![A view of Garden Palace from across Farm Cove, circa 1880](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/history-garden-palace.jpg)
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Travel back more than 200 years to the very beginning of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
History
![Botanical Garden 1900s pic](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/botanical-garden-1900-pic-thumbnail.jpg)
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
The 1900s was revolutionary, not just for the Gardens but internationally. Sydney was a city of promise.
History
![Wollemi pine agathis jurassica](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/News---wollemi-pine-agathis-jurassica-1024x676.jpg)
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Citizen science, education and conservation messaging became a key priority for the Gardens.
History
![The site of the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/history-Mount-Annan.jpg)
Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
Home to 4,000 native plant species and a botanical science hub.
History
![cut-flower nursery under the Brunets](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/News-BlueMountains-General-cut-flower-nursery-1024x676.jpg)
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
Learn more about The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah's history.
History
![Pencil drawing of a flowering plant some of the image is coloured with gouache](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/Education-Sydney--Living-learning-Scientific-Drawing-Primary-Programs-1584x633.jpg)
Learn about the work of the Gardens' two scientific illustrators, who illustrate plants described by botanists.
![Detail from a Joseph Lycett painting of First Nations peoples sitting around a camp fire at night](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/FirstNations-Sydney-Cadi-Jam-Ora-Gadigal-Lands-Lycett-Painting-496x372.jpg)
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
The traditional custodians of the land on which the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney stands are the Gadigal.
History
![Australia's national flower the Golden Wattle (Acacia) with a cloudy blue sky background](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/News-Sydney-Golden-Wattle-Australias-National-Flower-496x372.jpg)
Throughout August and September, gardens across Australia turn to a sea of golden hues with Australia’s national flower.
First Nations
![Charred black beans](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/News-Sydney--News-Black-bean-496x372.jpg)
Genetic studies of the black bean have discovered that humans are behind its unexpected distribution in New South Wales.
![Path though the Garden](https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/News-BlueMountains--News-What-Makes-A-Garden-Botanic-496x372.jpg)
The concept of a botanic garden has evolved over time, with a modern focus on plant conservation.