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Kids in the Garden

Looking for school holiday fun? Visit Botanic Gardens of Sydney this April for fun, outdoor school holiday activities.

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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Join experienced Early Years nature educators from the Garden who will facilitate play-based activities and nature experiences with you and your little one.

3 Apr – 26 June 2025
Opening
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Mingle with the artists and curators, sip on a glass of wine, enjoy delicious canapés, and view the exquisite works. 

4 Apr 2025
Melinda Edstein Painting
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

In autumn 2025 Botanica will return to the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney with the theme, The Art of Disguise and Deception

5 – 21 Apr 2025
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Walk, jog or run and raise funds for better, kinder and more effective treatments for the children's cancer neuroblastoma.

6 Apr 2025
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Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah

Immerse yourself in the captivating beauty of Autumn at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden through the art of nature journalling. 

6 Apr and 4 May 2025
Beverly Allen Painting
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

A four day intensive workshop to build watercolour skills for botanical painting on paper. 

8 - 11 April 2025
Tour
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Be guided around Botanica: The Art of Disguise and Deception exhibition and visit the Daniel Solander Library. 

9 April 2025
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Get ready for goosebumps!

11 Apr 2025
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

This Easter school holidays, experience an adventure like no other as Lewis Carroll’s absurd and wickedly clever classic, Alice in Wonderland, is brought to life in Glenn Elston’s acclaimed production.  
 

12 – 27 Apr 2025
Glasshouse Tour
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Orchids are the world’s second-largest family of flowering plants, and they have fascinated, entranced, and excited people for generations with their beauty and desirability of flowers. 

13 April 2025
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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Learn about the traditional uses of Indigenous bush foods and how they have adapted to the modern palate and plate.

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday (excl. public holidays)
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Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan

Discover Australia’s weird, wonderful and dangerous plants at Mount Annan.

15, 17, 22 and 24 Apr 2025