Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens

Welcome to the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Website

Gardens News

Drought Dynamos With summer in full swing, this January come to the Geelong Botanic Gardens and discover some of the regions best water smart plants. More Information here.

Music In The Gardens The ever popular Music in the Gardens series returns for 2010. Enjoy February Sunday evenings on the Teahouse lawns and enjoy great music. More Information here.

At the origianl 19th century entrance of the gardens two of the Geelong Bollards of the first curator Daniel Bunce and a young lady friend stand to greet visitors.

Founded in 1985 the Friends are a volunteer support group working in partnership with the Geelong Botanic Gardens. The Association is semi autonomous and self funding. The Friends have established a sound financial base and all funds raised are returned to specific Geelong Botanic Gardens projects.

There are over 500 members and approximately 140 are directly involved in a wide range of activities. The Friends activities involve:

We hope you will browse the many activities on our website and feel that joining the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens is for you!