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Our Gardens

Melbourne

Visit Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, the living heart of the city.

Cranbourne

Visit Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and see spectacular Australian plants in an award-winning garden.
Science
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia’s plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.
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Herbarium

Research

Identifications

Seedbank

Library

Journal

Publications

Science Staff
Initiatives
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a leader in innovative public programming and world-leading botanical, horticultural and conservation research.
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Southern Brown Bandicoot

Landscape Succession Strategy

Climate Change Alliance

Virtual Garden
Learn
Our dedicated education staff deliver a wide variety of nature based learning programs Mon-Fri at the Melbourne Gardens & Mon-Thu at the Cranbourne Gardens
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Early Childhood Excursions

Primary Excursions

Secondary Excursions

Tertiary Excursions

Educators Hub

Learning Initiatives

Biomimicry

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series

Learning eNews Sign Up
What's On

Professional Development

2025 Opportunities

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria provides an extensive range of professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, all year round.

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria partners with leading industry experts to provide an ever-increasing range of professional development opportunities for educators across the year. Please keep an eye on this page as opportunities for 2025 will be added soon.

Teaching Science in Green Spaces – Years F to 2

Designed for all educators of lower primary (F-2) school-aged children this FREE online professional development webinar will support you to feel confident in including hands-on outdoors experiences as part of your teaching program.

Teaching Science in Green Spaces – Years 3 to 6

Designed for all educators of middle and upper primary (3-6) school-aged children, this FREE online professional development webinar will support you to feel confident in including hands-on outdoors experiences as part of your teaching program.