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.

Learn how genetic information can help ensure the right plant material is sourced to successfully restore habitats that are genetically diverse and resilient for generations to come.

An explosion of colourful and interesting mushrooms has excited people who are foraging for fungi – but they are being warned to simply look and not touch.

Australian Institute of Botanical Science have recorded an elusive plant for the first time in decades.

Scientists are on a mission to discover more about plants as old as the tyrannosaurus.


Keen to visit the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, but don’t think you have enough time to do it justice? Think again the Garden is perfect.


The new National Herbarium of New South Wales and its collection of over 1 million plant specimens has begun an exciting new era at the Australian Botanic Garden.


Unearthing the Medieval herbals, some of the Daniel Solander Library's most intriguing books about medicinal plants.
As you travel along the winding Bells Line of Road on approach to the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, you really feel like you’ve escaped to a different world.

People are reporting "alien-like" grubs surfacing in their pot plants.

The exuberance of summer continues in early autumn. Big, bold and beautiful flowers feature this month.

The wet weather can be a pain when it comes to staying on top of your garden, but it also produces some strange sights.


Providing some of the most vibrant colour in autumn gardens, delicious syrup and winged seeds which helicopter to the ground to the great delight of any child in the vicinity.