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Wattles and Wildlife: talk by Bill Aitchison
2025-07-20 14:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Auditorium, Cnr Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive , Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
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 essential ecological functions, supporting a diverse range of animals, from pollinators like bees and birds to herbivores and small mammals.
To learn more, join us for a presentation by Bill Aitchison, leader of the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (ANPSA) Study Group who will be speaking on “Wattles and Wildlife” in the Auditorium at the RBGV Cranbourne from 2.00 pm on Sunday 20th July 2025. Additionally there is an opportunity to join a guided walk of the wattles in the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne with Barrie Gallacher from 11.00 am till 12.30 pm for an extra $10. There is a limit of 25 participants for the guided walks.
For more information and to book: https://cranbournefriends.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/72999-wattles-and-wildlife-talk-by-bill-aitchison

Growing Friends meet every Thursday
2025-07-24 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-07-31 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-07 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-14 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-21 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-28 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-09-04 09:30 - 15:00, 2025-09-11 09:30 - 15:00 and 17 more dates | Growing Friends Nursery, 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.
More information about Growing Friends.
The nursery is open to Members on Thursdays as well, to allow them 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 Join us page.

Banksia Festival 2025
2025-08-16 - 2025-08-24 | Cranbourne Gardens, Corner of Ballarto Rd & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
Join the RBGV and the Cranbourne Friends for an exciting series of lectures, workshops, art and craft exhibition, book and plant sales, guided walks, and more, from Saturday 16th August to Sunday 24th August 2025, to celebrate Australian culture inspired by the plant genus Banksia.
To find out more and to get the full festival program, including booking information, head to https://cranbournefriends.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/71798-banksia-festival-2025

How to Teach Nature Journaling
2025-09-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Auditorium, RBGV Cranbourne, Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
An opportunity to learn more about the practice and art of Nature Journaling, in an immersive 5 hour workshop. Suitable for those looking to develop their own personal practice more deeply, or who would like to develop skills to guide others through the process of connecting to, observing and recording nature in a creative way.
For more information, https://cranbournefriends.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/75221-nature-journaling-workshops

Photo courtesy of Paula Peeters.

Introduction to Nature Journaling
2025-09-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Auditorium, RBGV Cranbourne, Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
A fun and welcoming 3 hour workshop, featuring an ‘Introduction’ to the world of Nature Journaling, for those who would like to explore and learn more about this creative practice and its myriad benefits. Paula Peeters will provide an overview about Nature Journaling, along with some tips and advice, before guiding participants through a series of activities within the gardens. Learning by doing!
For more information https://cranbournefriends.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/75221-nature-journaling-workshops

Photo courtesy of Paula Peeters.

Annual General Meeting 2025
2025-11-16 13:30 - 16:00 | Auditorium, RBGV Cranbourne, Ballarto Road/Botanic Drive, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977, Australia
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Cranbourne Friends, RBGV, will be held on Sunday 16 November, in the Auditorium, at RBGV Cranbourne.
At the meeting the Annual Report 2025 will be presented to members.
Financial members of the Friends are able to vote at the meeting.
Kelly Smith from the Western Port Biosphere will be our guest speaker. She will present an update on the Koala census at the Cranbourne RBGV.
For more information and to RSVP, go to https://cranbournefriends.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/77839-cranbourne-friends-annual-general-meeting-2025.
