Botanical themes

Acacia walks 

• Wattle Walk 2023 Newaddition October 2023
  (Image of Acacia melanoxylon leaves to phyllodes) 
• Wattle Walks 2022: What Stories Can We Tell?  Guides' notes 
• Wattle Walk 2020: Guides' notes. Prepared by Mary Bush and Linda Beveridge. Presented in PD 18 August 2020.
• Acacia walk, based on Betty Woods's 2008 walk, but updated on 14/08/2016

Arboretum trees 2017

There are sixteen species of Australian trees in single species (or two species) forests at the National Arboretum Canberra. This walk, which takes about 90 minutes, will enable visitors to see mature examples of fourteen of these species. The introduction explains the reason for developing this walk and provides some basic information about the Arboretum. There are detailed notes about all the trees. The route description has brief notes about each species and describes the route to be followed. There is also a map of the route. All the files, except for the map, are .doc files. Updated 09 May 2019

Ancient Plants and Animals Walk 2022

• Ancient Plants and Animals Walk 2022  Notes  This walk was developed by Joanne Smith, as a Themed Rostered Walk, for the public, in July 2021. It is designed to provide a look at the impact of geological change on Australia’s plants and animals. The walk shows what the vegetation was like in the ages of dinosaurs and megafauna and how it has changed over time. Glenys Bishop, Pam Cooke and Kay Saunders assisted.  It has been reviewed, with minor amendments, for use as a Themed Rostered Walk in July 2022.  Newaddition 19 September 2022

• Ancient Plants and Animals Walk 2021  Companion Written by Joanne Smith as a companion to the walk notes. It contains details of items mentioned in the walk notes and references of interest.

Banksia walk 2020

WOW Banksias walk 2020 - prepared by Kath Holtzapffel. This walk offers a selection of some of the attractive and interesting mature Banksias growing at the ANBG. The aim is to supplement the newer plantings in the Banksia Garden. It includes links to images either taken by Kath or from the Australian Plant Image Database (APII).

Eucalypt Walk Notes 2022

The new Eucalypt Walk Notes 2022 were developed by Kerry Moir and Glenys Bishop, March 2022 Newaddition 16 April 2022

Eucalypt Training walk 2021

The Eucalypt training walk 2021 was developed by Jane Keogh, assisted by Glenys Bishop, March 2021

Eucalypt Discovery Walk 2019

The self-guided Eucalypt walk was funded by the Friends and the Bjarne K Dahl Trust. John Turnbull and Anne Campbell did the research necessary for the selection of the 20 species and were largely responsible for the wording on the interpretive panels. Note that several of the trees have died or are threatened for various reasons since the walk was created and the walk will change accordingly. Updated version January 2019

Eucalypts for beginners, 2016

Eucalypts for Beginners (or Gummies for Dummies) prepared by Jane Keogh. Updated February 2016

Fern Walk, 2023

Focus on Flowers, 2022

Focus on Flowers. Prepared by Kay Saunders, Kerry Moir and Glenys Bishop in October 2022. Newaddition 4 November 2022

Iconic Plants conference walk 2017

Iconic plants walk. Prepared by Jane Keogh, Mary Bush and Margaret Grist and presented by Mary and Margaret in PD on 19 September 2017. Added 6 January 2018

Iconic Plants Walks 2015

Two one-hour routes, one with steps and stairs and one without steps or stairs, are described. They include good examples of most of the Iconic Plants in the Gardens. The How To document explains how to develop a themed walk, using the documentation that has been provided. Walk Routes describes the routes. Detailed Documentation has information about 32 different families/general/species. Guides have to develop their own walk, reading only those parts of the detailed documentation that apply to the plants that they include on their walks. Updated 29.07.2015

Myrtaceae walk, 2008

Myrtaceae walk prepared by John Turnbull for the ANBG Guides Course August 2008

Off the Beaten Track 2021

• Off the Beaten Track prepared by Glenys Bishop, Kay Saunders and Mary Bush. An "introduction to parts of the gardens not frequently visited to see beautiful plants in out of the way spots. Each walk will feature some examples of work done by Gardens staff to conserve our vulnerable, threatened, and endangered native plants, as well as plants in flower".  (12 June 2021)

• Route - map (in Word)
• Notes to accompany presentation for Off the Beaten Track Route (presented at Guides meeting January 2022 Newaddition 24 January 2022
• :Pictures from a visitor on a walk led by Jocelyn Fitzharding in December 2021.   Newaddition 24 January 2022

Plant evolution walk, 2016

Plant evolution walk. The evolution of plants from algae to the plants of today using a one year time scale. Prepared by Pam Cooke. Added 15 August 2016, updated March 2017

Plants Through Time walk, 2023

Plants Through Time walk. This walk was based on the 2016 Plant Evolution walk but modified to emphasise plants from the period when megafauna roamed Australia, to complement the megafauna exhibition in the Gardens. Prepared by the Themed Rostered Walks group, July 2023. Added September 2023

Reading the Leaves - From the Rainforest to the Red Centre, 2017

Reading the Leaves - Adaptation to Changing Climates.  With a particular focus on leaves, we will explore ways in which plants have adapted to the various Australian habitats and the overall drying of the continent. As Australia took its plants through geological history, it has forced the plant to engineer ways to survive, every time having to compromise between photosynthesis and water retention, with the change in climate from rain forest to the red centre. Prepared by Wayne Hoy.  Added 20 May 2017.

An alternative version of this walk has been prepared by Naarilla Hirsch.  Uploaded 23 June 2017.

Symbiosis: the art of living together 2023

Symbiosis: the art of living together walk notes  This themed rostered walk presented in August 2023 was based on the 2021 version but made more accessible to the general public.

Symbiosis: the art of living together 2021

Symbiosis: the art of living together. This special guided walk was planned to run in conjunction with a performance, “Symbiosis”, by the Australian Dance Party during Enlighten 2021. The walk was open to Friends of the Australian National Gardens and to the General Public. Prepared by Robyn Black, Mary Bush, Christianna Cobbold, Sue Genner, Wayne Hoy and Tricia Morton.  See also a map of the route and some images.

Threatened plants walk, 2010

Threatened plants walk for the guides (Betty Wood)  April 2010. Still relevant 2019.

Links:

• EPBC Act list of threatened flora
• Criteria for listing threatened species
• Search individual plants on the NSW government site Saving our species -  and also the Threatened species profile search, including: Acacia pubescens — Downy Wattle, Hairy Stemmed Wattle; Allocasuarina portuensis; Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong  (Additional information from Ros Cornish Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong); Eucalyptus parvula; Pimelea spicata 

Threatened Species Walk, 2020

Threatened Species Walk - prepared by Naarilla Hirsch. Originally developed September 2019, updated February 2020 to include information on Hibbertia circinata and available information about possible impacts of the recent bushfires on the plants on this walk (and a general note about how many of the plants are impacted – 44%!!)

Threatened Species Walk, 2022

Threatened Species Walk 2022 - developed by Naarilla Hirsch as a Themed Rostered walk offered in May 2022   
Newaddition 19 May 2022

Tree walk 2023

Wonderful Australian Trees offered as a Themed Rostered Walk in May 2023. Newaddition 16 May 2023

Tree walk 2021

The Tree walk 2021 was created by Kerry Moir and Pam Cooke for Tree Week 2021. It was based on a walk prepared by Glenys Bishop in 2018. It includes information taken from the Eucalypt Walk 2021 developed by Jane Keogh, assisted by Glenys Bishop (with helpful comments from John Turnbull); and from the Documentation for Individual Families/Genera and Species prepared for Australia’s Iconic Plants Walks in 2015.  

See also Hibbertia circinata - an interesting story related to bushfires of 2019-20 and the role of the ANBG. Glenys Bishop and Pam Cooke.

Water, Fire and Tree-House Walk

• Water, Fire & Treehouse: Presentation. Prepared by Jonette McDonnell, Alison Turner and Linda Beveridge for Professional Development in May 2021
• Water, Fire and Tree-House Walk: Guides Notes, prepared May 2021.