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Explore Long Island with Cultural Guide Jakobi

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Explore Long Island with Cultural Guide Jakobi

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Cultural Guide Jakobi talks about the importance of place and landscape changes over time

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Explore Long Island at Melbourne Gardens

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Nature for Health and Wellbeing: A Review of the Evidence

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Nature for Health and Wellbeing: A Review of the Evidence

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This document has been produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and outlines the evidence supporting the benefits of nature for health and wellbeing. It also summarises some opportunities for the Gardens to engage people in this space.

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Learning with Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

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Our dedicated education staff deliver a wide variety of nature based learning programs Mon-Fri at the Melbourne Gardens & Mon-Thu at the Cranbourne Gardens

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Melbourne Gardens Master Plan 

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Melbourne Gardens Master Plan 

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Key Projects 2020–2040

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.

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Living Collections Plan Melbourne Gardens 2022–2042

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Living Collections Plan Melbourne Gardens 2022–2042

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Safeguarding plants

for the wellbeing of

people and the planet

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Wayfinding and Interpretation Design Award 2023

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Wayfinding and Interpretation Design Award 2023

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"This project sets a new benchmark for design excellence in process, aesthetics, quality, functional outcome, sustainability and collaborators’ commitment to the International Indigenous Design Charter"

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Design Process

The creative team - appointed through an EOI process - included Studio Binocular and Aspect Studios, working with Jefa Greenaway (Wailwan|Kamilaroi + D'harawal) Director of Greenaway Architects, as cultural design lead. Greenshoot Consulting led the Traditional Owner consultation, which also informed the concurrent development of RBGV's Interpretation and Storytelling Framework with Freeman Ryan Design.

Responding to extensive audits and user research provided by RBGV and Deakin Design, the design team undertook further site visits, consultation and design workshops to help inform the creative concepts.

Three design concepts were presented to a selection panel, and one selected concept was refined through collaboration between the Gardens team, wayfinding and digital design specialists, First Nations design translation, digital developers and Traditional Owners.

In advancing the design, the team adopted an iterative approach across many different platforms:
Physical signage:
Significant prototyping of the physical signs was undertaken - helping to establish a buildable approach for a product which had never been designed or built before. The team worked with fabricators to develop an innovative stacking system, helping to maintain the integrity and durability of materials. Systems were also developed to retrofit existing signage assets.
Digital wayfinding:
Studio Binocular worked to conceptualise the digital wayfinding system, creating user journeys and flows through wireframes, to test the buildability of the digital interface. The team collaborated with the developers of the main RBGV website to ensure full integration with their existing CMS, and began a process of digital prototyping and refinement before undertaking the complex build. Further user testing was undertaken on site to refine the design post-build.
Content development and placement:
Developing the content for a system like this is a complex task, and the team undertook rigorous site walk-throughs and a detailed planning phase to ensure that the right information was delivered at the right time.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne: Wayfinding Design

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A contemporary, industry-leading wayfinding system, using the International Indigenous Design Charter to bring the Gardens' story to life.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.

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Learn about the Landscape Succession Strategy

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Learn about the Landscape Succession Strategy

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Working Wetlands - sustainable water management project

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Working Wetlands - sustainable water management project

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Landscape Architect Andrew Laidlaw talks about the Working Wetlands sustainable water management project

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Greening the Gardens - a National Science Week event

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The Landscape Succession Strategy is a is world first in far-future planning for Botanic Gardens and managed landscapes - keeping the Gardens green into a changing future

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.

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Managing the health and safety of trees in the landscape

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Managing the health and safety of trees in the landscape

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Arborist Jim Shugg talks about the considerations in managing the health and safety of ageing and exotic trees in a changing landscape

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SERIES 32 | Episode 04
Jane Edmanson visits Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens to learn how the arborists there care for the mature trees as they age.
Arborist Jim Shugg says the team has to balance allowing trees to follow their natural form with the need to allow for the access and safety of visitors.

Trees play a very important ecological role, Jim says, with characteristics that young trees don't have, such as hollows, fissures in the bark, complex canopies - and these make a wonderful habitat for a range of organisms.

Soil biome under old trees continues to increase with richness as the trees age

One of the old river red gums in the gardens features in an old photo from about 1875, when it was already a mature tree. It's called the Cockatoo Tree because its hollows have been used for nesting by Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos for decades.

A Cockspur Coral Tree near the Herbarium, possibly planted in the 1880s, has been pollarded each year - the branches cut back each year to growth points, which keeps the tree compact.

Older trees often start to decline from the top down and these can be 'retrenched' by reducing some of the top growth, mimicking what happens in nature. Engineering solutions can also be used - such as metal braces and ties to support the weight of larger branches.

An ancient White Oak in the garden recently broke apart due to old age, however there are plans to incorporate the fallen limbs into a new feature for the garden.

RBG Landscape Architect Andrew Laidlaw explained the plans for the timber, which include transforming the main stump into a sculptural piece and honouring the tree's legacy by creating seats for visitors from some of the remaining limbs. Garden beds with native grasses and existing daffodils will embrace the whole area.

* NB: Erythrina crista-galli can be an environmental weed in some parts of Australia

Filmed on Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country | Melbourne, Vic

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Caring for the Old - Gardening Australia

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Jane learns about caring for ancient trees in Melbourne's Botanic Gardens, and how they are given a new lease on life even after they fall.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life. The organisation encompasses two diverse sites at Melbourne and Cranbourne and the State Botanical Collection housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria.

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History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne from 1845 - 1970

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History of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne from 1845 - 1970

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Source of historical photos, images and details about the Melbourne Gardens

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The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - RTM Pescott

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Geography Levels 7 - VCE

This padlet contains selected resources to assist students and teachers in formulating and investigating research questions with the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne as a fieldwork site

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Priorities:

People – Engaged communities

Place – Vibrant places

Plants – Sharing plant knowledge and discovery

Planet – Conservation action

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Our Innovate RAP encourages us to look outward and promote reconciliation in all our work: from our public programs, storytelling and education; to our landscaping and planting schemes; and the interpretation of our scientific collections and research.

The RAP also formalises our commitment to promoting cultural safety in our workplace, and working towards a society that understands and respects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, knowledge, contributions and cultures.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.

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Reporting on visitation, funding and projects

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Wonder - 175 Years of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

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Wonder - 175 Years of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

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Commemorative book containing insights from staff and others on the work and place of the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens

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This video explains the carbon cycle with reference to trees in the Melbourne Gardens landscape, and looks at our modern energy consumption beahviours, explaining the link between these and climate change. These concepts complement understanding the importance of our Landscape Succession Stragegy.

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RBGV Science and Horticulture staff put a lot of research and expertise into collecting plant material to support our conservation science work and our landscape succession planting

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Find out about the staff and work of the RBGV Science Team

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia’s plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Expert staff from Science, Horticulture and Public Engagement work together on this project which aims to involve the community in conserving rare and threatened Victorian plants

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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'Raising Rarity' program to engage the wider community in plant conservation

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.

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Hands-on and immersive experiences for students and teachers

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An excursion to Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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A series of audio experiences featuring people's responses to place and plants throughout the Melbourne Gardens landscape.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life. The organisation encompasses two diverse sites at Melbourne and Cranbourne and the State Botanical Collection housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a centre of excellence for botanical research. We play a vital role in the study of Australia's plants, fungi and algae, enriching our understanding of native biodiversity and its urgent conservation needs.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria plays a leading role in the conservation of plants through biodiversity research, programs to protect rare and threatened plants, and the study of habitats. This work is supported by education and visitor programs about the importance of plants to life.