Stories from the Botanic Gardens
From what's blooming to the latest botanical science research, discover the stories that make the Botanic Gardens unforgettable places for science, horticulture and leisure.
A new research project by the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER) is exploring how genomic information can guide the restoration of threatened ecological communities.

Discover how restoration practitioners can use the Restore and Renew web tools to consider genetic information and climate change when sourcing material for restoration.


At 1,000 metres above sea level, Mount Tomah is the highest peak in the area and is a significant place to the Darug people, the traditional custodians of the land.

Learn how genetic information can help ensure the right plant material is sourced to successfully restore habitats that are genetically diverse and resilient for generations to come.

An explosion of colourful and interesting mushrooms has excited people who are foraging for fungi – but they are being warned to simply look and not touch.

Australian Institute of Botanical Science have recorded an elusive plant for the first time in decades.

Scientists are on a mission to discover more about plants as old as the tyrannosaurus.


Keen to visit the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, but don’t think you have enough time to do it justice? Think again the Garden is perfect.


The new National Herbarium of New South Wales and its collection of over 1 million plant specimens has begun an exciting new era at the Australian Botanic Garden.


Unearthing the Medieval herbals, some of the Daniel Solander Library's most intriguing books about medicinal plants.
As you travel along the winding Bells Line of Road on approach to the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, you really feel like you’ve escaped to a different world.

People are reporting "alien-like" grubs surfacing in their pot plants.