The Cranbourne Friends has released its Annual Report for the year 2021-2022, after a resoundingly successful Annual General Meeting. The publication Carolyn Landon's book, Of Friends and Gardens, was a landmark achievement of the year – a longstanding project that…
Wet weather threatened to disrupt the Growing Friends plant sale on the weekend of 22-23 October, and at opening time on the Saturday morning a heavy dump of rain in the area of the sale created very wet conditions. Luckily…
Showing how a sand mine in unloved and ignored bushland became one of Melbourne’s most beautiful landscapes, Of Friends & Gardens is a remarkable book. It shares stories about the development of the Friends of Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and…
In October, the Cranbourne Friends Botanical Illustrators group are presenting a botanical art exhibition at Karwarra, Australian Native Botanic Garden, Kalorama, focusing on the Fabulous Faboideae (Fabulous Peas). The free exhibition will be on show in the gallery at…
In 2021 the Growing Friends supplied the City of Casey with some 700 plants for their Gardens for Wildlife (G4W) program, which was launched in mid-2021. This program aims to foster the community’s understanding of the connection between local flora…
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne is now using treated recycled water from the Carrum Downs Eastern Treatment Plant to irrigate the Australian Garden. The Cranbourne Friends congratulate the Gardens on achieving this goal, which means the Gardens are now free from…
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…
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 leading role that the Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria, Cranbourne will play in conservation and preservation of rare native plants, is highlighted in a video filmed at Cranbourne, for Botanic Gardens Day in May. In Conservation, John Arnott, Manager of…