Past Events

VOLUNTEERS LUNCH with GUEST SPEAKER: JOHN ARNOTT

  • CWA Hall
  • 21 May 2025
  • 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

VOLUNTEERS SOUP LUNCH GUEST SPEAKER: JOHN ARNOTT In appreciation for our wonderful volunteers... More Details

SELF-DRIVE TOUR TO THREE MT MACEDON PRIVATE GARDENS

  • Mount Macedon
  • 13 May 2025
  • 10:00 AM – 3:15 PM
  • Past Event

Car-pool with friends for a great day out in late Autumn, visiting Friends patron Stephen Ryans’ ... More Details

SATURDAY PLANT SALE

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 05 Apr 2025
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

PLANT NURSERY LOCATED at the Rear of the Geelong Botanic Gardens Looking for something differe... More Details

GUEST SPEAKER - STEPHEN RYAN "THE LEGACY OF ELLIS ROWAN"

  • CWA Hall, 174 Boundary Rd, East Geelong
  • 10 Mar 2025
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • Past Event

Ellis Rowan was a world-famous Australian artist who will be honoured with a public statue in Mt ... More Details

WELCOMING SENIORS TO GEELONG BOTANIC GARDENS - 27 FEBRUARY 2025

  • Podbury Drive
  • 27 Feb 2025
  • 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Past Event

EVENT FULLY BOOKED Thursday 27 February 2025 9.30 TO 11.30 AM Free Event including GUIDED W... More Details

GARDEN VISIT TO 'ARUNDEL', FRIENDS' PLANT SALE and MORNING TEA (EAST GEELONG)

  • 24 Feb 2025
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • Past Event

EAST GEELONG GARDEN: Location details provided after payment. A late Summer garden has been lo... More Details

CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING WORKSHOP

  • Austin Grey Centre, Geelong College
  • 22 Feb 2025 10:00 AM – 23 Feb 2025 4:00 PM
  • Past Event

Learn this traditional art of single brush stroke and double colour loading, to produce the class... More Details

WELCOMING SENIORS TO GEELONG BOTANIC GARDENS - 20 February 2025

  • Podbury Drive
  • 20 Feb 2025
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Past Event

EVENT FULLY BOOKED Thursday 20 February 2025 9.30 TO 11.30 AM Free Event including GUIDED W... More Details

WALK & TALK with STEPHEN RYAN (FGBG PATRON)

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 13 Dec 2024
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Past Event

WALK & TALK with STEPHEN RYAN  (FGBG PATRON) at Geelong Botanic Gardens Friday 13 December 10.... More Details

THEMED GUIDED WALK 'POLLINATORS'

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 08 Dec 2024
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

The pollination of plants is integral to their reproduction and survival.  Come and learn about t... More Details

SATURDAY PLANT SALE

  • FGBG Nursery - Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 07 Dec 2024
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

PLANT NURSERY LOCATED at the Rear of the Geelong Botanic Gardens Entry is from the Gardens onl... More Details

FRIENDS' CHRISTMAS PICNIC

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 27 Nov 2024
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

This year the Friends’ annual Christmas picnic in the Gardens will be held on Wednesday 27th Nove... More Details

THEMED GUIDED WALK 'OUT OF AFRICA'

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 10 Nov 2024
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

Meet at the Front Gates Explore traces of the vast continent of Africa living in the Geelong Bot... More Details

THROUGH THE GARDEN GATES

  • 29 Oct 2024
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Past Event

Our popular self-drive tour of 4 gardens this year is in the Bellarine Peninsula. They rang... More Details

THEMED GUIDED WALK 'INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN OUR GARDENS'

  • Geelong Botanic Gardens
  • 13 Oct 2024
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Past Event

Explore the rich diversity of indigenous plants at Geelong Botanic Gardens, ranging from majestic... More Details