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25.01.2022 Karen Sutherland who wrote the article below will be at the RTBG on Thursday for the Prelude sale and the Meet the expert talk after 5,00pm.We are very lucky to have Karen Penny and Janice support again this year. Prelude Sale....entry $10.00 donation 11.00am to 3.00pm Thursday 17th October Spring plant sale 10.00am to 3.00pm Saturday 19th October Meet the experts Penny Woodward, Karen Sutherland and Janice Sutton to talk all things tomatoes and about their award winning book tomato sow know grow feast 5.00pm to 6.30pm need to book $25.00 per person. This year we are featuring 37 golden tomatoes many for the first time in Australia...that are better for your health It was 500 years ago since golden tomatoes were taken from Mexico back to Spain and Europe.

25.01.2022 Next week the RTBG Prelude Spring plant sale, entry $10.00 donation 11.00am to 3.00pm Thursday 17th October. Spring plant sale 10.00am to 3.00pm 10.00am to 3.00pm Saturday 19th October. Meet the experts Penny Woodward, Karen Sutherland and Janice Sutton to talk all things tomatoes and about their award winning book tomato sow know grow feast Thursday 5.00pm to 6.30pm need to book $25.00 per person. This year we are featuring 37 golden tomatoes many for the first time in Australia...that are better for your health. It was 500 years ago since golden tomatoes were taken from Mexico back to Spain and Europe.

24.01.2022 Following on...Box Car Willie is on the list. I love the history behind the name. Boxcar Willie was a country singer of the Grand Ole Opry, whos real name was Lecil Travis Martin.

23.01.2022 Australia Post has just released a series of stamps to acknowledge the importance of Australian Botanical Gardens Seed Banks. At the RTBG half of each seed collection of Tasmanian native species is stored in the TSCC,(Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre0 while the other half is sent to the MSBP (Millennium Seed Bank Project) in the UK as part of the global seed conservation effort. This collection is also an important back up for the collection remaining in Tasmania. In a smal...l way we also have something similar with our Heirloom Tomato Project with over 500 different varieties in our collection. This year we will be growing 37 golden tomato seed that was sourced from the Heritage Food Crops Research Trust earlier in the year. These tomatoes are rare in Australia.. We will be growing some plants for seed this summer to build up the collection. Although not as important as the work the Seed Bank does for conservation but it will preserve tomato seed varieties for the future. See more

22.01.2022 Perhaps you live in Western Australia this is the time to get your tomato and Solanaceae seed order as well as everything else. Great/ huge variety for the summer months.

21.01.2022 Hear the waterfall noise of flight of monarch butterflies flying....@ 4 minutes

20.01.2022 The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens will have several free threatened plants guided walks from the 3rd to the 10th of September to celebrate National Threated Species Day on Sept 7th. At 11am and 1pm on Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th September the walk with a guide who will talk about Tassies threatened plants and the work of the Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre based at the Gardens. Places are filling fast so call the RTBG to make a booking. Plants for sale during the week at the main entrance have been specifically chosen to increase the biodiversity of your garden for bees birds and frogs.

20.01.2022 Big thank you to Westlands Nursery for their great donation of most of the pots used for this year's plant sale...Much appreciated, We are keen to tell you about all that happens at the Gardens, so from the end of October we will migrate all our pages across to our main Facebook page. Please ensure you are following us @Royaltasmanianbotanicalgardens

19.01.2022 Anne Raver is gardening columnist for the New York Times and obviously a person who knows how to potter in the garden...

18.01.2022 For something different a twilight event to hear from the authors of the gold medal winning book "tomato sow know grow feast" tips about anything to do with tomatoes. Also there is an opportunity to buy tomato seedlings from the glasshouse. Book soon to avoid disappointment. We are keen to tell you about all that happens at the Gardens, so from the end of October we will migrate all our pages across to our main Facebook page. Please ensure you are following us @Royaltasmanianbotanicalgardens

18.01.2022 These microscopic image are truly beautiful of saffron, basil, rosemary. lavender and sage. Had no idea...

18.01.2022 This years theme for the Spring Heirloom Tomato sale in October is Golden. The article from a New Zealand gardening magazine explains the 500th anniversary of golden tomatoes introduced to Europe from Mexico as well as their health benefits. Of course there will be all the other colours we have grown to enjoy over the summer. 36 new golden tomatoes varieties... great news for Tasmanian tomato growers.

17.01.2022 Big thank you to Westlands Nursery for their great donation of most of the pots used for this years plant sale...Much appreciated, We are keen to tell you about all that happens at the Gardens, so from the end of October we will migrate all our pages across to our main Facebook page. Please ensure you are following us @Royaltasmanianbotanicalgardens

16.01.2022 The next RTBG Plant Sale will be this Tuesday July 2nd between 10.00am and 1.00pm on the Admin lawns and the Nursery glasshouse and benches. There will be a combination of good quality plants and ferns, succulents, bromeliads, palms and annual plants. A bit of everything This is a reminder that this is the last sale until the 2019 Spring Plant sale on October 17th for the Thursday Prelude sale and 19th for the Spring Plant Sale. Thank you for your loyal support.

16.01.2022 Winners are certainly grinners... 30 years and still getting stronger.

16.01.2022 For something different here is a heirloom apples chart rather than heirloom tomato. a few familiar names grown in Tasmania.

15.01.2022 Counting down to the 2019 Spring plant sale. October tomorrow ...thats when it starts to get really serious.

14.01.2022 Received this photo from one of our RTBG Growing Group that was obviously thinking of us and tomatoes in a market in Uzbekistan. Not long now to 17th and 19th of October for the RTBG Spring plant sale. Still have plenty of finishing touches in the glasshouse. That will keep us busy this week. We are keen to tell you about all that happens at the Gardens, so from the end of October we will migrate all our pages across to our main Facebook page. Please ensure you are following us Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG)

12.01.2022 Thanks for all your fantastic support for our Prelude sale and later the Meet the Experts session. Made better by such stunning perfect weather. Lets hope for some of the same on Saturday. Gates open 10.00am to 3.00pm. Thanks again LP..

11.01.2022 Turn those snow, rain, showers into art. Canadian photographer Don Komarechka explores nature through his macro camera lens, revealing water droplets as miniature works of art.

11.01.2022 Spring has come....This Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September Claremont Memorial Hall turns into a fantastic flower display. Lot of effort from members and exhibitors which will make you smile.

11.01.2022 Even though the rain is welcome....please go away this Thursday and Saturday....plants are looking fine and dandy...very healthy and strong. This is the row list from the northern entrance. Golden tomatoes are all on the 8th row. Hope to see you soon.

10.01.2022 Photos from the RTBG propagation house which has a heated bench maintained at 22C.This a great help in germinating seed quickly at a good temperature.The Gardens growing group has started to pot on the 100 different varieties of tomato seedlings into 4" pots when that happens they are moved to the glasshouse where they will be on sale on 17th and 19th October. Sometimes it looks like there are more labels than seedlings. The difference between regular and potato leaf tomatoes look obvious when they are small seedlings .

08.01.2022 An interesting video that shows the sad lost of so many different varieties of vegetables in the last hundred years focusing on corn, The RTBG has several hundred varieties of heirloom tomatoes in our seed bank.

08.01.2022 Great explanation of how trees relate to each other by their mycorrhizal network.

07.01.2022 Hope you are all getting your veggie patch ready for heirloom tomatoes from the RTBG 2019 Spring plant sale.... Thursday 17th October...prelude sale entry by $10 donation and Saturday 19th October. Times and details to follow...

06.01.2022 Peter Cundall was never a fan of the manicured lawn. Learn from this USA comical look at the benefits of digging up your lawn to plant a vegetable patch full of tomatoes. It is not too late for this summer.

06.01.2022 The RTBG Conservatory was opened 80 years ago. Built in 1939 from stone reeking of chloroform which was sourced from the old Hobart Hospital it has had many machinations. From a private wedding venue to the recent successful Dark Mofo gin palace it has proved to be versatile and always had the ability to create wonderful memories for any visitor to the Gardens. Some old photos from a bygone era to celebrate the day of the opening.

05.01.2022 Great little video that shows the value of trees in cities.. Thanks to everyone that came to todays RTBG plant sales. See you in October at the Spring Sale

04.01.2022 Gathering information for the 37 different varieties from Heritage Food Crops Research Trust in New Zealand to put on the Tomato Sale List 2019. A search for the best tomatoes for health has uncovered rare heritage varieties that contain a different form of lycopene that is easily absorbed when eaten raw. Turns out the golden/ orange tomato are really healthy for us. Look up the information from the Heritage Food Crops website. It is not all about tomatoes..but apples, plums, beans and ancient grains. Hours of fun reading their research.

04.01.2022 An interesting interview with the gardener who has worked at Monets garden at Giverny for over 30 years. Gilbert Vah believes the job was his destiny. Now over 500,000 people a year visit to see this iconic garden.

03.01.2022 Art,,,, nature....weekend. Get inspired by these photos of James Brunt. Pretty cool.

03.01.2022 Save the date and book quickly.... This Garden Club is dynamic.

02.01.2022 Humans are blind to ultraviolet light. But bugs can see it! Ever wondered what a flower looks like to a butterfly or bee? Congratulations to photographer Craig Burrows who snapped photos of flowers in ultraviolet light. Very cool...

01.01.2022 Jacqui thanks for the reminder...it was on my to do list and now it is done albeit sideways ..soz. Please circulate to all your contacts. We are keen to tell you about all that happens at the Gardens, so from the end of October we will migrate all our pages across to our main Facebook page. Please ensure you are following us @Royaltasmanianbotanicalgardens

01.01.2022 So you probably were wondering what is eating your vegetables...guess it must be those harmless snails..

01.01.2022 About to sow the tomato seed for the 2019 Spring Plant Sale in October. Do you have a favourite tomato heirloom variety? Let us know what you like. FYI RTBG plant sale Thursday 17th October Prelude sale ($10.00 donation) Spring plant sale Saturday 19th October.