Celebration Stories in Australia

Melbourne

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne is renowned for its sweeping landscapes, and the beauty and diversity of its horticultural collections and displays.  For Plant Conservation Day, the Garden is organising the following activities

  1. Interactive Visitor Display
    Located at the Visitor Centre, the display will allow visitors to access designated websites related to Plant Conservation Day and to learn about the role of botanic gardens in conserving threatened plant species and the actions they can take as individuals. 
  2. Guided Walks
    Two guided walks will be on offer to highlight the conservation work of botanic gardens. 
  3. Outreach Education Program
    RBG Melbourne’s outreach education program is funded by the George Alexander Foundation.  In collaboration with BGCI, this programme is being extended to enable a school from regional Victoria to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens on Plant Conservation Day.  Teachers will lead students in exciting hands-on activities, including propagation and planting and students will learn about rare and threatened plants in their local area and what they can do to conserve them.   Following their visit to the Gardens, a horticultural staff member and Royal Botanic Gardens scientist will visit the students at their schools to give them the skills and knowledge to care for their plants and the re-vegetation site.  Students will be responsible for the care of the site which will most likely be on the school grounds.