Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden invites community members to Open Day Coffs Coast Coffs Coast News Highlight Section by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 The Japanese Bridge in Coffs Botanic Garden. THE Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden will be the place to be on Sunday 29 May, hosting not only the Coffs Harbour City Council community led event, All One Under the Sun, but also the Annual Botanic Garden Open Day, in conjunction with 100 other botanic gardens in Australia and New Zealand. As an annual day of celebration, the Botanic Gardens Open Day across Australia and New Zealand, is designed to shed light on the role of plants in our lives and the important work botanic gardens undertake every day to conserve these plants for the future. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The entertainment brings live music, dance and workshops alongside delicious food and screenings of the locally made All One Under the Sun film clip and other community films. The Friends of the Garden will open the Garden Cafe for the day, plus run a sausage sizzle at the entry to the garden. A host of healthy plants propagated by the Friends of the Garden will also be available for sale. A themed and free guided ‘Warm, Wet, Wildly Green’ tour will be held at 10.30am, 12 noon, 1.30pm and 3pm. Friends of the Garden President Nola Miles told News Of The Area, “The Botanic Garden is the green heart of Coffs and our volunteers undertake many roles to keep the scientific and recreational benefits to the community viable, responsive and functional. “Becoming a member directly benefits the garden as well as providing the chance to volunteer in a variety of ways,” she said. An educational Friends of the Garden information table will be manned at the newly completed Glasshouse. “Come along and have a chat; ask us anything you’d like to know about the gardens and the works carried out.” The Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens was opened in 1988 and is open 365 days a year through volunteer efforts. By Andrea FERRARI NEWS_Botanic_Gardens_Open_Day_AF_PY2 Beauty around every corner in Coffs Botanic Garden. NEWS_Botanic_Gardens_Open_Day_AF_PY1 The green heart of Coffs Harbour – the Botanic Garden.