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Discover all the tours, walking trails, plant displays and natural areas at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden.
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The Garden plays hosts to all sorts of events from walking tours to family adventure days, movie nights and more.
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What's On
The Garden plays hosts to all sorts of events from walking tours to family adventure days, movie nights and more.
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What's On
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The Garden plays hosts to all sorts of events from walking tours to family adventure days, movie nights and more.
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Create the look and feel of Mount Tomah in your garden.
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Plants for Sale
Create the look and feel of Mount Tomah in your garden.
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Leant the secrets of the Garden from our knowledgeable curators
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Seasonal Curator Tours
Leant the secrets of the Garden from our knowledgeable curators
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Visit Australia’s oldest scientific institution to learn about our latest scientific discoveries. We've been studying and documenting plant life in New South Wales and Australia for over 200 years.
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National Herbarium of New South Wales
Herbarium digitisation & relocation
Our Work & Discoveries
PlantClinic
Australian PlantBank
Daniel Solander Library
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The Botanic Garden is a living lab. Home to some of the world's most valuable plant scientists, solving some of humanity's most vital challenges.
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Vital Science
The Botanic Garden is a living lab. Home to some of the world's most valuable plant scientists, solving some of humanity's most vital challenges.
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Branch Out with our new podcast and discover the surprising world of plants with science and stories from Australia’s oldest living scientific institution.
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Branch Out
Branch Out with our new podcast and discover the surprising world of plants with science and stories from Australia’s oldest living scientific institution.
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Discover the plants that call the Garden home and the people that help cultivate our amazing floral displays.
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Gardening
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Growing Native Plants in Sydney
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Growing Native Plants in Sydney
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Common Diseases
Get all the details on plant diseases such as Phytophthora, Armillaria, Fusarium Wilt, Ganoderma Butt Rot and Cypress Canker, along with methods for disease diagnosis and control.
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Common Diseases
Get all the details on plant diseases such as Phytophthora, Armillaria, Fusarium Wilt, Ganoderma Butt Rot and Cypress Canker, along with methods for disease diagnosis and control.
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Venue Hire
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The Garden's panoramic views and stunning mountain location make it a great place to hold your birthday party, family gathering, wedding or corporate event.
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Picnic and Garden Parties
Weddings
Commercial Filming and Photography
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Curate your own unique wedding in a romantic botanic garden setting.
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Weddings
Curate your own unique wedding in a romantic botanic garden setting.
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Picnic and Garden Parties
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Meet the highest horticulturists
Once a cut flower farm, now Australia’s highest botanic garden. The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is home to plants from around the globe from ancient Wollemi Pines to colourful Japanese maples and meadows of beautiful bubs.
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Meet the highest horticulturists
Once a cut flower farm, now Australia’s highest botanic garden. The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is home to plants from around the globe from ancient Wollemi Pines to colourful Japanese maples and meadows of beautiful bubs.
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A brief history of the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
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A trip down memory lane
A brief history of the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
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Rainforest plants to grow at home
Rainforest plants to grow at home
Taste the tropics, no matter where you live
When we think of the rainforest, it conjures up visions of towering green forest, dripping with colour and life nestled in the far reaches of the tropics. A fantasy holiday destination a far cry from the hustle of inner city life. We have a stunning bite of the rainforest at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, managed by an extraordinary team of horticulturalists. You too can taste the tropics, wherever you are.
Powderpuff Lilly Pilly
These are a lovely vibrant rainforest plant, with bright scarlet flowers and white edible fruit. They require partial sunlight and is an evergreen that attracts birdlife year round.
Walking Stick Palm
This tropical plant can be found all throughout our subtropical rainforests. They have a lovely orange fruit that is edible and can thrive with partial sunlight so would do wonderfully on your balcony or courtyard.
Native Ginger – tasty addition to your garden
Whether you want to eat them fresh or add a little flavour to your cooking, this is an easy and gorgeous plant to keep at home. They can survive in light to full shade and can be grown indoors.
Wollemi Pine – the dinosaur tree
A project close to our heart is the preservation of Australia’s own living fossil, the Wollemi Pine. Our team of experts manage a number of conservation and research projects to protect and rejuvenate this fascinating plant. One of those projects is selling the pines to the general public.
You can have your own piece of history in your backyard. Just remember, it’s a relatively large species, so with this special plant, you do need a little more space.
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