The Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) has not been recorded at what has become the RBGV Cranbourne site since 1976 and was thus considered locally extinct. There was probably a complex play of extinction factors but predation…
Growing Friends Autumn Plant Sale will be held at the Australian Garden on Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 March. Come along and select from our wide range of plants, many of which you will find in the Australian Garden.…
Are you considering a trip to Sicily? Or did you watch a recent SBS program on Michael Portillo’s visit to Sicily and would like to learn more, especially from a Friend’s perspective? 19 Friends led by fellow Friend Alf Reina…
Raising Rarity is an RBGV program designed to engage the wider community in the conservation of threatened Victorian plant species. “With over a third of plants in Victoria listed as threatened, we need the help of the wider community to…
Growing Friends meet every Thursday from 9:30AM to 3PM to help propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings and seeds. More information about Growing Friends. The nursery is open to Members on Thursdays as well, to allow…
Growing Friends meet every Thursday from 9:30AM to 3PM to help propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings and seeds. More information about Growing Friends. The nursery is open to Members on Thursdays as well, to allow…
Stephen Ryan, well known curator of Dicksonia Rare Plants in Mount Macedon, previous host of Gardening Australia, author, radio commentator heard on 3CR and ABC, will be speaking on Sunday 13th July at 2:00 pm, at the Auditorium in the…
Growing Friends meet every Thursday from 9:30AM to 3PM to help propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings and seeds. More information about Growing Friends. The nursery is open to Members on Thursdays as well, to allow…
Did you know Koalas like eating the blossoms of acacias, and that it has been found that acacias are cooler than eucalypts, so on hot days Koalas tend to favour spending their time in acacias? Acacias provide food, shelter and…
Growing Friends meet every Thursday from 9:30AM to 3PM to help propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings and seeds. More information about Growing Friends. The nursery is open to Members on Thursdays as well, to allow…