Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden in Sydney, Australia | Nature reserve

Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9424 0353

Address: 420 Mona Vale Road 2075 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: www.kmc.nsw.gov.au/wildflowergarden

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25.01.2022 This beautiful weather is the perfect excuse to get into the bush! Fawnaphlora shared their walk through the Wildflower Garden with us this week. Why not share yours?

24.01.2022 Our beautiful natural "rockeries" along the Smith and Bentham Tracks are still abundant with Pink Waxflowers for another week or two, but keep your eyes open for smaller gems coming into bloom, such as Pink Kunzea or Gompholobium grandiflorum!

24.01.2022 More wonderful wildflowers!

23.01.2022 What do these little beauties and a pirate have in common? Dampiera is a genus of 60-70 species all of which occur only in Australia. This genus is named after William Dampier; navigator, explorer and pirate who is said to be the first person to circumnavigate the world three times!

23.01.2022 Our plant of the week is... Hibbertia dentata - twining/trailing guinea flower, toothed guinea flower! These bee and butterfly attracting beauties are a great fence climbers, spreading up to 2m and blooming with large yellow flowers in late winter, early spring. They enjoy part shade and moist, well-drained soil and can flower in shady conditions.... Pick up $4 tube stock from our Wildflower Nursery: https://bit.ly/2Z60euW

21.01.2022 The beautiful Banksias in our bush.

21.01.2022 Have you discovered our hidden waterfall? Heather Miles shared her Wildflower Garden experience with us and her stunning shot of Phantom Falls... "I love wandering through the Ku-Ring-Gai Wildflower Garden, a hidden gem of St Ives. It's a showcase of beautiful Sydney sandstone flora and the bush tracks are ideal places to explore. A favourite is the Mueller Track, where these falls are found. Just pure magic particularly after the rain!" The Australian Plants Society - NSW Heather Miles.

20.01.2022 Due to popular demand, we have extended our Santa in the Garden photo sessions to 6 December. Book your photo here https://bit.ly/2HJM1Ox

20.01.2022 Once you level up your vanilla ice cream with Roasted Wattleseed Spice, you'll never want to go back! You can pick up your pack of Roasted Wattleseed Spice from our Visitor Centre after you next walk through the Wildflower Garden. Bushtucker Shop Kurrajong Australian Native Foods

20.01.2022 Grace Lee shared her experience from the Wildflower Garden this weekend

20.01.2022 Our spring school holiday programs are almost fully booked! We have released a few new sessions so make sure you secure your spots in these awesome experiences: Nature Play - Fantastic Frogs Nature Play - Magical Adventures Bush Kids - Bushcraft and Camping... Bush Kids - Animalia And the big kids can even explore Mueller Track by Night!

19.01.2022 To celebrate National Organic Week this week, we are giving away TWO 6-month subscriptions to the ABC Organic Gardener Magazine All you need to do is: 1. LIKE both Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden AND Loving Living Ku-ring-gai pages and 2. TAG a fellow organic gardening lover in the comments below!... The winners will be drawn Friday 11 September at the end of Organic Week! The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. Alfred Austin #NationalOrganicWeek #OrganicGardenerMag

19.01.2022 Guess and WIN this Australian Pollinator Week. Can you guess which of these pollinators is not a bee? Add your answer to the Loving Living Ku-ring-gai post below and be sure to like both of Facebook pages to go into the draw!

19.01.2022 Look out for Purple Flag Iris (Patersonia) flowering along the Solander Trail at the moment. You'll see its bright purple flowers scattered throughout the undergrowth

19.01.2022 The Wildflower Garden is a great place to get up those steps up while also enjoying the brilliant blooms and maybe even spotting little fauna friend or two!

18.01.2022 This week at Junior Rangers Club... We learned all about our local geology, Hawkesbury Sandstone and then we explored, climbed and collected all kinds of geological samples!

17.01.2022 Thank you to Pine Ross who sent in these colourful snaps from his walk through the Wildflower Garden this week. We love hearing your stories and seeing your experiences!

17.01.2022 Make one small change to the way you recycle this Recycling Week and you could WIN by taking our recycling quiz! https://bit.ly/3n3JfD0

17.01.2022 Did you know that our Visitors Centre has a nice little selection of gifts and goodies? Like these beautiful Australian Animal purses from The Linen Press. This Australian Climate-Friendly, Carbon Neutral business prints their products with water-based inks on Australian Certified Organic (ACO) cotton. You can check out their fantastic designs by popping into our Visitors Centre after your next walk at the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden!

17.01.2022 Our Visitor Centre is undergoing an exciting refurbishment next week and will be closed from Monday 21st to Friday 25th September. The Wildflower Garden will still be open all week and a pop up information stand will be able to assist you with planning your visit or picking up plants from our Wildflower Nursery. For any queries, contact us on 9424 0353.

16.01.2022 Long week? Why not unwind with guided walk among the wildflowers

15.01.2022 Our plant of the week is Clematis glycinoides, Headache Vine. It's common name hails from a folk use as a supposed headache remedy, however this evergreen climber's main attraction is it's display of masses of white star-like flowers from late winter to early summer. Growing many meters long along the ground or across climbing supports, it's variable green leaves are insect and bird attracting (great place for a nest) and it's dry fruits have a feathery end that floats away o...n the wind dispersing the seed. Drop by our Wildflower Nursery to pick up tube stock of this great indigenous plant and many others for only $4.

15.01.2022 Ranger Olga spotted this female metallic green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) resting in the sun Xylocopa aerata is one of two species of carpenter bee found only in the conservation areas around Sydney, and in the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales in Australia. Its only other habitat as of 2020 is on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The species is especially vulnerable to fire, and much of its habitat was burnt during the 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia.

15.01.2022 It was a busy week at Junior Rangers Club! Our first job was to judge all of the 120 entries in our Nature Photography competition. Voting was a difficult job because there were so many fantastic photos! After that, we celebrated Threatened Species Day by learning all about a local vulnerable species of amphibian, the red-crowned toadlet. This tiny, elusive frog has several known breeding sites here at the Wildflower Garden. The Junior Rangers visited one of these sites and managed to locate nineteen toadlets using only their croaks. We submitted recordings of the croaking to the Australian Museum using the Frog ID App!

15.01.2022 What wattles have you spotted this season? You can share your pictures with us in the comments below...

15.01.2022 Our first sessions of Santa in the Garden start this weekend! Book now: https://bit.ly/38vVJiG

15.01.2022 We love these Flora and Fauna loving friends enjoying exploring the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden together!

14.01.2022 Bring your little Nature Hero along to one of our special sessions for Recycling Week

13.01.2022 Our plant of the week is... Prostanthera incisa or Cut Leaved Mint Bush! This indigenous butterfly attracting, aromatic shrub truly pleases the senses; showing off pretty little lilac flowers in spring and giving off a beautiful minty scent all year round. It's leaves can also be added into hot water to deliver a delicious bush mint tea! Best planted near windows to enjoy it's fragrance, this shrub will grow fairly quickly to around 3m round in a partly shady position with mo...ist, well-drained soil and nice amount of mulch. You can pick up this perfect little addition to your garden from the Wildflower Garden Nursery on your next visit! Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Z60euW

11.01.2022 Drop by our Visitor Centre to see a live snap shot of what is currently flowering in the Wildflower Garden! How many of these can you spot along our trails?

10.01.2022 Check out this sneak peak of our new workshop space! More details coming soon...

10.01.2022 This week at Junior Rangers Club. We made art from rubbish to celebrate National Recycling Week! The Junior Rangers used old garden mesh to weave natural materials like grass alongside strips of fabric from old clothing, to create wonderful wall hangings.

08.01.2022 We have just stocked upon these beautiful Harvest Garden bar soaps! Their unique soap blends use olive oil, coconut, sweet almond, and macadamia nut oils to provide a gentle creamy lather, leaving skin cleansed and moisturised after every wash, without drying skin like other soaps can. Dried botanicals, spices, and essential oils are then sprinkled into the blend to add soothing, healing or invigorating aromas. Why not treat yourself?

08.01.2022 Our picnic areas are a beautiful location to celebrate any special occasion amongst the natural surroundings of the Gardens. Bookings can be made for exclusive hire for up to 20 guests. We enjoyed welcoming Katja and her guests to Lambert's Clearing over the weekend to celebrate her daughter's third Birthday.

07.01.2022 There's nothing better than a cool, tasty treat after a nice long walk in the Wildflower Garden.. and we're stocked with Flyin' Fox ice blox! Try 100% Organic Orange, Strawberry & Lemon or Lime & Mint (packed full of vitamins and phytonutrients) lovingly juiced and frozen within minutes into these sweet treats! As an added bonus you'll also be supporting this boutique, family owned, ethical business are seriously passionate about fruit and proud of their relationships with local farmers (Y)

06.01.2022 Thank you Joanne for sharing your beautiful shots from the Wildflower Gardens this weekend

04.01.2022 Spring has sprung and now is the best time to see the wildflowers in bloom! Join one of our Guided Walks to explore the best tracks of the season and pick up some great flora and fauna facts along the way! Bookings essential. Reserve your spot here >> https://bit.ly/2QS3p4L <<

04.01.2022 Fathers are the great protectors, leaders and teachers of the animal kingdom... Did you know that some male frogs give their tadpoles "piggy-back rides" from pond to pond and even keep them in their mouths (or pouches, like kangaroos) until they are able to make it on their own? Happy Father's Day!

04.01.2022 Here's another sneak preview of our brand new workshop space, upcycled by local legends shed eleven. More details on this space coming soon

03.01.2022 Spring in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden.

02.01.2022 This week at Junior Rangers Club... We had a master class in nature photography! Our students learned all about taking great photos by considering composition, lighting, focus and angle. Their favourite subject matter was definitely the wildflowers, which are looking spectacular at the moment!