Past Events
ONE NIGHT IN THE GARDEN
Friday, 28 March 2008
Cycad Collection, Adelaide Botanic Garden
7pm to 10pm
This exclusive event in its third year, hosted by the Botanic
Gardens of Adelaide, provided an excellent opportunity for guests
to admire the Garden at night.
The first Garden Party was held on Plane Tree Lawn in March 2005
to launch the Gardens' 150th Anniversary celebrations. After proving
so successful, the second Garden Party was held in the SA Water
Mediterranean Garden in October 2006. It will now become an annual
event.
The theme for the 2008 event was everything Moroccan. The night
unveilled the magic of a Moroccan bazaar with drinks, North African
meza, exotic music and entertainment that evoked the sights and
sounds of Marrakech. Guests admired the iconic Adelaide Botanic
Garden under a canopy of stars while enjoying the mesmerising music
and variety of entertainment.
 LITTLE
WING AND TWINKLETOES
Adelaide Botanic Garden
6-16 March
10.00am and 11.30am
A perfect family or class excursion to the beautiful Adelaide Botanic
Garden with a touch of fairy magic. This delightful outdoor theatre
aimed at young families, school and pre-school groups returned for
a second year after it's popular debut in 2007.
Picnics, dress-ups in fairy and superhero costumes and family fun.
Suited ages 3-8.
An Adelaide Fringe Event by the Splash
Theatre Company.
TWILIGHT WALK
Adelaide Botanic Garden
10 -16 March 2008, 5pm
Departed from the Schomburgk Pavilion.
The Arts are alive in the Garden. Participants enjoyed the beauty
and the peace and added to their appreciation of the Adelaide Festival
of the Arts by taking a leisurely one hour guided walk through the
Adelaide Botanic Garden. Each walk focused on an artistic aspect
such as the magic of light in leaves, plants that feature in literature,
trees and music.
No bookings were necessary. Gold coin
donation.
 AS
YOU LIKE IT
Adelaide Botanic Garden
16 February to 15 March
7.30pm
It's pandemonium in Shakepseare's forest of Arden! ... Lovers whimsical,
merry & melancholy meet, collide and enjoy the thrill of the
chase. For their 10th anniversary Rough Magic staged a twilight
garden performance of this extraordinary and much quoted play. A
real forest of marvels - all enjoyed the magic of this hypnotically
poetic play in its natural habitat!
12 performances only - All the world's a stage...
An Adelaide Fringe Event.
 WOMADELAIDE
Botanic Park, Adelaide.
7th - 9th March 2008
Go to the website
 ASO
ALFRESCO
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Saturday, 23 February
Warm summer evenings under the stars…what could be more idyllic
than relaxing outdoors as you enjoy the beautiful surrounds of Mount
Lofty Botanic Garden coupled with some beautiful music performed
by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
People relaxed with family and friends & a picnic and some
fine wine. ASO Alfresco basked in the kind of summer that only Adelaide
can provide. The audience enjoyed the popular classics we all know
and love.
Moonlight Cinema
 Summer
2007/08
29 November to 17 February
Botanic Park
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Australia's Open Garden Scheme Great Lemon
Tree Debate
“TO PEE OR NOT TO PEE”
 ABC
Orchestral Studio, Collinswood
7.00 pm Saturday 25 August 2007
(Parking available at the rear of the building)
To pee or not to pee - that is the question. Peter
Goers, Nicky Downer, Richard Heathcote, Sophie Thomson, Ian Henschke
and other star personalities wrestled with this burning question
of citrus culture. A panel of horticultural judges including Stephen
Forbes of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and Carole
Whitelock pruned the arguments and determined the outcome.
A night of zest and entertainment was had by all with peels of laughter!
A Poet's Garden
17 March to 10 April
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide Botanic Garden hosted the outdoor exhibition
A Poet's Garden, a showcase
of works by well established Adelaide poet, Miriel
Lenore, as part of the Adelaide Fringe 2007.
 This
unique exhibition displayed ten of Miriel Lenore's poems throughout
the Garden. Taken from her latest book "In
The Garden", Lenore's enchanting poems were displayed
in the original settings that inspired them: alongside trees, lakes,
flowers, lawns and art.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the
Adelaide Botanic Garden hosted the following events:
Writing the Green World - Guided Walks
A guided journey with Miriel Lenore through her exhibition. Miriel
read her poems and discuss their themes, meaning and inspiration.
When: 21 & 28 March &
4 April, 11am and 25 March, 2pm
Where: Schomburgk Pavilion,
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Cost: Free
Writing the Green World - Poetry Workshop
A poetry workshop lead by Miriel Lenore
When: 10am-2pm 24 March
Where: Goodman Building, Adelaide
Botanic Garden
 Cost:
$45 ($40 for SA Writers' Centre members
SA History Week, 20 - 28 May 2006
Many buildings in the Adelaide Botanic Garden date back to the
1800s. People joined the Friends of the Botanic Gardens for an insight
into buildings such as the Museum of Economic Botany, the Goodman
Building, Palm House and Simpson Kiosk as the Gardens celebrated
150 years.
Two tours were held on Tuesday 23 May and Thursday 25 May at 11.00am.
Groups were limited to 15. There was a gold coin donation to help
the Friends continue their work for the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide.
More information about SA History Week and SA Open Heritage was
available from the History Trust of South Australia on 8203 9888
or from their website - http://www.history.sa.gov.au
Music in the Gardens
Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 March 2006
Museum of Economic Botany Lawns
This popular music weekend returns with an exciting line-up of
artists and entertainment.
Saturday Family Fun, 1-4pm
Despite the heat children and adults alike turned out to enjoy an
afternoon of song and dance from popular kids’ entertainers
Ticklish
Allsorts, percussion duo Rataque
and alternative kids’ band Chalk.
Sunday Jazz, 1-4pm
The slightly cooler weather on Sunday meant it was easier to get
into the groove listening to the exotic sounds of lounge jazz, cool
classics, rhumba to samba and swing to soul. Listening to performances
by The The
Bill Parton Trio and Marmalade Fiesta was the perfect way to
end a weekend of Music in the Gardens.
Thanks to all those who so generously donated their gold coins,
and more, to the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide.
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