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Find out about our special events and activities

How to get here and what you need to know to make your visit enjoyable

Come to a class, dine in our restaurant, experience our Visitor Centre, hire a venue or ask an expert

Visit our special gardens and collections, including our extensive Tasmanian native collections

Young people are welcome at the Gardens. Find out about our special attractions and activities for children

The Friends are a committed group of people who work to support and assist the Gardens through voluntary work, activities and fundraising

Discover our rich and fasinating history, and learn how we're planning for the future

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A Brief History

Built Heritage

Plant Collections - History

Plant Collections - Current Practices

Environmental and Conservation Initiatives

Reaching Out - State Wide Significance

Strategic Plan 2003-2007

Strategic Goals

Meeting Tasmania Together Priority Benchmarks

Community Engagement

The RTBG engages with its visitors and the local community through a variety of major events. These include the Tulip Festival, now in it's twentieth year. The Tulip Festival is a two-day event celebrating spring amongst the Gardens' bedding displays and is now recognised as an iconic event on the Tasmanian calendar.

The Huskies' Picnic is a unique festival held as the closing event of the Antarctic Midwinter Festival. The festival celebrates Hobart's many connections to the Antarctic and the Picnic's unusual mix of activities includes Husky races re-enacting the use of dog teams in the past, ice carving and Antarctic-themed photographic exhibitions.

The Garden is also home to an active summer theatre program and hosts many smaller community events. On a more intimate scale the RTBG provides a background to those special family occasions, especially weddings.

We will have achieved an important primary aim if our visitors leave with lasting and fond memories of sharing their time in the company of many or with friends and family or of just sitting alone enjoying the peace and the plants.