The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is now open to visitors who live within 5 kilometers, for exercise and recreation for up to 2 hours. At Cranbourne, the Gardens Shop and Boon Wurrung Cafe are closed, as are drinking fountains and…
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…
On June 5, 2020, Marjanne Rook, the Cranbourne Friends coordinator of the Growing Friends group, has been recognised by the City of Casey as their World Environment Day 2020 Volunteer. In an online presentation Marjanne Rook was acknowledged for her dedication…
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,…
The Growing Friends Plant Sale last weekend (14th and 15th March) was a great success, with over $24,000 raised. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the year when naturalists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander first set foot on the land of the…
Under the Gardens' Raising Rarity Project, rare plant specimens were sold at the Cranbourne Friends Plant Sale in October 2019. Raising Rarity uses a new approach to save rare and threatened flora by assessing the horticultural potential of rare species, to establish…
Thank you to all the Friends members who completed the 2019 Cranbourne Friends Membership Survey in April. It was lovely to hear from many members their appreciation for the friendly and social nature of Friends events and activities. Overall, feedback…