The Acacia Project - a botanical art exhibition - will be on show from Thursday 31 August - Sunday 17 September 2023, at the Visitors Centre, RBGV Cranbourne The exhibition will be on show from 9.30 am - 4.30pm, daily. Free…
The work of some of our members has been formally recognised by the Australian Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens (AAFBG), at a function on Friday 5 May 2023. The Handbury awards recognise exceptional contributions to an Australian Botanic Garden, Arboretum, or…
If you joined our group at a plant sale, here are two ways to find out more about being a Member of the Cranbourne Friends. You can visit our New Members pageOr you can download our New Members Handbook Happy…
The Cranbourne Gardens Shuttle Bus can be booked for transport between Cranbourne Train Station and Cranbourne Gardens. The 8 seater bus is comfortable, is wheelchair accessible (x1 chair), and has a fully compliant baby seat (for carers with prams). Please…
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 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…