Excursions
Find and book educational excursions for school groups and school holidays at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Experience the Garden and its fascinating nightlife on this adventure by torchlight.
Based on Katrina Germein’s book Big Rain Coming, students will explore how First Nations people read and understand daily and seasonal weather changes and how this affects the places and environments around us.

Students will explore how First Nations knowledge sustains environments and culture through practices refined over thousands of years. They will connect with native plants and learn their traditional uses to understand sustainable ways of caring for Country.
Explore the history through hands on experiences to gain insight into First Nations peoples experiences of settlement and compare ways of knowing, being and doing between these two cultures.
Collect data, complete fun mapping exercises and learn about controlled burning to manage the Cumberland Plain Woodland.

Plants have amazing adaptations that ensure their growth and survival.

Explore sustainable living practices and become a sustainability superhero!

Explore and record features of these beautiful locations while developing geographical skills.

Put on your scientific hats! It's time to investigate the amazing world of plants.

Immerse yourself in the meeting place of two cultures, exploring history through hands-on experiences to gain insight into First Nations people's experience of colonisation.
Explore the amazing world of invertebrates.

Investigate plant life cycles with hands-on activities in the Garden.