Love Your Nature

Explore a kaleidoscope of colour, plants and passion with Love Your Nature! Step inside the wonderfully diverse world of plant-love in our new immersive horticultural exhibition.

wall of greenery under a glass ceiling
Location

The Calyx, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

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Date

Daily

Time

10am - 4pm

Price

Entry by donation
 

Celebrate plant-love

Plant-love has been happening since the dawn of time. Over eons, they’ve been reproducing with themselves, with other plants... and with the help of water, wind, fungi, insects, and other animals.

This year’s exhibition celebrates all kinds of plant-love. From prehistoric plants that use clones, spores and seeds to reproduce, to flowering plants that employ colours, shapes and scents to attract animals, and humans matchmaking for bigger fruit, brighter flowers and to protect wild plants for the future.

Curated by the horticultural team at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Love Your Nature has over 20,000 plants on display and one of the largest living green walls in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Calyx’s kiosk, the Leaf Department, is open 8am–4pm every day. Visit for great coffee and juices, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, sweet treats and snacks.

Closures

The Calyx is a public exhibition space, however it is also available to hire for private events. On occasion, The Calyx will be closed to facilitate these private events. It may also be closed in cases of extreme heat. Please see closure dates below. We apologise for any inconvenience.

April
  • Tuesday 23 April: exhibition and cafe closed
  • Wednesday 24 April: exhibition and cafe closed
May
  • Thursday 9 May: exhibition closed, cafe open
  • Friday 17 May: exhibition closed from 3pm, cafe open
  • Saturday 18 May: exhibition closed, cafe open until 11am for takeaway only
  • Sunday 19 May: exhibition and cafe closed
  • Wednesday 29 May: exhibition and cafe closed from 1pm