Spring Plant Sale

Growing Friends Plant Sale

Saturday 19 October 10am - 4pm

Sunday 20 October 10am - 3pm

Our plant sales are hugely popular and the next sale is coming up soon!

Our plants are mainly sourced from the Royal Botanic Gardens and many are not commonly available. We offer plants in the following categories: Australian Natives,  Climbers, Bulbs & Rhizomes, Camellias, Herbs, Perennials, Hanging Baskets, Shrubs, Succulents, Trees, Bromeliads, Orchids and Rhododendrons & Vireyas.

Advice is also available at the sale from our members and from RBGV Horticultural staff who will happily answer questions on the day.

20% discount on the full price is offered to Friends of RBG Melbourne on presentation of your membership card.

 

You will find the plant sale inside Southern Gate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Free entry

TABI 2024

The Art of Botanical Illustration

17th Biennial Exhibition

The Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne will be hosting the 17th ‘The Art of Botanical Illustration’ (TABI) biennial Exhibition, between Saturday 28 September and Saturday 12 October 2024, 10am to 4pm.

Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria will be officially opening the 17th TABI exhibition at Domain House on Friday 27 September.

TABI is one of Australia’s leading botanical illustration exhibitions.  It will be presented as a hybrid exhibition, with a physical exhibition held at Domain House, Melbourne, and as a virtual exhibition.   Offering the exhibition in a hybrid format will promote it to a global audience and encourage more international artists to submit artwork following the success of TABI 2022.