About us

The Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria

The Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria is responsible to the Minister for Environment.

The Royal Botanic Gardens Board administers the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, the National Herbarium of Victoria, the State Botanical Collection and the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE). Patron of the Royal Botanic Gardens is Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, a valued supporter of the RBG for many years.

Vision

To be one of the world's outstanding botanic gardens

Mission

To advance knowledge, enjoyment and conservation of plants through excellence in biodiversity research and management, horticultural displays and educational programs.

Objectives

Objectives under the Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991, are:

1. to conserve, protect and improve the botanic gardens and managed land and their collections of living plants;
2. to conserve and enhance the State botanical collection and National Herbarium of Victoria;
3. to provide for the use of the State botanical collection or plants or plant specimens at the botanic gardens or managed land for scientific or reference purposes, consistent with accepted international practice;
4. to increase public knowledge and awareness of plants and plant communities;
5. to provide for the use of the botanic gardens for education, public enjoyment and tourism.

Values

In our dealings with staff, visitors and clients, and in our management of issues and performance on a day-to-day basis, we are committed to the values of achievement, excellence, fairness, innovation, integrity, professionalism and trust. Developing our culture to produce and support these values is critical to our future corporate success. Living these values will facilitate the achievement of our Mission.