Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens

The Friends help the Gardens achieve its mission of inspiring, informing and connecting people to Australia’s unique flora.

Join us to help celebrate and conserve the world’s largest collection of Australian native plants.

What’s coming up?

September 2026
Sep
10
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Dr Gavin Smith ‘Some reflections from a decade of working with and learning from one of Australia’s most misunderstood snakes’
Event Category:
ANBG Theatrette

Gavin brings together his research in sociology, ecology and conservation with his expertise in handling snakes.

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Dr Gavin Smith ‘Some reflections from a decade of working with and learning from one of Australia’s most misunderstood snakes’
Sep
17
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Meredith Trinko talks about ‘Floral Impressions’
Event Category:
ANBG Theatrette

The free exhibition ‘Floral Impressions: Coins in Bloom’ is open daily at the Royal Australian Mint, running until March 2027. The exhibition curator Meredith Trinko shares her favourite pieces and discusses how she identified three distinct ways coin designers over the centuries have used flowers and plants.

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Meredith Trinko talks about ‘Floral Impressions’
Sep
17
Thursday,
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Plant Recognition Workshop: wonderful smells, beautiful flowers – Australian Lamiaceae
Event Category:
Daniel Solander Room, Banksia Centre, ANBG

The Australian Lamiaceae are a large family of plants, including Prostanthera, Westringia and Plectranthous, which are well represented in the ANBG collection.

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Plant Recognition Workshop: wonderful smells, beautiful flowers – Australian Lamiaceae
Sep
24
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Ben Keaney ‘With a little help from my friends- recovery and rehabilitation of peatlands in the Australian Alps following the 2020 fires
Event Category:
ANBG Theatrette

This talk will discuss some of the programmes set up to rehabilitate peatlands after the fires of 2019/20, as well as the recovery of Sphagnum Shrub Bogs in the Alps more generally

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Ben Keaney ‘With a little help from my friends- recovery and rehabilitation of peatlands in the Australian Alps following the 2020 fires
Sep
25
Friday,
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Frog Listening Evening
Crosbie Morrison Building, ANBG

  Have you ever heard the frogs in the Gardens and wanted to know more about them? Join Anke Maria Hoefer (Frogwatch Coordinator for ACT & Region) to listen and […]

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Frog Listening Evening
October 2026
Oct
01
Thursday,
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Samuele Ramellini and Xingyi Jiang ‘The social lives and collective behaviour of an iconic bird species: the superb fairywren’
Event Category:
ANBG Theatrette

Superb Fairywrens lead complex social lives and have a multilevel social structure in the non-breeding season as well as the breeding season. Xingyi and Samuele will discuss the decisions individuals make in their community.

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Samuele Ramellini and Xingyi Jiang ‘The social lives and collective behaviour of an iconic bird species: the superb fairywren’
Oct
03
Saturday,
8:30 am – 10:30 am

Wake Up With the Birds
Event Category:
Visitor Centre

  A wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra’s amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on […]

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Wake Up With the Birds
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