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…