Top secret! We have Santa's schedule for Hobsons Bay and he's visiting our gardens on Wednesday!!!  Put on your Christmas cheer and join in the festive fun. Enjoy stories, songs, a craft and meet a very jolly visitor!

Wednesday 7 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Williamstown Botanic Gardens

Monday 12 December
6.30pm to 7.15pm
Santa and The Bookends concert
Logan Reserve, Altona

Tuesday 13 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona North Community Library

Wednesday 14 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona Meadows Library and Learning Centre

Thursday 15 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Altona Library

Friday 16 December 
9.30am to 10.15am 
Newport Community Hub

Saturday 17 December 
10.30am to 11.15am
Williamstown Library

Friends maybe interested in reading an article about Urban Tree Management - Strategies for Climate Change by Greg Moore, University of Melbourne, Burnley College in July's issue of Botanic Gardener.
​Here is a link to it.

​On Sunday 29th May, our Gardens, which is one of Victoria’s earliest and most intact botanic gardens, will celebrate the Australia and New Zealand wide inaugural Botanic Gardens Open Day with mini tours of the Gardens at 11am and 2pm, an historical display of the Gardens and children’s activities such as a nature table, Nature I Spy and our ever popular reading corner. 

Invite your family and friends to bring a picnic lunch and a comfy chair to join us amongst our majestic Washington Palms, Moreton Bay Figs and Aleppo Pine from 10.30am to 3pm.

We would love to hear from you if you can help out on the day and/or contribute cupcakes for morning tea. 

Preparations are underway in the gardens. The pond is getting its biannual clean up and the irrigation system is ready for those long, hot, dry summers. The Friends are also preparing activities, meetings and storytimes including our AGM which will be held on the 21st October. Find out more in our latest newsletter.