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

Students will engage with Food in Australia by investigating and tasting bush foods to discover how First Nations’ peoples’ diets began to evolve as first settlers began farming food on this land.

Students gain an understanding of how urban catchments work and how natural and human actions affect them.

Investigate native plants and their adaptations, and explore the latest scientific conservation and ecosystem research.
Explore the impacts of European colonisation on the First Australians, particularly the traditional custodians of the Sydney city area, the Gadigal people.

Learn about biology, ecology & soil science while solving a mystery based in the Botanic Gardens.

Students will learn about bush foods, and how Aboriginal peoples traditionally used them.

Collect data, complete fun mapping exercises and learn about controlled burning to manage the Cumberland Plain Woodland.

Plants have amazing adaptations that ensure their growth and survival.

Meet Abbie Mitchel, author of A Hollow is a Home to learn the roles, adaptations and needs of tree hollow-dependent animals.

Explore sustainable living practices and become a sustainability superhero!

Explore and record features of these beautiful locations while developing geographical skills.

Put on your scientific hats! It's time to investigate the amazing world of plants.