The way we engage the younger ones through nature play and activities

Little Sprouts

Kindy kids program

Singalong and story time

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 August for the next quarterly publication in September.

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

Little Taccas nature activities program

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