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Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Inc.

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A volunteer organisation establishing and maintaining a botanic garden in Lismore NSW, specialising in native plants, mostly rainforest, which naturally grow within a 200km radius of the city - a great place to walk, see wildllife or just be.

02/11/2026

More current flowering and fruiting plants and in the rainforest a team of volunteers is mulching with hay and our path specialist volunteer, Grahame, repairs a paved path in the sensory garden.

21/10/2026

The next guided walk will be during National Pollinator week on Saturday 14 November. Graeme will lead a walk about "Native Bees as Pollinators".
Bookings essential at [email protected] Adults $5 children free (please pay by cash on the day)
A 1 hour walk on level gravel paths. Wear sturdy shoes and a hat' Insect repellent advisable after all the rain.
Meet at the visitor's centre in carpark 1 at 9.15am. There will be plant seedlings, propagated from our own trees, available for sale.
Morning tea will be served by our volunteers for a gold coin donation.
Our address is 313 Wyrallah Road East Lismore.

19/10/2026

Winner of the Summerland Bank people's prize, David Thamm with his exhibit 'Me and my dog Max' and with Summerland bank staff Kerry Harrison and Sarah Parry. Caroline Betts was the winner of the Revolve shop prize with her stunning exhibit 'The Watcher' , her prize included donations from Brookfarm, Bunnings Warehouse, the Book Warehouse and the Lismore Garden Centre. Thank you to all the many volunteers and donors including the Friends of the LRBG that made this event possible free of charge to the community. It was a terrific effort by the exhibitors.
Calendars available to order - $15 for non-members, $12 for members - orders to [email protected] before 23 October.

12/10/2026

Tracey collecting voting slips for the peoples choice prize winner, you have until the weekend to visit the (Re)Create sculpture exhibition and vote. Kingfishers are nesting near the visitor's centre and many plants in bud or flowering

05/10/2026

Whilst the volunteers have been busy meeting and greeting the many visitors to the (Re)Create event the plants have been busy enjoying the spring weather.

25/09/2026

Winners of the (Re)Create sculpture exhibition with Mayor, Steve Krieg, Principal Judge Suvira MacDonald and representative from Firewheel Rainforest Nursery. First prize, Pat Offord Prize winner, David Thamm and second prize, Firewheel Nursery prize, Anthony Read. More pics to come.

15/09/2026

Installation of sculptures happening this week ready for opening on Sunday 20 September. Meanwhile - its spring, orchids and Dianella flowering and the staghorns get bigger every year.

08/09/2026

First sculpture - a commissioned work made by Peter Nielson of a pied cormorant standing on a rhyolite base. more works to be installed next week by exhibitors in time for the official opening and announcement of prize winners at 10.00am on Sunday 20 September. Exhibition open daily until 18 October - free entry but donations welcome.
We are also preparing a new site for another shade house which meant moving the cool cubby to another spot near the picnic shelter. Ingeniously engineered by volunteer Will using rollers and a winch.

26/08/2026

Guided walk on Sunday 30 August 10.00am will be Richard's 400 million year walk sharing the stories that the gardens can tell us. Meet at visitor's centre at 9.45am for an easy one hour walk - wear walking shoes, book at [email protected] and join us for morning tea afterwards,

21/08/2026

New poster with another sponsor added.

Address

313 Wyrallah Road
Lismore, NSW
2480

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4pm
Tuesday	7am - 4pm
Wednesday	7am - 4pm
Thursday	7am - 4pm
Friday	7am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm
Sunday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+61450596705

Website

http://friendslrbg.com.au/

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