An online Zoom talk for members, presented by the Cranbourne Friends. Speaker: Lynsey Poore Date: Thursday 29th April 2021 2pm Our Guest presenter, Lynsey Poore, is well known at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, where she volunteers as a…
A series of online Zoom talks have been arranged for Cranbourne Friends members, over the next few months. The online talks have been arranged in place of our regular Open House Events, which can’t yet be held as there are…
The Friends welcome the return of the Elliot Centre for COVID Safe use,from Tuesday April 6, 2021. The Centre served as home to some RBGV staff when additional space was needed to ensure safe physical distancing as they worked through…
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 Growing Friends have been steadily working on increasing our range of plants and the nursery will now be open again to members who wish to purchase plants on our working-bee days. We will be open on Thursdays from March…
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…