Botanic Gardens Week
19–25 May
Botanic Gardens Day has been extended to a full week! This is an annual week of celebration to highlight the role of plants in our lives and the important work botanic gardens and arboreta undertake every day to conserve them for future generations.
This Year’s Theme
Guardians of the Green. Protecting our Future.
Inspired by the success of zoos in raising awareness for wildlife conservation, this year we are positioning 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. Additionally, just as zoos are connected globally, so are botanic gardens. Discover how we are a network of gardens collaborating and sharing species to fight extinction.
A key aim of BGANZ is to raise awareness of the critical conservation work that is undertaken by botanic gardens and the role they play in educating the public on the value of plants. With over 90 member gardens, we celebrate this incredible work across the week of May through events and story telling.
Participating gardens will showcase their ‘Big 5 Plants’ – a selection of species that tell powerful stories. Come and meet the Rare 5, the Quirky 5 or the Legendary 5!
Together, we are the Guardians of the Green. By visiting, exploring, and supporting our gardens, you’re directly contributing to the preservation of the plants that sustain life on Earth. Visit, engage, and help make a difference today!
Meet our Ambassador
Costa Georgiadis
Ambassador Botanic Gardens Week
Costa Georgiadis is Australia’s most loved landscape architect and TV presenter who has an all-consuming passion for plants and people – he knows how to bring out the best in both of them, and takes great pleasure in bringing them together.
“Inspiring connections to plants across all generations—that’s what gets me outta bed in the morning!”
Costa hosts the Botanic Garden Week webinars across the month of May.
Webinars
Member events
Member resources
Media Kit – Botanic Gardens Week 2025
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 […]
Media Kit – Botanic Gardens Week 2024
More Than A Garden. Protecting our plants and landscapes We have now finalised the Marketing Kit for you to use in your promotion of BotanicGardens Day 2024. See your emails for a link to the Dropbox folder. Download Key messages for Botanic Gardens Day 2024 Media Release How to make a video guide
Protect Our Future.
Your contributions, no matter the size, will help us support Zoos For Plants. Join us in saving species!