Water conservation at the Royal Botanic GardensSince 1995 the Royal Botanic Gardens has led the way in water conservation for large landscapes.
RBG Melbourne is recognised as one of the world’s finest botanic gardens. There are over 10,000 species and 50,000 individual plants in the 38 hectare gardens, including trees and plants of great cultural value. Many of these plants are irreplaceable, endangered or even extinct in the wild. It is important that the survival of these plants is guaranteed by an adequate supply of water. more information    | What's On Spring 2008 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and The Australian Garden
Woodland Picnic Area Launch
|  |  | When | Sunday 23rd November 2008
11.00am - 3.00pm | | Where: | Woodland Picnic Area | | Cost: | Free
Entry prices apply to the Australian Garden. | Bookings & enquiries: | Tel: (03) 5990 2245
| The launch of the new Woodland Picnic Area, bicycle track, and the Garden Grubs Kids' Club are all set to take place on Sunday 23rd November 2008. Join us for a fantastic family day full of fun and interactive activities, including a sausage sizzle, didgeridoo workshops, guided walks and hands-on activities.
The Woodland Picnic Area and bicycle track is now open for use and the Garden Grubs Kids' Club is open to new members
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Tropical Hothouse 
'Retreat to the warm, humid tropics inside the Tropical Hothouse. Experience the feeling of walking through dense vegetation and discover the weird and wonderful plants of the tropical rainforests. Take a step back in time and be astonished by early plant life, which has evolved from before dinosaurs roamed the earth. Download Self Guided Brochures: Vital Plants • Botanical Marvels • Plant Evolution
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International Visitors
 Plant Census 
Find out what plants grow at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Now publicly available on the Gardens' website, the plant census provides records on over 50,000
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The Online Plant Census Project has won the Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards 2007 for Innovation and Excellence in Records Management. Guilfoyle’s Volcano
Originally built under William Guilfoyle’s direction in 1876 as a reservoir for irrigation supply, the structure was designed to represent a volcano, to be viewed as a focal point for the Gardens’ landscape.
Read More 'Guilfoyle’s Volcano' Plant Names  Botanists Roger Spencer, Rob Cross and Peter Lumley have just produced a plain English guide to the use of plant names.
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