Tertiary Excursions

RBGV’s Tertiary programs support students to experience nature-based learning in a real-world context.

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Gardens for Learning and Play

Melbourne Gardens

Discover how to create an outdoor play and learning space centred around imaginative Nature Play.

Participants will learn about the planning, plant selection and landscape creation that went into the development of the Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden.

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Health and Wellbeing in Nature

Melbourne Gardens

Explore the physical, mental and emotional benefits of nature and spending time outdoors.

Students will be challenged to consider how being in nature can contribute to positive emotional and physical wellbeing and discuss the importance of healthy foods, physical exercise and spending time outdoors.

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Aboriginal Heritage Walk

Melbourne Gardens

Come along with a First Nations guide to gain insight into the rich history and thriving culture of Australia's First Peoples.

Discover their connection to plants and unique uses for food, tools and medicine.

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Behind the Scenes

Melbourne Gardens

Come and discover the stories that live behind the walls of Australia’s first established herbarium.

The Behind the Scenes program will take students on a botanical journey, following the process of how plant material is collected in the field, to how it becomes part of the State botanical collection. Students will see how delicate plant specimens are dried and pressed to become a reference piece for scientific study.

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Tertiary Excursions