Next Guided Walk – “History of the Gardens”

 Sunday 29th December 2024

Meet at Visitor’s Centre at 9.15 pm for 9.30 am – 10.30am walk on some unpaved paths. Wear sturdy shoes and hat. $5 adult, children free. No card facilities sorry. Afternoon tea available after the walk. Gold coin donation welcome.  Bookings essential. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Other group bookings for guided walks are welcome at other times. Organise your friends and family and email us. Free native plant information, beautiful 2025 calendars, greeting cards and books for sale.

The Encounters 2020 Walk was created with funding from the Australian Maritime Museum.  The Walk was designed for visiting school students to work with flora wheels to identify plants which were collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1770. This walk however, is suitable for all ages. The wheels include information on the important Aboriginal use of each plant.

Guided Tours for schools by appointment only with the Education team (Tuesday or Wednesday mornings preferred)  

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Each month a different area of the Gardens is explored. Bookings are essential for walks as numbers are limited. Email Tracey at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   to book. $5 per adult, children free.  No card facilities sorry.

Wear sturdy shoes and hat. Meet your guide at the Visitor's Centre.  

Please join us for morning tea after the walks in the Visitor's Centre. Gold coin donation. Or bring your own to enjoy in the many picnic areas.

If you'd like to help in the gardens on Wednesday mornings from 8am till 11 am, contact us on 0450 596 705.

Mail:

Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens

PO Box 1327

LISMORE  NSW  2480

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0450 596 705

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Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Inc (FLRBG)   

The Gardens are on Widjabul country.  313 Wyrallah Road East Lismore. 3 kms from the Lismore CBD  

NO DOGS ALLOWED AT THE SITE – Guide and Companion Dogs excepted     

Opening hours: Weekdays 7.30 am to 3.30 pm. Weekends 9 am to 4pm        

Click on link to see Costa at the Gardens on 26th May 2024    https://youtu.be/bfEmJ9cNKdw

To donate to the Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Inc.          BSB 728728  Acc No  22205295

Sunday 23rd February 9.30 am GUIDED WALK of the Wilson’s Park Species plantings with Tim. This is a 1 hour, easy, unpaved stroll through cool rainforest planted about 15 years ago. It features rainforest species which were planted after an audit of the Wilson’s Park Reserve rainforest remnant not far from the Gardens. Butterfly plants are clearly marked, including the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly vine. Adults $5 children free (cash only please, no card facilities). Wear sturdy shoes and hat, bring water.  Join us for morning tea after the walk in the Visitor's Centre. (gold coin donation appreciated)  Bookings essential by emailing    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   

Set of Greeting cards featuring Friends' photos taken at the Gardens-  ON SALE NOW Set of 12 for $12. Pick up from Gardens or organise delivery by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   GREAT GIFT IDEA.

Become a Friend of our Gardens. We welcome your help to maintain this beautiful slice of the Northern Rivers. Membership is only $10 per year. Buy a membership for a friend for their birthday or to say Thank You. Click on the Newsletter tab to find and download our Membership form. 

Friends Workdays: Wednesdays 8 am to 11 am. Join us. Wear long sleeves and pants, hats and bring gloves and morning tea.

Contact Ros on 0412 317 744  Nursery volunteers also welcome. Wednesdays between 9.30 am and 12 pm. Ring 0450 596 705 to let us know you are coming or just turn up. 

Please do not come to work at the Gardens if you have any flu symptoms or are feeling unwell. 

FLRBG is a non-profit group of volunteers working in conjunction with the Lismore City Council to establish, develop and maintain the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens. The Friends were officially formed in December 1998 but the dream of establishing a Botanic Garden in the Lismore area had been around since 1988. The Gardens opened officially in June 2013.

These Gardens are a wonderful place to visit with big colourful information signs, individual tree labels, paths, seats, picnic areas and of course a superb collection of local rainforest and other local native plants. It is great place to take visitors, and for kids to explore. The COOL CUBBY near first car park and SOLAR CLOCK in Sensory Garden are great favourites. 

A very new feature is the little walkway and lookout in PALM GULLY at the western end of the Gardens, just beyond the Nursery.  The HOOP PINE FOREST, at the eastern end, is a lovely cool shady place to walk. The paths, unsealed but well graded, take you up to a stony LABYRINTH at the top and the newly installed BIG OLD CHURCH BELL, a little further along the ridge.

Have a look and feel free to ring the bell to mark your visit to the top of the forest.

Summer in the Gardens is a very busy time. Come and enjoy the many unique flowers and fruits in the rainforest. Look up, and down! Our insects and birds are always quietly busy. Check out our notice boards at the Visitors Centre and garden shed for photos of what to look out for.

VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS AT THE GARDENS are held every Wednesday morning from 8 am to 11 am, except public holidays.

WEDNESDAY MORNING PROPAGATION GROUP at the nursery 9.30 to 12.00pm. Ring 0450596705 for more information.  Plants can be purchased at this time. Please bring cash.

    Contact Us

FRIENDS LRBG Next Committee Meeting is Saturday 15th February 2025 9.15 am in the EEC  All welcome. 

Contact Tracey  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you'd like to contribute to our February 2025 newsletter. Deadline is 8th February.

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