Sonica Botanica

Each episode responds to people, place and plants connected with specific collections or landscapes at Melbourne Gardens. Best experienced through your headphones whilst visiting the featured location. Episode 1 features fascinating stories of the provenance and design of the botanical collection that makes up the recently opened Arid Garden. Episode 2 responds to Oak Lawn and its majestic trees. Episode 3 dives into the spectacular sensorial power of plants and gardens, using three special and adjacent Melbourne Gardens locations as inspiration: the Herb Garden, Fern Gully and Sensory Garden. Episode 4 journeys to the northern end of the Melbourne Gardens to discover the waterbodies that sustain life in the Gardens, their history and their significance to RBGV’s plant collections.