A FREE hands-on, immersive program blending scientific discovery, creative thinking, and environmental stewardship.

This National Science Week, join Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plants for Space in a unique, future-facing education experience. From Earth’s ecosystems to lunar greenhouses, this is a call for the next generation of thinkers, growers, and problem- solvers to reimagine how we live with plants, wherever we go.

Recommended for students in Years 5-8, this program connects curriculum-aligned science learning with real-world challenges
and the exciting future of space exploration.

Students will:
• Discover the challenges of growing plants beyond Earth and how nature’s genius offers solutions.
• Investigate plant adaptations that might help them survive in extreme off-Earth environments.
• Explore how plants can provide everything humans need including food, medicines, materials
and joy.
• Design a plant that could survive and thrive beyond Earth!

This unique program will be held at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, and regionally at Sale Botanic Gardens. Places are limited.