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June 2016
Sweet Addiction
'Sweet Addiction' is an exhibition you can taste! It's the first themed exhibition in the brand new Calyx - the exhibition space of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Exploring the world of chocolate, 'Sweet Addiction' offers a journey of learning through a tropical rainforest and the home of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree. See the Mayan god of chocolate depicted in the southern hemisphere's largest contiguous greenwall, learn about the vital importance of the world's remaining rainforests, see a sustainable-style of cacao plantation.…
Find out more »Hunting Proteas
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney - Join Proteaceae expert Dr Peter Watson, Systemic Botanist, talking about his Winston Churchill Fellowship trip to Europe and South Africa, including the 'dungeons' of Kew Gardens and the herbarium of the French National Museum of Natural History where he uncovered the secrets of the spectacular South African Marsh Rose, Orothamnus zeyheri, and also Dilobeia thourasii from Madagascar, plus many well-known genera such as Leucospermum, Protea and Leucodendron. Maiden Theatre; Public $25, F&F members $20. Bookings essential.
Find out more »July 2016
Taming the Wildflowers
Angus Stewart, an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian Botanic Garden, is domesticating Australian natives from the wild. Recognising that Australian wildflowers are a highly desirable and an iconic commodity in Australia and overseas, much of Angus’s work at the Australian Botanic Garden has focused on preserving our rarer wildflowers through cultivation. The event will include a talk where Angus is looking forward to discussing this process with you, followed by a tour of the facilities and a walk through…
Find out more »August 2016
Treecycle
Treecycle will celebrate the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney 2016 bicentenary in a unique way. This inaugural exhibition from 12 August to 21 October 2016 is focused on works-of-art crafted by skilled makers of wood from trees that stood tall in the Gardens.
Find out more »Herbals – Myth, Magic, Medicine
Exquisite rare antiquarian books plus the intriguing and fantastical stories behind many of our medicinal plants makes a fabulous Sydney exhibition. ‘HERBALS: Myths Magic, Medicine‘ Since earliest times, humans have used plants to aid in maintaining their health. This knowledge was preserved and compiled in handwritten, illuminated and later, printed books and almost always illustrated. These were Herbals and along with useful information; mythic tales, legends, bizarre and sometimes macabre magical remedies were recorded. At the Red Box Gallery, National Herbarium of…
Find out more »The Sweet Science of Chocolate
At the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, as part of the Sweet Addiction exhibition, at this adults-only event in the Calyx you can meet chocolate scientists and botanists, and sample single-origin artisanal chocolate from around the world. Enjoy engaging presentations by special guests Galit Segev and David Guest that explore the fascinating story of chocolate and the future of this popular food. Discover more about the process of cocoa production from Professor David Guest, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, University of Sydney. There…
Find out more »February 2017
Sydney Tomato Festival
Love all things tomato? Then this fun-filled, tasty sensation is for you! Enjoy a harbourside range of events in Sydney's beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens, from the Longest Tomato Lunch to free heirloom tomato tastings, produce market, pop-up café, cooking demonstrations and competitions to find Sydney's best homegrown tomatoes and homemade tomato condiments. Date: 18 and 19 February 2017 Times: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Location: Band Lawn and Flowerbed Lawn, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (on harbour foreshore). Best to enter…
Find out more »September 2017
Pollination at The Calyx
Pollination is the new floral display at The Calyx opening on Friday, 15 September 2017 at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Curated by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s horticultural team, the display will feature a collection of plants and flowers that showcase the role colour plays in natures magnificent act of pollination – the colour of love! Large topiary Blue-banded Bees will be a highlight, along with the expansive and impressive “green” wall featuring a pollination themed display of words,…
Find out more »October 2017
Artisans in the Gardens, Sydney
See a huge range of eclectic work by dozens of artists and artisans from around Australia. Art, sculpture, furniture, decorative work and jewellery in media such as ceramics, glass, art, paper, mosaic, metalwork, woven works, timber, LED, found and reused objects and more. All works are for sale. Lion Gate Lodge, (enter from Mrs Macquaries Road), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, NSW, 10am-4pm daily. Free entry.
Find out more »Growing Friends Nursery Spring Fair
This year’s Growing Friends Nursery Spring Fair will have masses of healthy plants for sale, including Heliotropes, Bromeliads, Begonias, Hedychiums, Salvias, unusual natives from Growing Friends at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and cool-climate specialties from the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah group. Highlights include rare Geebungs, Persoonia pinifolia and P. levis from Mount Annan, Duvernoia adhatodoides from Sydney, and Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii from Mount Tomah. Indoor plants, from The Calyx exhibition, include Philodendron, Dieffenbachia seguine ’Tropic Marianne‘ and…
Find out more »Growing Friends Nursery Spring Fair
This year’s Growing Friends Nursery Spring Fair will have masses of healthy plants for sale, including Heliotropes, Bromeliads, Begonias, Hedychiums, Salvias, unusual natives from Growing Friends at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and cool-climate specialties from the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah group. Highlights include rare Geebungs, Persoonia pinifolia and P. levis from Mount Annan, Duvernoia adhatodoides from Sydney, and Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii from Mount Tomah. Indoor plants, from The Calyx exhibition, include Philodendron, Dieffenbachia seguine ’Tropic Marianne‘ and…
Find out more »November 2017
Noble Spirit: Australian Wildlife Portraits
Esther Beaton has travelled the Australian continent as a professional photographer for over 35 years. This exhibition represents a selection of those precious moments of connection with a wild animal - ones which were so moving, they reinforced her lifelong commitment to photographing Australia’s wild beauty. Now she shares those moments of discovery and awe with those who may never get the chance of a face-to-face encounter with our elusive native fauna. Some images are of iconic subjects while others…
Find out more »Behind the Scenes Glasshouse Tour
Join Dr Dale Dixon, Curator Manager of the Royal Botanic Garden for a behind-the-scenes tour of the new tropical display house, known as Latitude 23. Closed to the general public, it is home to an amazing collection of ferns, orchids, aroids, tillandsias, bromeliads, lilies, begonias, palms and cycads – many of the plants that were kept in the Pyramid and the Arc. Cost: $25 (Foundation & Friends Member $20) Contact: 02 9231 8182
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