Diprotodon Insights
This event has finished
Diprotodon Insights ended on Saturday 29 July 2023.
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Current events
A Walk in the Bush
4 to 29 September 2024, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm — Visitor Centre
Featuring works by ACT Porcelain Artists, A Walk in the Bush celebrates the Australian Bush and the beauty and diversity within.
Bugs Alive Exhibition
9 to 13 October, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm — Crosbie Morrison Building
In the Bugs Alive! exhibition at the Gardens, you can see a wild range of invertebrates including prey mantis, stick insects, spiders, scorpions, beetles, snails, butterflies and more.
Embroidered Book Workshop
19 October 2024, 10 am to 4 pm — Dickson room
In this adult workshop participants will make a small book, decorated with embroidered flowers based on the live collection at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Garden Promenade
2 - 29 October, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm — Visitor Centre Gallery
Featuring textile works by Sharon Peoples, Garden Promenade speculates on what could have been if Sarah Sophia Banks had travelled to Australia instead of only her brother, Sir Joseph Banks.
Join children’s author Bronwyn Saunders to hear all about the largest marsupial to ever have lived.
Learn about Diprotodon’s quirks, behaviour and diet; and the environment megafauna lived in. This is aimed at children, but adults are encouraged to come along and learn too. Weather dependent. No recording please.
Bronwyn Saunders is a passionate citizen scientist who delights in sharing facts about Australia’s natural history with readers. Her book Diprotodon: A megafauna journey is now live on the CSIRO Publishing website for pre-order!
When
Every Wednesday & Saturday in July, 10.30am, 11.15am & 12pm (weather permitting)
Where
Paperbark Children’s Area
Price
Free
