Australian National Botanic Gardens

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Nocturnal – SOLD OUT ended on Friday 11 March 2022.

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Above/Below exhibition

Above/Below

5 to 25 November, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm — Visitor Centre Gallery

Above/Below is a group exhibition by artists who are inspired by their love of cryptogams - ferns, fungi, lichens, liverworts, moss, hornworts, and algae.

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Garden Promenade

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.

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Winners of Student Photographic Competition 2024

Photography exhibition

28 September to 27 October 2024 — Banksia Garden

Come and admire the prize-winners of this year’s school photographic competition. All of the photos were taken within our beautiful Australian National Botanic Gardens.

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Storytime

Storytime

10 - 11 am, 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.

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Friday 11 March 6.30–9.30 pm — The lower Gardens

 

SOLD OUT

Immerse yourself in the wonders of the natural world after dark with a self-guided discovery of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. 

As darkness creeps into the Gardens experience the intimate relationship between nature and the night when it becomes a whole new place filled with different sounds, scents and colours. Tour the Rainforest and Banksia Garden during dusk. Bring your own picnic and relax on the new Friends Lawn while sampling a native gin by Underground Spirits.

Nocturnal (def)
1.           being active or happening at night rather than during the day
2.           of the night, or relating to the night
 

When

Friday 11 March 6.30–9.30 pm

Where

The lower Gardens

Price

$8 adult; $5 junior (4–16 years); 3 years & under free