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The new herbarium landscape at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan: enhancing a world-class botanic science hub Jarryd Kelly, Supervisor Horticulture, and Sitthichat Bamrung, Landscape Designer, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
The year 2022 marks the first anniversary of the Australian Institute of Botanical Science (AIBS) so it
Jarryd Kelly
Sitthichat Bamrung
was fitting that to coincide with this milestone, the new National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW) was officially opened. After 170 years at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (RBGS), the herbarium has found a new home in a world-class, purposebuilt facility at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, the country’s largest botanic garden. Inspired by the NSW floral emblem and designed in the shape of a waratah seed pod, the National Herbarium of NSW is now on D’harawal land and reinforces the garden’s connection to Country, as a place for reconciliation and gathering.
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Aerial view of the completed herbarium. Credit: Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
