct parts, a fleshy red receptacle and a blue epimatium that usually holds only one seed!
There are just a few weeks before our next Garden Nightlife tour! Secure your spot and join us in the Garden after-hours.
Dandy Lions is a delightful morning of gardening, craft, singing and play for young children and their carers. Come and join us on Thursday morning!
Want to get organised for the next school holidays early? Check out our programs catering to kids of a range of ages including Dinnertime Doom where kids will create their own mini-bog terrarium with living carnivorous plants to take home, Celebrate, Create, Corroborree, celebrating Aboriginal culture and so much more. Head to our website to learn more http://bit.ly/2nQloKj
The countdown continues with three weeks until our New Year's Eve pre-sale begins! Midnight at the Oasis boasts panoramic views of Sydney Harbour and much more. Register to be among the first to access pre-sale on 10 September http://bit.ly/2w73ua4
Any idea what this weird and tiny plant is? Find out and join the adventurous botanists who discovered the new species in the latest episode of Branch Out: https://bit.ly/2wapOiS You can also subscribe to the fortnightly science show on your podcast app #RBGSydney #ScienceWeek
The Hippeastrum papilio or Butterfly Amaryllis is a true showstopper, spreading its 'wings' in the Garden this month! It's been named for its likeness to a butterfly 🦋
Just announced: The Pollination display at The Calyx has now finished and the horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are installing the next display! From October, you will be able to feast your eyes and sink your teeth into a free floral display on carnivorous plants at Plants with Bite - here's a sneak peek! Learn more via our blog http://bit.ly/2wbp11p
The gorgeous Harvest exhibition closes this Sunday and you can join in the fun at the Foundation and Friends of the Botanic Gardens' closing party!
A reminder that it is indeed still Winter in Sydney! This Pamianthe peruviana is a winter flowering epiphytic species also known as the Peruvian Daffodil 📸 @dale_dixon66
Would you look at that gorgeous marbling! This Camellia japonica ‘Tabbs’ is an historic Australian cultivar 📸 captured by Director of Horticulture @texaninoz
It's official National Science Week and what better way to get involved than to learn about the National Herbarium of NSW! It's the final Secret Science tour at the Garden, don't miss your chance to go behind the scenes.
What do you think the merry merry king of the bush was thinking about in the Garden? 📷 Peter Fatseas
Dr Karen Sommerville from The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan's PlantBank is featured in The Sydney Morning Herald today for National Science Week. Read and discover how 'seed banking' is delivering real solutions to protect endangered plants from extinction
Free floral display, Pollination at The Calyx closes 15 August! It's your last chance to experience this wondrous exhibition!
Our new episode of podcast Branch Out is celebrating National Science Week by highlighting one of the world’s oldest sciences and an exciting new discovery. In their continual quest to document our unique flora, Botanists Matt and Trevor stumbled across a curious new bryophyte species growing in a highly unusual place...
Listen on iOS https://apple.co/2siSW6C or Android http://bit.ly/2IXKZhI Please subscribe, leave a five-star rating and positive review if you like the show.
Currently there at NYE - nothing but Police Helicopters in the air making a hell lot of noise, some of them being only about 70m away! Running out of Coke at 8:30pm is shambolic... The food is ok, but that's it.
People at the free places we not bothered by the helicopters at all.
NOT AGAIN. Don't waste your money on it!
Currently there at NYE - nothing but Police Helicopters in the air making a hell lot of noise, some of them being only about 70m away! Running out of Coke at 8:30pm is shambolic... The food is ok, but that's it.
People at the free places we not bothered by the helicopters at all.
NOT AGAIN. Don't waste your money on it!
Currently there at NYE - nothing but Police Helicopters in the air making a hell lot of noise, some of them being only about 70m away! Running out of Coke at 8:30pm is shambolic... The food is ok, but that's it.
People at the free places we not bothered by the helicopters at all.
NOT AGAIN. Don't waste your money on it!
More about The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Similar Listings
