Living Collection

Botanic Gardens of Sydney has an extensive Living Collection across three gardens and The Domain Sydney, blooming with history, scientific importance and wonder.

Grove of different species of Palm trees, with orange flowering cliveas growing in the undercanopy

Spanning our three Gardens, The Domain Sydney and The Australian Plantbank, our sites house an extraordinary Living Collection comprised of wild-sourced, thriving plant families and ecosystems that define the beauty of the Botanic Gardens and serve as an invaluable resource for conservation, research, and education.

Featuring over 11,900 plant species from Australia and across the globe, our three botanic gardens, The Domain and the Australian PlantBank, hold unique and significant plants from more than 300 families which weave together to create a stunning and dynamic botanical tapestry for visitors and researchers alike.

Our 20-year Living Collections Strategy is fundamental to how Botanic Gardens of Sydney understands and curates its remarkable living collections. It will shape the maturity, diversity, and direction of the living collections for future generations.

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Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney is home to thousands native and international plant species, including many rare and endangered plants. With a variety of different garden themes and displays, the Garden is a treasure trove of botanical diversity.

This collection includes palms, orchids, cycads, ferns, and succulents, with new species added regularly to keep the collection exciting and diverse for visitors and researchers alike.

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Living Collection at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan is the largest botanic garden in the country and showcases a unique and vast array of Australian native flora. Over 2,500 native species thrive across the award-winning landscapes curated by a dedicated team of conservation horticulturalists. Home to the critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland, the Gardens’ Living Collections contributes to the conservation of Australia’s flora alongside its world-class facilities used for conversation and seed storage, the Australian PlantBank and National Herbarium of New South Wales.

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Living Collection at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah

The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah has an incredible collection of over 21,000 global species, focusing on cool-climate plants from the Southern Hemisphere. The Garden's collection includes over 900 species of plants from the Blue Mountains region, including many rare and endangered species. It's also the only public display of the Wollemi pine, a species considered extinct until its rediscovery in 1994.

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