Excursions

Find and book educational excursions for school groups and school holidays at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

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Exciting learning adventures await your home schoolers. 

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Experience the Garden and its fascinating nightlife on this adventure by torchlight. 

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Based on Katrina Germein’s book Big Rain Coming, students will explore how First Nations people read and understand daily and seasonal weather changes and how this affects the places and environments around us. 

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Students will investigate a wide variety of local native plants that are integral in the life of First Nations peoples, exploring how these plants contribute to sustainability practices and the preservation of natural resources. 

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Students explore the Botanic Gardens and experience art through the wonders of nature. 

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Explore the history through hands on experiences to gain insight into First Nations peoples experiences of settlement and compare ways of knowing, being and doing between these two cultures. 

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 Learn about the ecology of the protected, remnant environments. 

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Introduce your children to Nature Play. Our educators are trained to make learning and connecting with nature fun.

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Bring your Vacation Care group to the Garden for creative and active outdoor fun! Explore the Garden through craft, art, cooking, gardening, First Nations culture, cool science, theatre shows, sensory tours and more. 

The entry to the Australian Plantbank at Mount Annan

A school tour of the Australian PlantBank is an extraordinary hands-on experience for students that brings their STEM learning to life within a state-of-the-art plant science and conservation facility. 

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Examine infected plant material to observe different types of pathogens and the symptoms caused.

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Provide your students with an opportunity to explore complex aspects of this topic by engaging in inspiring activities with New South Wales' top scientific institutions.