From our Partners at the Foundation and Friends of the Botanic Gardens
Opening Celebration – 18:00 Friday 28 October 2022
Artisans in the Gardens is an exciting and diverse range of artworks inspired by nature in all its forms. A celebration of the natural world, Artisans in the Gardens, now celebrating its 21st-anniversary event, brings together an extraordinary range of artwork.
Hear from past curator, ex-RBGDT trustee, past Friends of the Gardens president, current tour leader and Growing Friends volunteer, Tim Jackson,
who is our guest speaker on the night, as he acknowledges the incredible work, commitment and passion it takes to have such a successful and
long-running volunteer exhibition supporting our beautiful gardens.
Artisans 21st Anniversary Exhibition – 10:00-16:00 Saturday 29 October-Sunday 6 November
The exhibition showcases some of Australia’s best established and emerging artists and craftspeople with over 3,000 artworks including sculpture, ceramics, hand-blown glass, jewellery, textiles, plus so much more.
The pieces are thought-provoking, awe-inspiring, functional and beautiful pieces of art. The artistic inspiration for the works draws on the intrinsic
beauty of nature as well as current environmental issues and sustainability. All artwork sales support your Botanic Gardens.
Other Artisans activities include
- Artisans Power Shopper Hour – Saturday 29 October
- Morning/Afternoon Tea with Curator Libby Wright – Monday 31 October & Wednesday 2 November
- Painting on Clay with Araceli Adams – Tuesday 1 November
- Painting Memories on Ceramics with Isabella Edwards – Friday 4 November
- Artisans Spring Walk High Tea – Saturday 5 November
Growing Friends Open Weekend Plant Sales – Saturday 29–Sunday 30 October & Saturday 5-Sunday 6 November
Celebrating Artisans in the Garden, the Growing Friends Nursery extends its hours and offers its most beautiful plants in an open weekend plant sale. Shop for a great range of native and exotic, rare and hard-to-find (including endangered) plants. Among the wide selection expect new varieties of begonias, succulents, and ferns, and a limited number of bromeliad ‘garden artworks’ and beautiful ‘indoor garden’ pots.
We look forward to welcoming you back to the Gardens and thank you for your ongoing support.