✏️ This year's Margaret Flockton Award features these botanical science illustrations of Lavandula pedunculata by Spanish artist Andreia d’Almeida.
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🖼️ Exhibition opens Aug 20 at our Sydney Science Trail event at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan: bit.ly/3QB2BSb

Dessert time! Grevillea 'Sylvia' shrubs are famous for their sweet taste 🦋🌺

These 'bush lollies' thrive during winter, and produce juicy nectar that can be enjoyed straight away, or mixed with a little water for a sweet drink.

Want to learn more about Sydney’s Indigenous history this #NAIDOCWeek ?
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We invite you to stroll through the Cadi Jam Ora - First Contact Garden and reflect on the stories of First Nations people and their connection to plants.🌱
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📍Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

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Some flowers on my walk this morning The Australian Botanic Garden
Always interesting to explore.
Completely free entry.
It is the local MacArthur regions largest tourist attraction.

Very excited to spend the next few days at the National Herbarium of NSW The Australian Botanic Garden to meet with colleagues, access herbarium specimens, and look at the collection. Beautiful gardens highlighting Australian native flora and an amazing scientific facility 🌱

May the Forsythii be with you! This #MayThe4th check out the Pink Flannel Flower (Actinotus forsythii). This plant is a bushfire ephemeral and like the Star Wars Rebel Alliance it rises from the ashes🔥This species was banked by The Australian Botanic Garden for the #RareBloomProject 📸Gavin Phillips

How beautiful are the fruit of Gmelina leichhardtii. The Australian Botanic Garden

Off the plane and of course the first place I head to is The Australian Botanic Garden. Great to have a tour of the new herbarium and check out the amazing Australian flora.

🍃We got our hands dirty yesterday planting four various species of native grass at The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan!👐 Thank you The Australian Botanic Garden we appreciate this unique opportunity to contribute to conservation and give back to our environment! fal.cn/3xyf2

This is for all the #bird lovers 😉🦅 Look at these Aussie #ravens (Corvus coronoides) go!

📷: alissa_cook_photography.

Thanks to our partners @nswenviromedia Queensland Environment Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland The Australian Botanic Garden The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Australian National Botanic Gardens Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

#Hiring 📣 We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and creative Senior Media and Content Officer to join the Garden’s News and Content team in this Aboriginal Identified role. Find out more and apply here: iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/senior-med…

Teachers from across Sydney recently came together at The Australian Botanic Garden to learn about our STEM Community Partnerships Program (STEM CPP).

The session gave teachers an overview of the program, as well as how to introduce it in their classrooms. Find out more: spr.ly/601134x4l

BEATING THE HEAT: Cosmos goes behind the scenes with Dr Nathan Emery at the Australian PlantBank bit.ly/3LcqtZn

You have to see the beautiful creamy flowers on the #IvoryCurlTree (Buckinghamia celsissima) before they disappear 🌼 This small tree is perfect for growing at home too - low maintenance and attracts pollinators! 🐝

📍 Connections Garden

Happy World Wildlife Day! 🦎🍃

The Garden provides important habitat for a diverse range of #reptiles such as lace monitors, blue-tongued lizards and eastern water dragons.

Which reptile friend is your favourite? ⬇️

#WWD23

This article is an excellent example of how botanic gardens can be agents of change - by sharing knowledge, expertise and collections.

Aus Seed Partnership
ANPC
CHABG
Botanic Gardens SA
Australian National Botanic Gardens
The Australian Botanic Garden

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Without plants, there would be no life🌱We caught up with Denise Ora, Chief Executive of the Australian Institute of Botanical Science Sydney Travel, to discuss the new Eureka Prize for Excellence in Botanical Science.

#EurekaPrizes #Botany

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