Botanic Gardens Day (Aust/NZ) + 40th Anniversary Celebrations FREE OPEN DAY
🌿 We’re Turning 40! 🎉
Come along to our FREE Open Day and help us celebrate 40 wonderful years of the Gardens.
📅 Enjoy a fantastic day filled with:
• Specialist talks from 9.30 am
• Official opening ceremony at 11.00 am
• Exploration of our 25 themed gardens
• Entertainment by the Wandering Minstrels
• Delicious sausage sandwiches
There’ll also be:
🌱 A Bonsai display
🐝 Hunter Valley Amateur Beekeepers Association display
🐦 Bird walk with Hunter Bird Observers
🪴 Kids’ planting activity
🌿 Plant stall
📸 Gallery of archival photos
🎤 Full program of talks throughout the day
Talk topics include:
• Bird walk
• Mindfulness walk
• Herbarium talk (not usually open to the public)
• Bonsai
• Succulents
• Native ponds
• Grevilleas
• Orchids
• Rainforests
• Bush foods