Plotlines: Open gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne celebrates its 175th anniversary this year.Credit:Jim Pavlidis
Open Gardens
Almost a year since its last events, Open Gardens Victoria has announced it will begin opening gardens again next month – albeit with some changes. Tickets must be pre-booked and prepaid online, all visitors will be required to sign in at the entrance of each garden and masks will be required to be carried, and worn if social distancing can’t be maintained. Go to opengardensvictoria.org.au for more information.
Birthday celebrations
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne will this year mark its 175th anniversary with a string of events including a series of “garden gatherings”. The first of these is on Saturday, February 20, in the gardens’ arid and drylands precinct. It runs from 10am to 3pm and will include curator talks, guided tours, workshops and self-guided activities around Guilfoyle’s Volcano, the Eucalypt Lawn and the new Arid Garden. Go to rbg.vic.gov.au for bookings and more information.
Sustain forum
Sustain’s next Urban Agriculture Forum is to be held online in April. Discounted “early bird” tickets for Care Farming & Gardening in the Climate Emergency are being sold until the end of this month. Go to uaf.org.au/tickets/ for more information about the event, which runsApril 22-24, and to buy either one-day or three-day passes.