18 March, 8.30 am–1.30 pm (or until sold out) — Southern car park

Browse Canberra's best range of Australian native plants, including many local species. Thousands of plants to choose from.

Wednesdays 12th, 19th & 26th April; 10.00 am-11.00 am — Meet at the clock near the café bridge

Enjoy a guided walk along the Aboriginal Plant Use Trail as part of the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival. 

6-12 March: 11am - 12pm & 2pm - 3pm

Celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March by joining a free guided walk. Learn about some of the pioneering female researchers, scientists, artists and writers who contributed to the study of plants. See some of the plants that they collected, wrote about or painted. Meet at the clock near the bridge. No booking required for individuals but groups of more than six people should contact walks@friendsanbg.org.au a week before the planned walk.

Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 10:00am – 11.30pm and 1:00pm – 2.30pm — Banksia Centre

Create your own bush animal during the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival. Enjoy a hands-on experience where you and your child can each create a woven bush animal. The workshop inspires a connection to Aboriginal culture, and both children and adults will learn techniques of the age-old art of traditional weaving.

Friday 21st April, 10:00am — Crosbie Morrison Lawn

Join Holly Bidwell from the ACT Storytellers Guild as she brings folk tales and modern stories to life with puppets and props during the 2023 Heritage Festival.

Thursday, 13 April 2023, 10:00am - 1:00pm — Banksia Centre

Sharing cultural knowledge on weaving and plant use and learning how to prepare fibres. Come and join Ronnie Jordan a Kalkadoon Pitta Pitta woman, who will share her traditional ecological knowledge with you.

12-18 Jun: 11am-12pm & 2pm-3pm

How did these gardens start? Where were the first trees planted and who planted them? Who were some of the people to shape the Gardens and what was their contribution? What is next in the Gardens development? Join a free guided walk to visit significant historical developments in the Gardens while enjoying the plants.

1-7 May: 11am-12pm & 2pm-3pm

Celebrate Canberra Tree Week by joining a free guided walk. See a variety of wonderful Australian native trees including Eucalypts, Casuarinas, Bunya pines and many others. Learn about the evolution of Australian trees and how they have been adopted across the world.

Sunday, 19 March: 10am – 11am — Crosbie Morrison Lawn

Join us for World Storytelling Day at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible in order to share stories and inspiration, and to learn from each other.

First Friday of every month, except January — Crosbie Morrison Lawn 

Stories, songs, rhymes and creative activities are brought to life in the Gardens' beautiful natural surroundings.

Daily, 9.30 am – 4.30 pm — Visitor Centre Gallery

Exhibitions explore the Australian environment through diverse creative forms including fine art, craft, photography and sculpture.

12.30 pm on Thursdays from February through November — Theatrette

Our Thursday lunchtime talks cover diverse aspects of the natural world in Australia and around the globe. Bookings essential.