Acknowledgment of Country
We honour and respect all Elders and Traditional Custodians of the lands the Botanic Gardens of Sydney stand on. We acknowledge the lands as significant historical, ceremonial and traditional trade grounds.
Have you looked up at the canopy of a forest recently? Discover what’s growing in Australia’s forests and why trees are important to us, animals and each other.
Do you know why eucalypts are often called ‘gum trees’? What part of the fig tree do bats love to eat? And why are macadamias so expensive?
Did you know that all three of our iconic trees provide habitat for animals big and small?
Listed as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community, only 6% remains of the 107,000 hectares of Cumberland Plain Woodland that covered western Sydney,
Meet the passionate people who work behind the scenes of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.