Banksia Festival is coming to Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in August!

Presented by the Cranbourne Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV), the Banksia Festival celebrates Australian culture inspired by the plant genus Banksia.

It incorporates a series of presentations, walking tours and workshops based on the science of botany and botanic art and an exhibition of artworks featuring cultural interpretations of the genus in paintings, literature, gardening, glasswork, sewn craftwork, photographs, sculpture, basketry and floral art.

Exhibition entry will be free and open to the public on weekends during the festival, along with entry into the world-renowned Australian Garden, which is open nearly every day of the year.

The Opening Day (16 August) will feature three presentations in the Tarnuk Room at the Australian Gardens Visitor Centre.

Tours of the back of house Special Collections will be available for the able-bodied. These collections are important to the history of the Cranbourne Gardens and were experimentally planted in the 1970s to test the site suitability.

Bookings are needed for both the Special Collections visit and the Australian Garden tour as spaces are limited.

Bookings for the presentations, tours and workshops are now open, and places are limited, for further details and to book please click 'More Information'.