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Please do not feed any wildlife especially ducks or birds in the Botanic Gardens - this is very harmful to them.
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For a Booked Guided Walk at the Botanic Gardens for 5 or more people please book on 08 8226 8803. Special interest walks are also available.
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Friends of the Botanic Gardens Strategic Action Plan 2007-2009
Friends Contact Details:
Ph (+61 8) 8222 9367
Fax:
08
8222 9399
Email: friendsabg@internode.on.net
2010 OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday, Thursday & Fridays
8.30am - 4.30pm
For Booked Walks please
phone 08 8226 8803
Postal address:
Friends of ABG
c/- Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
Patron The Governor of SA
Click here for information on how to Join the Friends.
The Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
There are 3 Botanic Gardens in Adelaide
The ideal way to escape the heat is to take a walk through
Mt Lofty Botanic Garden it is always cooler there.
Whats On
Book NOW for the Renmark Trip
Monday 22March- Wednesday24 March 2010,
Enjoy the Roses, Wine tasting, cruise on a river boat, 3Day, 2Night Trip
General Meetings
The next General Meeting of the Friends will be on
Tuesday 2 February 2010, 7.45pm
in Noel Lothian Hall (rear Herbarium, Hackney Rd, ABG).
Propagation Workshop at Mt Lofty Botanic Garden
27 March 2010, 10am-1pm
Thoughts of the Week
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Immanuel Kant
"No man is
happy who does not think himself so."
Publilius Syrus
Free Guided Walks at the Botanic Gardens
Free Guided Walks by experienced Friends Garden Guides
leave from the Adelaide Botanic Garden Schomburgk Pavilion
daily at 10.30am & last approximately 1.5 hours.
Self-guided walk Map leaflets are also available
in the information boxes in the Botanic Gardens.
Although free, any Gold Coin Donation
goes back into the Botanic Garden.
Groups of more than five people must book in advance - ring 8226 8803.
The Garden Guides also offer a variety of special interest walks for groups of five or more ring 8226 8803.
Free Guided Walks in Mt Lofty Botanic Garden Every Thursday 10.30am from the Lower Car Park, Lampert Road, Piccadillly.
Mini bus tours available phone 8370 8370
Enjoy a day out & Visit MTLOFTYBG
Enjoy a visit to WITTUNGA BOTANIC GARDEN
Heat Policy for Guided Walks
Please be aware that if TEMPERATURES ARE FORECASTED TO GO ABOVE 36 Degrees Celsius Guided Walks will be CANCELLED
What's On in the Gardens - Botanic Park - North Terrace
Museum of Economic Botany INTERNAL RENOVATION.
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Website www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au
Projects in process in the ABG
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Exhibitions in the Santos Museum of Economic Botany open 10am-4pm, daily
Friends have the opportunity to volunteer to assist with visitors to the Museum.
Events organised by the Friends
Mahjong Mondays
Every Monday join our enthusiastic Mahjong Players in the North Lodge
Every 1st Thursday of each Month of 2008 Jewellery Workshops
Plant Sales:
Next Plant Sales
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Sunday 18 April 2010 11am - 3pm
(in front of North Lodge, Plane Tree Drive ABG)
Mt Lofty Botanic Garden
Sunday 28 March 2010, 11am - 2pm
Lower Car Park, Lampert Road,
Mt Lofty Botanic Garden
Community Notice Board - Plant Shows & Sales, Adelaide Community Activities
Don't forget to check the Open Garden Scheme website:
for beautiful open gardens from the weekend of 22 August 2008.
About the Friends
Founded in November 1977 by the late Dr Collin Robjohns, the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide was the first botanic gardens Friends group in Australia. Its formation & success helped inspire the founding of similar groups in all major & many regional botanic gardens in Australia.
Become a member today! Join or renew today>>Join the Friends
As a Friend:
You receive our colourful & informative Gazette, 4 times a year
You will also receive a Newsletter to keep you up-to-date with Friends News
Tours to gardens in South Australia, interstate & overseas are arranged for members.
Expert guest speakers at quarterly meetings
Attend talks, exhibitions, workshops & other garden related activities
Friends can participate in Botanical Art Classes Botanical Art Group & Botanical Art Workshops conducted by qualified botanical artists.
Get fit with the Friends Walking Group
Your membership card will entitle you to:
Free entry to the Bicentennial Conservatory in the ABG
Discount at participating nurseries & other related business.
10% at the Botanic Shop in the ABG
Each year members are involved in various activities within the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, providing visitor services which would not otherwise be available. For more information phone the Friends Office 8222 9367.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteering is rewarding & fun
Over the years, several significant gifts to the Gardens have been made possible through our fund raising activities.
Pruning for Fruit, Bruce Morphett
Pruning for Fruit, Bruce Morphett, A concise guide to the care and pruning of common fruits & vines. RRP $19.95
Citrus: A Gardener's Guide, Bruce Morphett, Ian Tolley
Available late 2009
Retailers please contact the Distributor:
Scribo t: 08 8268 8222 fx: 1300 650 777
books produced by the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide Herbarium Distributed by the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
"Sturt Pea A most splendid plant" by eminent botanists David Symon & Manfred Jusaitis
RRP Soft Cover: $39.90
Plants of the Adelaide Plains & Hills, 3rd Ed Dashort & Jessop RRP $39.95 +Postage
Click here -
Order Form
RRP $49.95 + Postage
Seeds of Change, Richard Aitken
RRP $49.95