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Gardens for Wildlife Presentation - BOOKED OUT
2022-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Cranbourne Gardens, Corner of Ballarto Rd & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Southern Brown Bandicoot
Find out what happens with the City of Casey Gardens for Wildlife program.
This presentation is booked out – only people who have registered can attend.
The presentation will be held in the Eucalyptus/Banksia Room in the RBGV Cranbourne depot.

Arranging native flowers – what looks good?
2022-08-28 13:30 - 16:00 | Auditorium, Cnr Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive , Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
WORKSHOP BOOKED OUT!

Plant Lab Proteaceae workshop
2022-08-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Auditorium, Cnr Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive , Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn about the very diverse Proteaceae family, which has about 1700 species, many of them occur in Australia.
You will view the plants in-situ in the Gardens as well as viewing them under a microscope.
Find out more and book here.

Winter Plant Sale - lists now available!
2022-07-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Cranbourne Gardens, Corner of Ballarto Rd & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
The Plant Sale
Get your garden ready for spring!
Some of the plants available at the Plant Sale: grasses, rushes, strappy plants, climbers, groundcovers, indigenous plants, small and large bushes and trees.
Plant lists are now available, so you can plan your purchases:

Plant list – Alphabetical

Plant List – Colour coded according to plant type

Growing Friends Plant Sale
2022-03-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
At the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne, the first Growing Friends Plant Sale for this year will be held:

on Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 March 2022
between 10.00am to 4pm

We recommend that you bring a facemask for your own safety and peace of mind and that of the Growing Friends volunteers.
Plant lists are now available online!

Annual General Meeting 2021
2021-11-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
This Annual General meeting will be held online on Zoom. Find out more and register your attendance, if you are a member

Chloe Foster and Rodger Elliot: Plant Lab Exploration- Proteaceae CANCELLED
2021-10-31 10:00 - 14:30 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

3-Day Workshop – Botanical Illustrators (Day 3) Cancellled
2021-10-15 10:00 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

Zoom Talk/Open House (Elliot centre). CANCELLED
2021-10-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

3-Day Workshop - Botanical Illustrators (Day 2) Cancelled
2021-10-13 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

3-Day Workshop - Botanical Illustrators (Day 1)- Cancelled
2021-10-11 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

Growing Friends Plant Sale - Cancelled
2021-10-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-10-09 10:00 - 16:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

Discovery Day to visit Sensory and Arid Gardens at Melbourne RBGV - Cancelled
2021-09-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Discovery Day to visit Sensory and Arid Gardens at Melbourne RBGV, with Andrew Laidlaw

Tour: Angair Wildflower Show (Bus Trip) - Cancelled
2021-09-18 09:00 - 17:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Tour: Angair Wildflower Show (Bus Trip)
The Angair Wildflower Show has been cancelled because of COVID-19. Ticket holders will be contacted.

Zoom Talk: To prune or not to prune
2021-09-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Zoom Talk
To prune or not to prune : Rodger Elliot lets us in to the secrets of pruning

Afternoon Talk: The Superb Lyrebird - cancelled
2021-08-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
The afternoon talk about the Superb Lyrebird, to be given by Alex Maisey on Sunday 29 August 2021, has been cancelled because of COVID-19 restrictions. Ticket holders have been be contacted.

Open House / Workshop - CANCELLED
2021-08-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
This event has been cancelled, under COVID regulations. People who booked to attend have been notified.
Trish Stewart: I Naturalist App – Learn and Understand the use of this App

Walk and Gawk with John Arnott
2021-07-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
It will now be held on Tuesday 13th July at 2.00pm.

Zoom Talk / Open House
2021-07-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Friends Tour of Costa Rica – presented by Kate and Peter Walsh.
This is an Open House and Zoom session.
Free for members only, but registration is required.
Please register using the website link.

Events Planning Day for 2022
2021-07-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

The Nature of My Art
2021-06-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Victoria
An online Zoom talk for members, presented by the Cranbourne Friends.
Register for the talk here.

Tropical Mountain Plant Science and ex-situ Conservation Project (TroMPS) in Queensland
2021-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Victoria

Growing Friends Autumn Plant Sale
2021-05-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-05-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Plant Sale
Come along and select from a range of plants, many of which you will find in the Australian Garden.
Available: grasses, strap-leaved plants, climbers, groundcovers, indigenous plants, small & large bushes and trees.
Note: Plant-lists, showing what will be at the plant sale, are NOW AVAILABLE:

Plant sale list (May 2021) – in alphabetical order
Plant sale list (May 2021) – in plant type (colour code) order

Craft and Textile Sale
In addition to the Plant Sale & in celebration of Mother’s Day, the Botanical Fabricators and Botanical Illustrators are organizing a Craft and Textile Sale from 10:00am to 3pm.

‘The Southwest Australia’s Biodiversity Hotspot’ – the Fitzgerald River National Park
2021-04-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia

Growing Friends meet every Thursday
2021-03-18 09:30 - 15:00 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Growing Friends meet every Thursday from 9:30AM to 3PM to help propagate a great variety of Australian native plants from cuttings and seeds. The Growing Friends are currently not taking any new volunteers, even the waiting list is full.
More information about Growing Friends.
The nursery is open for Cranbourne Friends Members to buy plants from 10.00 – 2.00PM. Come along and select from a range of plants, many of which you will find in the Australian Garden.
Available: grasses, strap-leaved plants, climbers, groundcovers, indigenous plants, small & large bushes and trees.
Interested to be a member of Cranbourne Friends? Please check the Memberships page.

Cranbourne Friends events for 2021
2020-12-04 - 2021-01-31 | Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Due to uncertainty about possible COVID-19 restrictions affecting the Gardens, the Friends Events committee is not yet able to plan very far ahead for 2021. All events, plant sales or other activities offered in early 2021 will be notified to members through Quicklink, and/or advertised on this website and social media.

Annual General Meeting 2020
2020-11-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Australia
The Annual General Meeting of the Cranbourne Friends, Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria, will be held online (via Zoom) this year, at 2pm on Sunday 15 November, 2020.
The guest speaker will be Professor Tim Entwisle.
If you are a member of the Friends, register to attend the meeting online here. Once you have registered, you will receive instructions on how to connect.
If you have any questions, please email membership@rbgfriendscranbourne.org.au or text/call 0431 025 733.
