Botanic Gardens Day 2021 ‘Flora, Fauna, Funga!’ – The Power of Plants Last Sunday in May − Botanic Gardens Day 2021 Sam Moon, BGANZ Marketing and Communications Officer
Botanic Gardens Day continues to adapt to the conditions of the day, and feedback from our membership remains strong. 2021, with some gardens in lockdown and others operating normally, saw a great response from members and the public alike, who shared photos, videos and wonderful stories across the month of May using #plantchallenge. I particularly enjoyed being
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educated by the knowledge our members share across all our botanic gardens and arboreta. In 2021 BGANZ took the brave step to stream the botanic gardens day online panel live from Wollongong Botanic Garden (WBG). James Beattie, Alison Morgan and Andrea Algar and all at WBG ensured an outstanding experience was provided on screen and throughout the gardens on the day, as you will see from the photos in this article. Botanic Gardens Day Ambassador Costa Georgiadis hosted the panel, and he was just one of the highlights of the 50th WBG celebrations. It was wonderful to see the crowds that attended the numerous events in Wollongong on botanic gardens day.
Botanic Gardens Day panel Joining Costa this year were panelists: • James Beattie, Living Collections Curator, WBG • Suzanne Thompson, Australian Native Food & Botanicals (ANFAB) • Dr Peter Buchanan, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research • Georgina Reid, The Planthunter • Ricardo Simao, Environmental Systems Manager, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Costa, James, Georgina, Ricardo, Suzanne and Peter shared their incredible and diverse knowledge, leaving the live audience and online viewers with a wide range of insights and hungry for more.
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THE BOTANIC GARDENer | ISS 57 SUMMER 2021
