A series of online Zoom talks have been arranged for Cranbourne Friends members this year. The online talks have been arranged in place of or to supplement our regular Open House Events, when there are still restrictions on travelling to…
The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is open for visits, if you live within the 5K lockdown limit. Both Melbourne and Cranbourne Gardens are open. Please check-in using the QR code when you arrive and adhere to all Government COVIDSafe measures, including…
In line with COVID-19 restrictions the planned plant sale for October 9 and 10 at the Australian Garden, Cranbourne, has been cancelled. Rhodanthe chlorocephalass rosea
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…
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…
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…
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…