Australian National Botanic Gardens

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Plant Stories: Woven Tapestry Narratives ended on Sunday 29 October 2023.

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Current events

A Walk in the Bush exhibition

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.

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Arbour

Arbour

31 July - 1 September 2024, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm — Visitor Centre

'Arbour’ is an exploratory series of drawings and prints focusing on the rich diversity and meaning embedded in the form and structure of trees.

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Botanica: Spirits & Food Festival

Botanica: Spirits & Food Festival

Sat 7 & Sun 8 September 2024

The festival showcases producers focusing on using Australia’s diverse native flora.

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Fuzz Berry by Amy Jones, Erindale College 2018, Year 7-12, Secondary Colour

Schools Photographic Competition 2024

Until Friday 30 August 2024

Friends ANBG Photographic Competition is open to students attending Australian schools or colleges.

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20 September to 29 October 2023, 9.30am – 4.30pm — Visitor Centre Gallery

Through contemporary woven tapestry, ten artists, explore their associations with, interests in and memories of particular plants, state and national floral symbols, markers of the seasons, night and day, geographic locations, connection to nature, renewal and growth.

They draw, collage, print, paint from observation and imagination to develop designs for weaving in tapestry. Often samples are woven to test the translation from artwork to weaving.

Selected images are woven on an upright warp with wefts of wool, cotton, silk and other materials. The final works are intense in the craft production and compelling as artworks.

Image description: “Imagine an Australian garden” by Suzanne Knight (Variable dimensions- approx. 100cm w. x 30cm h, Tapestry weaving - wool, bamboo, cotton, 2022-2023)

When

20 September to 29 October 2023, 9.30am – 4.30pm

Where

Visitor Centre Gallery