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Friends Gift Fund — A Gift for Growth

A cluster of Dutch Irises in full bloom on a sunny day

Established in 1997 the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Gift Fund is a Public Fund approved by the Australian Tax Office, for receipt of tax deductible donations. The Trustee is Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Inc.

Your gift will enhance the beauty of the Geelong Botanic Gardens and help to secure the continuing relevance of it's collections, facilities, education and public programs. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

Donations
Cheques or money orders to be made payable to;
“Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Gift Fund”

Please send with your details to the address below.

For Credit Card payments please use our Donation Form (a pdf document).

Post to
Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Inc.
PO. Box 235
Geelong Victoria 3220

Have you thought about Sponsorship?

Sponsorship of the Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens would be an excellent addition to your public relations strategy. It would promote your organisation to the membership of 520; the popular annual Music in the Gardens concert series (2226 people in attendance in 2010) and this website.

Consider contacting the Friends office to discuss your Sponsorship options.

The Daniel Bunce Gardening Book
The first curator Daniel Bunce as represented as a wooden bollard.

The first curator of the Geelong Botanic Gardens is featured as a bollard near the 19th Century Garden Gate. Daniel Bunce was a plantsman, a businessman, an adventurer and an author. To acknowledge and celebrate his contribution to the Geelong Botanic Gardens, the Friends are pleased to make available new editions of his “Manual of Practical Gardening”. Learn more about the Daniel Bunce Gardening Book.

Contact Us
Friends Office
Fax / Phone
(03) 5222 6053
E-mail
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9am to 3pm
Postal Office
PO Box 235, Geelong, 3220
How Do I Get There?

Situated in the Eastern Gardens by the Geelong Bay, the Botanic gardens can be easily reached by car, foot and a free bus service during the summer months. There is car parking either side of the 20th Century garden by the front with space for visiting buses. Visitors to Geelong can walk the beautiful bayside promenade from the city up to the Eastern Park. Naturally the garden has been mapped by Google Maps, which you can access when you click this link.

Friends are Proudly Sponsored by …

Music in the Gardens is proudly sponsored each year by Wheeler Investment Advisors of Geelong.

Logo for Wheeler Investment Advisors.

Have you thought about sponsoring the Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens?