Excursions

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

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Two students in the garden inspecting trays of water during an experiment.
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Students will learn the value of water, and the importance of sustainable management practices.

First Nations Educator and a group of children looking at a Banksia flower.
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Investigate native plants and their adaptations, and explore the latest scientific conservation and ecosystem research.

Two children eating bush tucker in the Royal Botanic Garden during NAIDOC Week 2021.
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Learn about how Aboriginal people lived off the land before first contact and then investigate the plants and seeds brought by the First Fleet.

Two students using magnifying glasses to inspect lichen on a rock
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

There's been a theft of a valuable plant specimens at the Garden and we need your help investigating the crime.

A wooden bowl full of a variety of Australian bush foods.
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

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

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Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

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

Four children in yellow shirts at a bench in the garden planting seedlings.
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Innovative urban gardens are an excellent solution to the environmental challenges we face in our cities.

View from Mrs Macquarie's Point of the Sydney opera house and bridge across the harbour
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Students will learn the value of water, how water interacts with its environment and the importance of sustainable management. 

Close up of cactus
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Plants have amazing adaptations that ensure their growth and survival.

Close up of the YurraBirong sculpture at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Investigate the wide variety of local native plants that were integral to the lives of First Nations people.

Galah perching on tree near hollow
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

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

close up gardening
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Explore sustainable living practices and become a sustainability superhero!