Stories from the Botanic Gardens
From what's blooming to the latest botanical science research, discover the stories that make the Botanic Gardens unforgettable places for science, horticulture and leisure.


With a dense collection of cool climate trees nestled in amongst UNESCO World Heritage wilderness, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah is one of the best places to marvel at nature’s spectacular show of autumn colour.


March may mark the official start of autumn but horticulturalists across Botanic Garden of Sydney’s three sites have already seen leaves changing colour for some weeks now.

An Australian webtool designed to help practitioners consider genetic information and climate change when sourcing material for restoration has been showcased on the international stage.

Prof. Brett Summerell has been recognised in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List.

As the Bunya Pine dropping season begins, new research shows that Indigenous Australians increased the spread of Bunya Pine to preserve culture following European colonisation

The Community Greening program has helped establish hundreds of community gardens across New South Wales to positively impact people in cities and remote communities

Australia’s oldest scientific institution is soon to farewell Chief Executive, Denise Ora, after nearly a decade of service with the organisation.

Chief Scientist Professor Brett Summerell shares his highlights and learnings from a field trip to the tiny island off Australia’s east coast

To conserve populations of Eucalptyus cryptica, geneticists identified least related plants and designed a new population which maximised genetic diversity.

Distributing genetically diverse Wollemi Pines around the world is setting a new benchmark for conservation

After years travelling across Australia sampling and sequencing numerous species in the genus Leptospermum, scientists have established four extra genera – renaming dozens of iconic tea tree species.

They may be cute, but experts have trained this pair of pups to sniff out a silent killer that’s decimating Australia’s vegetation