If you’ve admired the windflowers blooming at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden at Mount Tomah, now’s the perfect time to try growing them at home. With minimal care and the right conditions, these beautiful plants will reward you for years to come.
With a dense collection of cool climate trees nestled in amongst UNESCO World Heritage wilderness, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah is one of the best places to marvel at nature’s spectacular show of autumn colour.
Keen to visit the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, but don’t think you have enough time to do it justice? Here are three ways to spend your day.
Take the road less travelled and walk through the stunning breadth the garden has to offer.
Senior Horticulturalist, Blue Mountains Botanic Garden
Shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing”, the Japanese practice of immersing oneself in the atmosphere of the forest, is a balm for the body and soul, writes Marion Whitehead, Supervisor Ornamental Gardens and Nursery Mount Tomah.
A molecular tool could change the future of broad-leaved paperbark, allowing scientists to identify myrtle rust–resistant trees and restore threatened landscapes more effectively.
One year ago, a pungent princess captivated the world when she bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Our new documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal her rapid rise to fame, her extraordinary life cycle, and the conservation work saving this once-a-decade bloomer.
An easy, beginner-friendly guide to transform your backyard or balcony into a dreamy, native meadow inspired by Australian flora and the sleepy charm of blue‑banded bees.
With a fresh new look and a renewed sense of purpose, Growing Friends Plant Sales continues to go from strength to strength, uniting passionate volunteers, beautiful plants and a shared love of the Gardens.
For the team at the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER), a request from the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden to create a hedge of the towering Nothofagus moorei, or Antarctic beech, sparked a unique collaboration between science and horticulture.
As fascinating as the books housed at the Daniel Solander Library are, the journeys they have taken to arrive there can be just as intriguing, writes Miguel Garcia.