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Friends of Bendigo Botanic Gardens

The Friends of Bendigo Botanic Gardens are working with the City of Greater Bendigo to promote, protect and restore the historic public gardens of Bendigo.

Further details can be found on our website https://friendsbgobg.org.au

20/11/2025

🌿 Tomorrow’s Guided Walk – Garden for the Future: Around the World 🌍

Join us tomorrow for a relaxed walk exploring plants from different parts of the globe – all chosen to thrive in Bendigo’s tough climate.

We’ll look at how these climate-smart plants are used in the design, share a few great stories behind them, and give you ideas you can take home to your own garden.

📅 Saturday 22 November 10.30am (~1 hour)
📍 Garden for the Future, Bendigo Botanic Gardens
⏱️ Meet at Larni Garingilang entrance near Hamelin St

No bookings needed * Everyone welcome * Bring a friend! 🌱

14/11/2025

The gardens are buzzing and looking beautiful - enjoy stories, plants and history of the Heritage Garden.
FREE Heritage Garden Walk with Deb & Simone🌿
Tomorrow (Sat 25 Oct) • 10:30am
Where: Bendigo Botanic Gardens — meet at the Larni Garingilang main entrance (off Hamelin St) 📍
Cost: Free • No booking required

07/11/2025

We're going around the world!

FREE Guided Walk – Garden for the Future: Around the World
When: Sat 8 Nov, 10:30–11:30am
Where: Bendigo Botanic Gardens (meet at Larni Garingilang main entrance, Hamelin St)

06/11/2025

We're happy to see so many people enjoying the gardens.

31/10/2025

🌿 Laura & Judy will be exploring Garden for the Future - Around Australia this Saturday— Don’t miss it!
What: Garden for the Future – “Around Australia” Guided Walk
When: Saturday, 10:30am
Where: Bendigo Botanic Gardens — meet at the main entrance to Larni Garingilang (off Hamelin St)
Why: Discover Australia’s incredible native plants — vibrant colors, diverse forms, clever adaptations
💸 Cost: FREE — no booking required
⏱️ Duration: ~60 mins

30/10/2025

Recently lifted tulips for sale. $5 a bag. Paper bags supplied. Botanic Gardens, White Hills Nursery Napoleon Crescent - Saturday morning at the nursery 10am - 12 noon.

23/10/2025

Explore the stories, plants and history of the Heritage Garden with two fantastic guides.

FREE Heritage Garden Walk with Deb & Judy 🌿
Tomorrow (Sat 25 Oct) • 10:30am
Where: Bendigo Botanic Gardens — meet at the Larni Garingilang main entrance (off Hamelin St) 📍
Cost: Free • No booking required

Forecast: a couple of showers, top of 18 °C 🌧️
Pack a light rain jacket and comfy shoes. We’ll go ahead in light showers; check this page by 9:30am for any update.

Bring: hat, water, rain jacket, comfy shoes 👒💧👟
All welcome!

16/10/2025

Laura + Deb = double the insight. Our dynamic duo is on guide duty again.
📅 Tomorrow (Sat 18 Oct) • ⏰ 10:30am
📍 Bendigo Botanic Gardens — meet at the Larni Garingilang main entrance (off Hamelin St)
💵 Free • No booking required
🧢 Bring: hat, water, comfy shoes
All welcome. 🌿

15/10/2025

The FBBG Illustrators group are having an open day on Saturday 18th October. This concludes our special activities commemorating of our 25th Anniversary Year. You are invited to participate or just observe. See attachment.

09/10/2025

Friends of Bendigo Botanic Gardens are celebrating 25 years of helping keep our gardens beautiful.

Why not make a day of it - join Laura at 10.30am for a FREE guided walk then after lunch, a picnic perhaps, join Judy, Mandy & Lyn for a FREE propagating workshop.

What: Garden for the Future – “Around Australia” Guided Walk
When: Saturday, 10:30am
Where: Bendigo Botanic Gardens — meet at the main entrance to Larni Garingilang (off Hamelin St)
Why: Discover Australia’s incredible native plants — vibrant colors, diverse forms, clever adaptations

Cost: FREE — no booking required
Duration: ~60 mins

08/10/2025

Free workshops at the Bendigo Botanic Gardens run by the Friends. Saturday 11th October 2pm Meet at the Nursery behind the Samuel Gadd Centre in the heritage section of the gardens.
Workshop 1 - Propagating native plants from cuttings with Judy. Enhance your garden by using cuttings to make more plants. Materials supplied.
Workshop 2 - Propagating Succulents with Mandy and Lyn. Increase the variety of these hardy plants you nurture in your garden using the interesting selection provided.

03/10/2025

Which means longer evenings to enjoy the Botanic Gardens!
Starting Sunday our closing time will shift to 9:00pm. Come soak up the extra sunshine and explore the gardens into the evening. ☀️🌸

Address

71 Napoleon Crescent
Epsom, VIC
3550

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 12am
Saturday	10am - 12am

Website

http://www.friendsbgobg.org.au/

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Protecting, promoting and restoring Bendigo’s historic gardens

The Friends Committee meet monthly at the Samuel Gadd Centre at the Bendigo Botanic Gardens, White hills at 2.30pm every 3rd Tuesday of the month.

The ‘Growing Friends Group’ meets at the Samuel Gadd Centre weekly from 9.30 am –11.30 am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month and the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Plants are propagated by the Growing Friends Group for sale, and for the gardens themselves. General gardening work is also undertaken with guidance by the gardens staff.