Acknowledgment of Country
We honour and respect all Elders and Traditional Custodians of the lands the Botanic Gardens of Sydney stand on. We acknowledge the lands as significant historical, ceremonial and traditional trade grounds.
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Explore our scientific projects and find out how they guide the conservation of resilient ecosystems.
The woodland contains many different organisms but plants are the biggest and most obvious. A few species are trees but most are groundlayer plants, which make up about 90% of the flora.
Seeing animals is always an exciting part of the woodland visit but most are small, shy or nocturnal, and difficult to see. Invertebrates are creatures that you will see, if you look carefully!
In the same way that banks secure our money for future use, seed banking is a safe method of storing seeds for later use in conservation, restoration, horticultural development or research.
Our Collections Management team cares for, curates, shares, and preserves the botanical collections housed at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
A team of researchers led by the Australian Institute of Botanical Science have assembled the complete genome of the striking species Telopea speciosissima.
The New South Wales Waratah grows naturally in patches of sandy loam on ridges and plateaus in the Sydney geological basin, the Central and South Coast districts and the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.
The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan has an interesting mosaic of natural areas that have their own intrinsic value.