Cairns Botanic Gardens in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Botanical garden

Cairns Botanic Gardens

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4032 6650

Address: 64 Collins Ave 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: www.cairns.qld.gov.au/cbg

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22.01.2022 No plant sales for over 3 months so lots of eager buyers turned up this morning and left with smiles on their faces

22.01.2022 Don’t miss out on the Friends of the Gardens Super Plant Sale on the Conservatory Lawn this Sunday.

21.01.2022 'The' McCormack St Ficus: Is in need of some assistance after attempting to ward off a nasty fungal pathogen named Phellinus noxius commonly known as brown root rot. Amongst a variety of issues , it attacks tree roots causing decay, which cuts off water and nutrient supply to the crown resulting in tree death. The disease is difficult to control and can remain viable in the soil organics for many years as it spreads through root contact between trees. Its presence can gener...ally be recognised by a ‘stocking’ that forms on the roots and tree trunks. In an attempt to bolster the Fig Trees defence mechanisms against Phellinus noxius the boys are broadcasting a biological control measure in the form of another fungal species named Trichoderma which may stem further spread of the unwanted soil born pathogen by ways of competition for nutrient ,crowd collinisation and many many other means. The Trichoderma collonises well on steamed rice and it is then applied to the affected areas on the trunk and also introduced to the soil profile that houses the trees root system. After the treatment the Gardens Crew undertake a thorough sterilisation of their PPE to ensure the pathogen doesnt get a free tour to a new site! Fingers crossed as we watch and wait!

20.01.2022 Conservatory Make-over! We've made some changes to a couple of the beds in the conservatory... Things have been growing so well for the last few months that some beds have been getting a little congested. So, we took the opportunity provided by the sunny weather this week to re-vamp a couple of them, expanding our range of palms and opening up the views a little. We hope you'll enjoy watching the new plantings as they become established over the next few months.

15.01.2022 Yes! The crew got the Conservatory open today!! Yes! The Conservatory will be open tomorrow. Yes! The rain has cancelled our maintenance for Thursday 21/05/2020 ... Yes! We will need to reschedule the Conservatory Maintenance forward to Thursday 28/05/2020! This will mean a 5 hour closure from 0700hrs - 1300hrs Yes! You would be correct that we are still waiting for some butterflies to emerge so we can release them into the structure, so they are not in there as yet. Yes! We have over Emoji-ed (sp) on this post!

14.01.2022 WE,RE NOT QUITE READY AS YET! Theres lots to prepare to get our stunning displays and butterfies available for everyone to enjoy and this takes a bit of time and expertise . As soon as we are ready to push the green button , you will be the first to know ! ... Enjoy your weekend!

12.01.2022 Time to take a walk through the Gardens and Centenary Lakes

11.01.2022 We are so pleased to say that our popular Trolley Plant Sales will resume with an 'Opening Sale' next Wednesday (24 June) from 8.30 am (note the new start time) outside the Friends House. Hope to see you there.

08.01.2022 Super Plant Sale: 8am to 2pm Sunday 30 Aug. We missed Easter and there’s no Carnival on Collins so we’ve joined into the Tanks market day. Teak lawn in front of Conservatory. Please share

08.01.2022 New to the Conservatory: Native Tropical Orchid Display Thanks to the generous support of the Australian Orchid Foundation, the orchid-growing community at large, and the Australian Tropical Herbarium, we have installed a display of Australian tropical native orchids in the conservatory. This is located to the right of the main orchid display, on the western side of the structure. The display is comprised of species and hybrids from northern Australia, with a few close relatives from New Guinea thrown in for good measure. The goal of the display is to highlight the diversity of orchids from our region, while at the same time showing that many of them are very easy to grow - especially the horticulturural hybrids.