Canberra Tree Week

Children Art Competition Outdoor Exhibition

• Location: Australian National Botanic Gardens
• Date: Daily from Saturday 4 May 2024 and Sunday 12 May 2024
• Time: 8:30 am to 5 pm
• Description: See Canberra’s budding artist’s work on display in a special outdoor exhibition showcasing the winning entries from the children’s 5 – 12 years ‘Trees are Key’ drawing competition.

Tube Stock Tree Sale

• Location: Cool Country Natives, 5A Beltana Rd, Pialligo
• Time and date: Daily from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Description: To celebrate Canberra Tree Week we are having a sale on selected tree tubestock including, but not limited to, Eucalyptus, Acacia and Callistemons. See our Facebook and Instagram for more info.

The Parliamentary Timber Walks

• Location: Australian National Botanic Gardens
• Date: Daily from Monday 6 May 2024 to Sunday 12 May 2024
• Time: 11 am to 12 pm, and 2 pm to 3 pm
• Description: Parliament House and Old Parliament House both feature some beautiful timbers from Australian trees. On this free guided walk, see living examples of these trees and hear some interesting snippets of information about them. Meet at the clock near the bridge. No booking required for individuals but groups of more than six people should contact Friends of Australian National Botanic Gardens a week before the planned walk.

Ngala Play Outside Day

• Time: 11 am to 3 pm
• Cost: Free, no booking required
• Location: Haig Park, Braddon (between Northbourne Avenue and Torrens Street)
• Description: Ngala (Play Outside) Day is a FREE event celebrating our wonderful trees. The ‘Ngala’ is the Ngunnawal word for ‘many trees’ and was generously gifted by the United Ngunnawal Elders Council to Haig Park. Come and enjoy our many Ngala-inspired activities and installations and spend time among the 2000 trees in Haig Park. Activities include: charcoal drawing, slacklines, hammocks, garden games, tree fairies, performances by Johnny Huckle and Escape from Plastika! Bring yourself, your friends and family, a picnic basket and a rug. You can find more information on the City Renewal Authority website.

Autumn Courtyard Tours

• Time: 10 am, 11 am and 12 pm
• Location: Australian Parliament House
• Bookings: Bookings required via Humanitix, adults $38, concession $29
• Description: Ablaze with vibrant reds and yellows, come explore the private courtyard gardens of Australian Parliament House this Autumn. As you stroll under the golden leaves, journey through multiple courtyard gardens, each with their own identify formed through sculpture, scale, plant selection, and colour. Discover how the species selection and design have been cultivated to complement the architecture of the House and serve its busy inhabitants. Led by a friendly guide, this private walking tour is a rare opportunity to see the spectacular Autumn colours in courtyards not normally open to the public. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress to the weather conditions as this is an outside tour.

Tree Week Walk

• Time: 2 pm to 3 pm
• Location: National Arboretum Canberra
• Bookings: Bookings required via Stickytickets, adults $5, children free
• Description: Want to walk amongst the trees and hear some of their stories? Venture into the forests with a volunteer guide to see and hear more about the trees and features of the Arboretum. Please wear sturdy enclosed shoes, bring water and dress for the weather. For more information see National Arboretum Canberra.

Deep Listening to Nature

• Time: 2 pm to 3:30 pm
• Location: Woden Life Lab, Woden Library
• Bookings: Bookings required for this FREE event via Libraries ACT
• Description: As part of ACT Tree Week 2024 master nature sound recordist, Andrew Skeoch, will guide you into hearing the languages of nature; developing your auditory awareness, identifying species by ear, recognising behaviours and repertoire, and finding empathy with the voices of other beings. Deeper listening allows us to hear the integrity of entire ecosystems, the influence of evolution and earth time, and reveal what the communications of the biosphere tell us about how nature functions to achieve sustainability. Andrew’s presentations are accompanied by vibrant recordings and spectrogram analysis that shows the beauty of birdsong. You’ll hear the environment around you in a whole new way.

Forest Therapy Guided Walk

• Time: 8:45 am to 12 pm
• Location: Umbagong District Park, Latham
• Bookings:  Bookings required via Eventbrite, adults $45, concession $35, ages 16+
• Description: Join us for a rejuvenating and immersive experience in the heart of nature. You’ll have the chance to explore the lush greenery, breathe the fresh air and soak up the serene surroundings. Through a series of mindfulness activities and exercises you’ll learn to fully engage all your senses and appreciate the beauty of this place. This therapeutic walk is designed to lower stress, improve wellbeing and promote a sense of tranquillity. Meet at 8:45 am at the car park off Florey Drive, Latham. Please come appropriately dressed for the weather and bring water.

Tree Planting at Croke Place

• Time: 10 am to 12 pm
• Location: Croke Place car park, off William Webb Drive in Evatt
• Bookings: Free event, RSVP to Mick
• Description: Join Lions Croke Place Landcare Group to plant a variety of trees. Tools and watering arrangements will be made available. Dress for a sunny day and wear solid shoes, boots or wellington boots. Contact Mick for more information.

Treescapes of Fetherston Gardens

• Time: 11 am to 12:30 pm
• Location: Fetherston Gardens carpark, Weston Creek
• Bookings: Free event, no bookings required
• Description: A guided walk through Fetherston Gardens’ treescapes, viewing young and mature plantings with Fetherston Gardens volunteers. Please wear enclosed walking shoes and note it is not a sealed path. No bookings required, please meet at the carpark entrance. Contact Fetherston Gardens for further information.

Tree Week Walk

• Time: 11 am to 12 pm
• Location: National Arboretum Canberra
• Bookings: Bookings required via Stickytickets, adults $5, children free
• Description: Want to walk amongst the trees and hear some of their stories? Venture into the forests with a volunteer guide to see and hear more about the trees and features of the Arboretum. Please wear sturdy enclosed shoes, bring water and dress for the weather. For more information see National Arboretum Canberra.

Tree Week Story Time

• Time: 10:15 am to 10:45 am and 11:15 am to 11:45 am
• Location: Tuggeranong Library
• Bookings: Bookings required via Libraries ACT for this FREE event
• Description: Join us for a special Tree Week inspired Story Time as we bring you stories, rhymes and songs alive for kids aged 3–5. These sessions encourage a love of books and lifelong use of libraries. Focusing on fun and creativity, kids will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills, and an understanding of subjects and concepts. The sessions are interactive and allow parents and carers to participate with their kids. Dress up in green or tree themed clothing!

Tree Week Walk

• Time: 11 am to 12 pm
• Location: National Arboretum Canberra
• Bookings: Bookings required via Stickytickets, adults $5, children free
• Description: Want to walk amongst the trees and hear some of their stories? Venture into the forests with a volunteer guide to see and hear more about the trees and features of the Arboretum. Please wear sturdy enclosed shoes, bring water and dress for the weather. For more information see National Arboretum Canberra.

Ceremonial and Significant Trees Tour

• Time: 3 pm to 4:30 pm
• Location: Government House, Dunrossil Drive, Yarralumla
• Bookings: Bookings required via Eventbrite for this FREE event
• Description: A guided tour in the grounds of Government House Yarralumla, the Official residence of the Governor-General, focusing on some of the habitat trees and a brief history of the development of the grounds. Wear good sturdy shoes and dress for the weather. For more information contact the Horticultural Team on 0448 233 675 or view the Governor-General's Facebook page.

Treevia with Treasure Trees

• Time: 6 pm to 8:30 pm
• Location: Old Canberra Inn, Lyneham
• Bookings: Bookings required via email to Old Canberra Inn for this FREE event
• Description: Trees are great. So is trivia. So we’ve combined the two into an action packed trivia night! Help celebrate Tree Week and test your tree-mendous knowledge. Content warning: will contain many, many, often terrible, sometimes funny tree puns. Dinner and drinks available for purchase. Email Old Canberra Inn and be sure to mention ‘Treevia Booking 6 May’ and advise of your team size. Walk-ins can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to availability.

Kindred Trees Poetry Reading

• Time: 7 pm to 9 pm
• Location: Smith’s Alternative – 76 Alinga St Canberra City
• Bookings: Free event, no bookings required
• Description: An annual poetry reading for Tree Week celebrating Canberra trees (in association with That Poetry Thing and Smiths Alternative). Local poets respond to a tree in Canberra with a poem. New poems by Sandra Renew, P.S.Cottier, Lawren Wooding and Barrina South. There will be an open mic for the audience to share tree poetry by themselves or other poets (3 mins each), and some surprise appearances. Free indoor event, children must be accompanied by adults. More information available at Smiths Alternative and That Poetry Thing.

Tree Week Story Time

• Time: 10:15 am to 10:45 am
• Location: Belconnen Library and Woden Library
• Bookings: Bookings required via Libraries ACT for this FREE event
• Description: Join us for a special Tree Week inspired Story Time as we bring you stories, rhymes and songs alive for kids aged 3–5. These sessions encourage a love of books and lifelong use of libraries. Focusing on fun and creativity, kids will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills, and an understanding of subjects and concepts. The sessions are interactive and allow parents and carers to participate with their kids. Dress up in green or tree themed clothing!

Friends of ACT Trees (FACTT) Dinner

• Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
• Location: Weston Labor Club
• Bookings: RSVP via email to Steve Thomas or call 0428 811 587, FACTT members $5, non-members $10
• Description: A dinner with a guest speaker, open to anyone interested in trees in Canberra.

Tree Week Story Time

• Time: 10:15 am to 10:45 am
• Location: Dickson Library and Erindale Library
• Bookings: Bookings requiredl via Libraries ACT for this FREE event
• Description: Join us for a special Tree Week inspired Story Time as we bring you stories, rhymes and songs alive for kids aged 3–5. These sessions encourage a love of books and lifelong use of libraries. Focusing on fun and creativity, kids will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills, and an understanding of subjects and concepts. The sessions are interactive and allow parents and carers to participate with their kids. Dress up in green or tree themed clothing!

Ceremonial and Significant Trees Tour

• Time: 3 pm to 4:30 pm
• Location: Government House, Dunrossil Drive, Yarralumla
• Bookings: Bookings required via Eventbrite for this FREE event
• Description: A guided tour in the grounds of Government House Yarralumla, the Official residence of the Governor-General, focusing on some of the habitat trees and a brief history of the development of the grounds. Wear good sturdy shoes,  dress for the weather and bring photo ID. For more information contact the Horticultural Team on 0448 233 675, view the Governor-General's Facebook, or Eventbrite.

Tree Week Story Time

• Time: 10:15 am to 10:45 am
• Location: Gungahlin Library and Kingston Library
• Bookings: Bookings required via Libraries ACT for this FREE event
• Description: Join us for a special Tree Week inspired Story Time as we bring you stories, rhymes and songs alive for kids aged 3–5. These sessions encourage a love of books and lifelong use of libraries. Focusing on fun and creativity, kids will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills, and an understanding of subjects and concepts. The sessions are interactive and allow parents and carers to participate with their kids. Dress up in green or tree themed clothing!

Tree Talks

• Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
• Location: Australian National Botanic Gardens
• Bookings: Bookings required via Eventbrite
• Description: Join guest speakers Assistant Prof Chris Brack, Mark Hartley and Dr Tim Johnson for an afternoon of tree talks, followed by afternoon tea and an opportunity to network. Please arrive early to be seated for 2 pm commencement time.

Canberra Tree Week Tree Giveaway

• Time: 9 am to 3:30 pm
• Location: Weston Park, Yarralumla
• Bookings: Bookings required via Eventbrite for this FREE event
• Description: As part of the 10^th annual Canberra Tree Week celebrations, the ACT Government is holding a tree giveaway. ACT homeowners can register to collect up to 3 free trees to plant in their gardens to help increase canopy cover in Canberra. There’ll be a wide range of native and exotic trees available to choose from that suit the Canberra climate including bottlebrushes, gum trees, maple trees, birch trees, fruit trees, walnut trees, English hawthorns, American sweetgums, Persian ironwoods and more. For more information and to register visit Eventbrite.

Forest Therapy Guided Walk

• Time: 9 am to 12 pm
• Location: Shepherds Lookout, Ginninderry
• Bookings: Bookings required via Eventbrite, $10 per person, ages 16+
• Description: Join Julie Armstrong and immerse your senses in the beauty of the Ginninderry Conservation corridor through a slow, guided forest therapy walk meandering from Shepherds Lookout past frogs singing the joys of warmer weather in the nearby dam, past ancient gnarled eucalypts knobby with many stories and along a track to the beautiful unusual Callitris Forest. Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing and bring a water bottle. For more information see Ginninderry events.

Tree Week Story Time

• Time: 10:15 am to 10:45 am
• Location: Kippax Library
• Bookings: Bookings required via Libraries ACT for this FREE event
• Description: Join us for a special Tree Week inspired Story Time as we bring you stories, rhymes and songs alive for kids aged 3–5. These sessions encourage a love of books and lifelong use of libraries. Focusing on fun and creativity, kids will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills, and an understanding of subjects and concepts. The sessions are interactive and allow parents and carers to participate with their kids. Dress up in green or tree themed clothing!

A Treemendous Day Out at Mulligans Flat

• Time: 10 am to 12:45 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm
• Location: Wild Bark, Mulligans Flat
• Bookings: Bookings required for guided walks at 10 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 11:45 and 6 pm via Wildbark
• Description: Guests can enjoy a cuppa or breakfast with a plant sale and tree stall before engaging in one of the activities on offer. Children and families have the opportunity to head out with one of rangers on a guided walk-in search of ‘hollow homes’. The search will use one of our cameras to look for birds, nests and possums and will be followed by a children’s story book or two. Other guests can enjoy a guided walk into the Sanctuary with our rangers looking at and discussing our critically endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland Sanctuary; it’s ecosystem, reintroduction programs and much more. We will also be looking to host a special guest speaker in our Woodland Room along with a selected documentary film to end the day. Following a day of activities, join one of the rangers for a special Twilight Tour in the Sanctuary. Long pants and walking shoes are recommended.

Guided Walk of Southern Tablelands

• Time: 11 am to 12 pm
• Location: Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park, National Arboretum
• Bookings: Bookings not required for this FREE event
• Description: A guided walk through the Eucalyptus groves and other trees planted as part of the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park. Bring water, sun protected and closed footwear. Please arrive 10 minutes before start time and meet at the lower carpark opposite the National Arboretum Village Centre. A yellow flag marks the entry. Paid parking available in the adjacent carpark. See STEP for more information.

Tree Week Walk

• Time: 2 pm to 3 pm
• Location: National Arboretum Canberra
• Bookings: Bookings required via Stickytickets, adults $5, children free
• Description: Want to walk amongst the trees and hear some of their stories? Venture into the forests with a volunteer guide to see and hear more about the trees and features of the Arboretum. Please wear sturdy enclosed shoes, bring water and dress for the weather. For more information see National Arboretum Canberra.

Westbourne Woods Arboretum Walks

• Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am
• Location: Royal Canberra Golf Club, Bentham Street Yarralumla
• Bookings: Bookings not required for this FREE event
• Description: Meet at the entrance to Royal Canberra Golf Club for a tour on the history and the arboretum of Charles Weston, with Max Bourke. If you wish to take refreshments at the Spike Bar after the walk, the dress code of the Golf Club applies. Otherwise, wear comfortable walking attire. No dogs allowed. For more information contact 0468 941 504.

Tree Week Walk

• Time: 11 am to 12 pm
• Location: National Arboretum Canberra
• Bookings: Bookings required via Stickytickets, adults $5, children free
• Description: Want to walk amongst the trees and hear some of their stories? Venture into the forests with a volunteer guide to see and hear more about the trees and features of the Arboretum. Please wear sturdy enclosed shoes, bring water and dress for the weather. For more information see National Arboretum Canberra.