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Thank you for your interest in our school excursions at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

Full day special offer: Book your group into two lessons in the one day to receive big discounts! *To view rates see here. **Terms and Conditions apply.

The submission of this form is a formal request for a booking on the dates and times specified, subject to availability.

If you do not wish to make a booking please send your queries to programs.info@bgcp.nsw.gov.au

For added value to your day out in The Garden, book a half hour guided tour of The PlantBank in conjunction with a school excursion, or visit on a self-guided tour!

The Australian PlantBank specialises in research into the conservation of Australian native plant species. The innovative design of the building allows you to discover what our scientists are working on by seeing right into the laboratories! We’re proud of the science that happens at PlantBank and we’d love to share it with you.

Click here to find out more about The Australian PlantBank.

Bookings essential for all school groups: guided and self-guided options are available - read more below. 

Stages

4, 5 & 6

Location

The Australian PlantBank

Duration

30 minutes

Cost

$100 per class/ FREE for self-guided

There are two options to visit the PlantBank with your class

Option 1

Add a 30-minute guided tour to your existing school excursion 

Be guided through the stunning space by a Garden educator who will provide interpretation to you about the amazing building, its sustainable features, and the current scientific research that occurs on site.You will then be given time to explore the building at your own pace and enjoy the Diversity Wall – a fantastic interpretive wall which the students can interact with through a quiz.

This add-on is approximately 30 minutes of time to walk to and explore the building. If you are also booking a school excursion with us, please allow longer for lunch between your booked excursion program and this add-on.

Bookings essential: Includes an introduction and interpretation by a Botanic Gardens Educator, quiz sheets for students and an answer sheet for the teacher (please bring your own pens/pencils).

Cost: $100 per class

Option 2

Self-guided

Walk through the building with your students, pointing out fun facts as provided on a self-guided information sheet.

Bookings essential: Fact sheet provided on booking.

Cost: Free 

Sustainable Development Goals

Through our education programs we aim to 
•    ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning (SDG 4)
•    demonstrate actions that work towards making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11)
•    inform and empower students to preserve our forests and halt biodiversity loss (SDG 15)

Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals we promote prosperity for the whole community, while protecting our planet for future generations.

               

Online learning for your students

Cumberland Plain Woodland
Explore a remnant of the endangered woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan.
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What are adaptations?
Plants and animals have in-built adaptations borne out of an evolutionary arms race. 
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Adaptations to the Anthropocene
Humans are around 300,000 years, yet we have the dominant influence on the Earth’s climate and environment. 
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We acknowledge the Dharawal people and their continuing custodianship of this land, Mount Annan (Yandel'ora - meaning place of peace between people). We pay our respects to the Dharawal Elders past, present and emerging.