It is great news that a free daily shuttle bus will now operate to take people to and from Cranbourne Gardens, from 18 January 2021. The service will run between Cranbourne Train Station and the Gardens, seamlessly connecting Melbourne’s public…
The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is introducing an important new program for all volunteers, staff, on-site Friends groups and contractors at the Gardens: the new RBGV Child Safe Program. This program is designed to raise awareness of the importance…
At the 2019-2020 Annual General Meeting, Helen Morrow was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Cranbourne Friends, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Helen Morrow joined the Committee in 2002 and when a Membership Officer was needed, she volunteered to take on…
At the Cranbourne Friends Annual General Meeting on November 15, Erin Cosgriff was elected to the position of President. Erin, a plant lover who has been a member of the Friends since 2015 and a Friends committee member for one…
The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is now open for visits, with certain restrictions. The RBGV have announced a few changes for the safety of visitors and staff. Cranbourne Gardens is open daily, 9am to 5pm Closed: BBQs, drinking fountains Gardens Shop:…
Basketry Special interest group Our basket makers weave or sew pliable plant material into baskets, mesh bags or other creative, interesting artefacts. Fibrous matter is bent and coiled or plaited and twined together by strong hands and imaginative design. Not to…
Scientists investigate Australian daisies’ response to higher soil temperatures Dr Meg Hirst from Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, together with a team of scientists at The University of Melbourne, has investigated the impact a warming climate has on plant survival. They discovered that…
The view from the centre of town of the hills to the north was one of almost total devastation. The tree cover had been completely burnt. At the base of the hills the pasture was already green again and supporting…
Our Special Interest groups have been in hiatus during the COVID 19 lockdown, but many individuals have been busy with their artistic pursuits. The Friends in Focus convenor Judith Cooke returned to the Australian Garden within a few days of…
Your Covid-free correspondent has been out and about - virtually, of course - gathering news of the Growing Friends, who like so many of the Friends brigade of volunteers are in enforced recess. Lockdown has merely shifted the Growing Friends creativity,…