Australian National Botanic Gardens - Botanical Web Portal Overview & Contact Data

The Australian National Botanic Gardens website serves as a public portal for the Gardens, the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, and the Australian National Herbarium. Located on the lower slopes of Black Mountain in Canberra, the Gardens offers the world’s most comprehensive display of living Australian native plants, providing a place for recreation, inspiration, science, and learning. The site gives visitors practical information about the Gardens, including what is on, visiting details, school learning programs, and the living plant collection. It also connects the public to research, botanical information, and resources that support the study of Australian plants, botany, and horticulture. The Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research and the Australian National Herbarium form a major part of the site’s scientific role. Jointly managed by CSIRO and the Director of National Parks, these bodies work closely with the botanic gardens and herbarium to maintain plant identification, research programs, and authoritative botanical databases. The Herbarium holds more than 1.2 million specimens and supports the scientific integrity of plant labels in the Gardens. It also manages national plant name lists for Australia’s botanical community, giving researchers, educators, and interested members of the public a reliable reference for Australian plant names and related records. A single Integrated Botanical Information System links names, photographs, herbarium specimens, and living plants, making the website useful for those seeking Australian botanical information, plant photographs, and structured botanical databases. The site also points to partners, libraries, and broader biodiversity resources, including Australia’s Virtual Herbarium and the Atlas of Living Australia. For students, teachers, gardeners, scientists, and visitors exploring native Australian plants, the portal combines practical garden visit details with national research and reference tools.