What’s on in 2023

Friends’ Plant Sales

Trolley Plant Sales: Wednesday mornings from 8.30am to 11.30am outside the Friends House, Flecker Gardens.

Other sales held on the front Conservatory Lawn: Pre-Easter Sale: Sunday 2 April 8am to noon

Carnival on Collins: Sunday 3 September 8am to noon

December Plant Sale: Sunday 3 December 8am to noon

Friends’ Talks

Wednesday Night Talks are held on the second Wednesday of the month from 6.30pm at the Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre. Members $5, non-members $10. Topics are varied.

Friends’ Shop

Based in the Flecker Garden, the Friends’ Shop opens from 9.30am to 3.30pm on Monday to Friday with friendly volunteers available to assist with directions and answer questions about the Cairns Botanic Gardens.

The Green Space education food garden

Jess Mitchell Park, Greenslopes St. Open Wednesdays 9.30 to 3.30pm and Friday afternoon 1.30 to 3.30pm, and by appointment for groups and workshops.

Children’s nature programs

Little Taccas nature activities and Little Sprouts kindy kids program. Find dates on our website page.

Friends’ Garden Guided Tours

Discover the Cairns Botanic Garden and its vast array of tropical plants, Monday to Friday leaving from the Friends House at 10am. Contact the Friends House 4032 3900 for further details.

Friends Bird Tours

Guided birding tours in the Cairns Botanic Gardens every Tuesday, leaving at the new time of 7.30am from the Friends House, Flecker Gardens.

Botanic Gardens & Tanks Precinct Heritage Tours

Did you know these tanks were used to store oil? Come along and learn all about the Cairns Botanic Gardens and Tanks Art Centre heritage with the Green Space Our Place volunteers. Tours leave at 10am on Thursdays from the Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre.

Join The Friends

Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Cairns

Membership details - phone 4032 3900 or email info@botanicfriendscairns.org.au

After joining you can support the Friends in many ways: as a committee member, in the Friends Shop, as a tour guide or assisting with events.

Friends of Sugarworld Botanic Gardens

Contact Fran Lindsay frantastic10@bigpond.com

Newsletter contributions:

Please submit articles (must be volunteer or naturebased) by first week of May for the next quarterly publication in June.

Email: l.grandy@cairns.qld.gov.au Please note articles are subject to editing.

Like us on Facebook to keep up to date with all events or visit our websites:

- Green Space Our Place

- Cairns Botanic Gardens

- Friends of the Botanic Gardens

Green Space Our Place

• Tuesdays - Cattana Wetlands Jabirus 9am to noon

• Tuesdays - City Sandpipers, Tuesdays 9am to noon

• Wednesdays - Botanic Gardens Down ’n’ Dirty volunteers 9am-noon

• Wednesdays - Tracks ‘n’ Trails 9am to noon

• Thursdays - Stratford Nursery volunteers 9am to noon

• Thursday (once a month) - Sugarworld Friends & Gardeners 9am11.30am

• Fortnightly Thursdays - Children’s Nature Activities Program - Little Taccas

• Fortnightly Thursdays - Kindy kids program - Little Sprouts

• Heritage Tour Guides - Thursdays 10am

• The Green Space education food garden - Wednesdays 9am to 3.30pm / Fridays 1.30 to 3.30pm

Interested in becoming involved with your local park, reserve or tracks in your community? Contact us to register as a Council volunteer and be involved in beautifying your park (enhance planting, weed management, litter clean-up), reporting on issues (graffiti and vandalism, anti-social behaviour, maintenance issues) and building community participation (networking activities) with Council support.

If you are interested in supporting any of our weekly groups or volunteering in your local area contact Volunteers Supervisor Louisa Grandy 4032 6648 or email greenspaceourplace@cairns.qld.gov.au