22 and 23 Nov 2025 | 10:00 AM – 04:00 PM
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Christmas Raffle
Christmas Raffle
Melbourne Friends
Tickets are now available for the Friends’ 2025 Christmas Raffle with over $10,000 in prizes to win.
1 ticket – $10
3 tickets – $25
5 tickets – $35
8 tickets – $50
All profits from the raffle help the Friends support the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and the National Herbarium of Victoria
To buy raffle ticket(s) and see all prizes, click here.
How the Friends support the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
How the Friends support the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Some of the projects and initiatives supported over the last 10 years include:
$200,000 to fund curating and data basing of the Global Collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria
$69,500 to purchase two new Garden Explorers and their signage, to help many visitors explore the Gardens
$75,000 towards the restoration of the Fern Gully Rest House
$300,000 to build the boardwalk in the Fern Gully enabling access for all
$190,000 towards the design and construction of the Sensory Garden
Over all the Friends have given 3.7 million to the Gardens over their lifetime.
You can help us to continue to support development, restoration and research in the Gardens by donating to the Friends’ Trust Fund.
“The Art of Botanical Illustration” exhibition – A Guided Tour with a Botanical Illustrator
Sat, 5 Oct 2024 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Birds of the Melbourne Gardens: Talking Online with Liz Hackett
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Talking at Mueller – The Art of Bird Nesting with Dr Iliana Medina Guzman
Wed, 4 Sep 2024 | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Oaks of the Gardens Exhibition
Oaks of the Gardens Exhibition
Friday 15 March – Sunday 24 March 2024
Visitor Centre, RBGV Melbourne
9.30am to 4.30pm daily
Free entry
The story of these beautiful trees that grace the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne will be told through botanical illustrations by some of our most talented and celebrated artists.
More information coming soon.
