All about Asters – Take Home a Paper Daisy
Welcome spring with this workshop and take a piece of the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan home with you.
Meet at Visitor Centre, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
12 September 2026
10am – 11.30am
$70 Adult
$55 Concession
$55 Foundation & Friends members
1.5 hour
Within the Asteraceae family, there are multiple genera of paper daisies, including the most common Rhodanthe, Xerochrysum and Schoenia. A favourite horticultural plant over 200 years, they are prized for their papery bracts and long lasting displays of colour.
The Asteraceae family is a diverse group of plants found world wide. In Australia here are around 1000 native plants in this family. These plants are easily distinguished by their flower head, made up of two different types of flowers. Aster flower heads consist of a centre of miniature disc florets often surrounded by a ring of ray florets.
Asteraceae plants are an important part of the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan Living Collection. Collected from all over Australia, the garden cares for 51 different species on display 39% of which are from wild origin.
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