Growing Friends Autumn Plant Sale – 22-23 March
The Growing Friends Autumn 2025 Plant Sale will be held on Saturday/Sunday 22 and 23 March, 2025 between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. The Plant Sale will be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, at the kiosk at the northern end of the Australian Garden.
Plant lists for this sale are not yet available, but you may be interested to see lists from the Spring Sale last year. Note that different plants may be on sale in Autumn.
Come along and select from a range of small and large plants many of which you will find in the Australian Garden.
Choose from grasses, climbers, border-plants, ground-covers, small & large bushes and trees, plants for wildlife.
What other things are happening?
The Botanical Fabricators and Botanical Illustrators will once again share space at the plant sale. Fabricators have a range of items and the Illustrators a rack of cards. Both groups are inspired by our native flora and fauna.
Current roadworks – Getting to the Gardens
Entry through Ballarto Road west is from Cranbourne-Frankston Road at the intersection including Pearcedale Road.
If coming from the direction of Cranbourne along the South Gippsland Highway, drive past the usual (Ballarto Road) entrance and turn right at Craig Road (note brown Botanic Gardens sign). In Craig Rd, make an almost immediate right turn into Arcade Ave to Junction Village shops, then turn left, then turn right into Houlder Ave . Follow this to the T junction, turn left into Ballarto Road and proceed into the Botanic Gardens. A diagram can be found here.
