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…
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,…
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…
The Cranbourne Friends exist to support the Cranbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, by undertaking voluntary tasks and organising activities which enhance community understanding and appreciation of the Cranbourne Gardens, Australian flora and fauna, and generate funds to support Gardens’…
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…