Learning
Education Kits
There is a variety of self-contained and downloadable education kits available for Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) lessons at the garden.
Kit topics are Feathered Friends, Flower Power, Treasured Plants, Orienteering, and Weather Watch.
- Booking request - Education outside the classroom (new window)
School group visits to Dunedin Botanic Garden
HortHelp
For expert advice on problem or mystery plants, drop off a good sized sample to the information centre, open daily 10am to 4pm. Staff will endeavour to answer your query within 3 days.
How to read a plant label
All plants in the Dunedin Botanic Garden are labelled with a standard format.
Training
We have an international reputation for quality training and education programmes. We enjoy teaching and have the experience and skills to provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to further your horticultural career.
Volunteering
Information centre volunteer
The Botanic Garden Information Centre is staffed entirely by volunteers. They are the welcoming face of the Botanic Garden, answering visitors' questions, promoting the Garden and its projects, and selling postcards – not to mention handing out duck food to excited children.
Full training is given and no horticultural knowledge is required.
Enquiries are very welcome. Phone 471 9275, visit any day (except Christmas Day and Good Friday) between 10am and 4pm or email Friends of the Botanic Garden.
Garden Tours
Tour bookings are not being accepted for now.
Research study proposals
The purposes of this research work must be for public good and for the extension of scientific knowledge and understanding of our diverse cultures and the natural world.
