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In Conversation – Climate readiness to support our gardens to thrive!

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Goodman Building Lecture Theatre, Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide SA, Australia
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In Conversation – Climate readiness to support our gardens to thrive!

Join Professor Michelle Waycott, Chief Botanist, and Dr Leonie Scriven, Deputy Director Living Collections, from the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, for Adelaide Climate Action Week.

During this insightful conversation, Michelle and Leonie will explore how to ensure the plants in our urban and peri-urban landscapes can survive the variable climate conditions of the future.  

Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn from two leading experts and gain a better understanding of how to make your gardens, botanic gardens and bushlands more climate ready. 

This talk is ideal for avid gardeners, landscape professionals, students, and anyone interested in climate-resilient gardens.  

Bring your questions, as there will be designated time at the end of this talk. 

 

About Professor Michelle Waycott 

Michelle is the Chief Botanist at the State Herbarium of South Australia and has a joint position based at Adelaide University. Michelle has the responsibility to support and enhance our understanding of the flora of South Australia, with a particular emphasis on systematics and taxonomy. Michelle specialises in investigating plants that occupy extreme environments including estuarine, marine and coastal plant groups as well as desert species, which are systems that are unusually challenging and complex. 

About Dr. Leonie Scriven 

Leonie is the Deputy Director of Living Collections at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium. Leonie has 25+ years’ experience in botanic garden management, public realm development, community engagement, visitor programming, master planning, and infrastructure delivery. Leonie holds a doctorate in taxonomy and palaeobotany, plus business administration and company Director qualifications. 

Event details

Dates: Wednesday 29 July 2026

Times: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: Goodman Building Lecture Theatre, Adelaide Botanic Garden (C6 on the map)

Tickets: Free registration, donations welcome
Your donation today helps the Gardens thrive in the future. All funds collected from this event are used to support conservation, education and horticulture at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.

Donations can also be made via the website. Thank you in advance for your generosity, and we look forward to sharing in the growth of our iconic gardens.

As part of Adelaide Climate Action Week

FAQs

  • Parking
    Parking

    All car parks are accessed off Hackney Road.

    Ticketed car parking is available on:

    Plane Tree Drive - use car parks here to enter via the Friends' Gate and Conservatory Gate

    Hackney Road - use car parks here to enter via the Hackney Gate, or to access the Goodman Building or State Herbarium. Car parks here are adjacent to the Rose Garden; take an immediate left as you enter Plane Tree Drive to access them. There is also a small car park immediately north of the National Wine Centre, also off Hackney Road.

    Our ticket machines are cashless and paperless - these machines will only accept credit or debit card payments. 

    To use the machines, input your vehicle registration number plate into the machine when prompted, select the length of time you would like to park for and tap your credit/debit card. 

    For instructions on accessing a receipt/tax invoice for your ticket, please click here.

    Parking fees apply from 8am - 10pm on Monday - Saturday.

    There is free parking on Sundays and public holidays.

    Accessible parking spaces are available within all 4-hour parking zones and are free of charge for people displaying a disability parking permit. For visits longer than 4 hours, permit holders are welcome to park in 10-hour bays, and can pay half the ticketed price for the duration of the stay.

    Find out more about parking at Adelaide Botanic Garden and Botanic Park.

    See the car parking map for more information on where to park and zones.

    All funds collected from ticketed parking are used to support conservation, education and horticulture at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.

  • Toilets

    You can find  toilets at five locations across the garden. They all include accessible toilets and baby change tables:

    Goodman Building, inside the Lecture Theatre during the talk (C6 map reference)

  • Access Guide

    In collaboration with Access2Arts, we have developed a full Access Guide to help our visitors. The Access Guide can be viewed and downloaded from the link below and includes information on getting to the Garden, accessible transport and parking options and general information on our facilities, hospitality offerings and spaces. The Access Guide can be found here.

  • Access in the Garden

    Entrances and pathways
    Adelaide Botanic Garden is wheelchair accessible from all entrance gates except for the Hackney Gate off Hackney Road due to its gradient. 

    The Garden has paved and bitumen paths running throughout the Garden.  There are some areas that have gravel or sawdust pathways. Most of the Garden is flat, though there are some steep pathways leading to the Sunken Garden and Threatened Seed Orchard. 

    Buildings
    The Goodman Building has wheelchair access via the front entrance, opened by request during events.

    The Museum of Economic Botany has wheelchair access and is a quiet space.

    The Bicentennial Conservatory has two pathways, one at ground level which is slightly undulating, and a raised boardwalk that weaves through the tree canopy. 

    Assistance dogs
    Assistance dogs are welcome in the Garden.

    Food and drink
    Evergreen Deli, Botanic Lodge and Restaurant Botanic all have ramp access. 

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Goodman Building Lecture Theatre, Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide SA, Australia