BOTANIC GARDENS WEEK 2025

Guardians of the Green. Protecting Our Future

Join our Guardians of the Green campaign this year for our 10th anniversary! The theme aims to highlight the critical conservation, education and outreach work conducted by our member gardens.

Inspired by the success of zoos in raising awareness for wildlife conservation, this campaign positions botanic gardens as the ‘zoos for plants’ – places where rare and threatened species are safeguarded for future generations and where society can learn and connect with nature. Participating gardens will showcase their ‘Big 5 Plants’ – a selection of species that tell powerful stories. Additionally, just as zoos are connected globally, so are botanic gardens. The campaign will highlight how we are a network of gardens collaborating and sharing species to fight extinction.

Through engaging visual storytelling, events and digital campaigns, utilising the simple comparison to zoos, Guardians of the Green will deepen public understanding of the essential role botanic gardens play in combating biodiversity loss and enhancing support for nature. Together, we will inspire visitors to become active participants in plant conservation – because protecting plants means protecting our future.

Head to the Botanic Gardens Week Facebook page, @BotanicGardensDay  and like, comment and/or share! Or visit our Instagram @bganz1 , X (formerly) Twitter @BGANZ1 and YouTube accounts.

Visit our Resources page where your Botanic Gardens Week toolkit will be available soon!

BACKGROUND

Botanic Gardens Day was launched in 2016 by ABC TV’s Gardening Australia host, and Botanic Gardens Day Australian Ambassador, Costa Georgiadis, and New Zealand Ambassador, Jack Hobbs. Each year this event has over 100 botanic gardens, arboreta and gardens in Australia and New Zealand taking part and celebrating the vital work botanic gardens do for plant conservation.

If you have any questions please forward to Dr Rebecca Harcourt, media@bganz.org.au