Australian Capital Territory 2024

Australian Capital Territory

To promote your National Wattle Day celebrations in the Australian Capital Territory for 2024 on this website please Contact Wattle Day Association.

‘Canberra – Australia’s Spring Capital’ ©

Still to enjoy

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Wattle Walks with the Friends

🏵️Celebrate the vibrant spirit of spring with during the Week of the Wattle!

The Gardens grows about 400 different wattle species from all over Australia – an amazing feat in Canberra’s varied climate.

Australian National Botanic Gardens is hosting a guided walk to celebrate National Wattle Day. Join us on this free guided walk “Wattle We Call It?” to hear about some of these paradoxes while visiting a variety of wattles in flower at this time of the year.

📆 1 September to 8 September 2024
⏱️11:00am & 2:00pm daily
📍Meet at the flag near the Café bridge.

To find out more: https://brnw.ch/21wMeMg

No booking required for individuals but groups of more than six people should contact walks@friendsanbg.org.au a week before the planned walk.

Acacia beckleri ANBG 15 Aug 2024
Acacia beckleri at the ANBG (15 August 2024)

Previous events for 2024

11.30 am Tue. 13 August 2024

Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden

Weston Creek Ladies Probus Club

‘Wattle Days are Here Again’ by Dr Suzette Searle

Little Burley Griffin Markets

Sat 24 August Visit the ‘Wattle Stall’

Get you wattle day badges here from the Wattle Day Association Inc. who will also be selling wattle books, Golden Wattle scarves, wattle seed chocolate and seedlings of Australia’s floral emblem Acacia pycnantha (Golden Wattle).

Public schools across the ACT – Wattle Day Give-Way

Mon. 26 August 2024 (after registering by Thurs 22 Aug.)

ACT City Services is partnering with 37 registered public schools across the ACT to be a part of Australia’s National Wattle Day activities and help support local biodiversity and add interest in school grounds.

See some of the plantings below in 2023 for the first ACT Wattle Day School Give-away

A mix of over 600 wattle plants will be available for schools to plant with students on the school grounds. These plantings will help promote canopy cover across Canberra.

If you are interested in planting wattle shrubs in your school, please email tccs.planting@act.gov.au before Thursday 22 August 2024 to register your interest.

Plants will be available for collection at the Yarralumla Government Nursery on Monday 26 August 2024.
Further details for collection will be provided upon registration.

‘Wattle Corner’ at the Village Centre National Arboretum Canberra

Sat. 31 Aug & Sun. 1 Sept. 2024

9.00 am – 4.00 pm

Drop by Wattle Corner in the Visitors Centre to hear about our national floral emblem and how wattle is part of Australia’s story.

The Wattle Day Association is hosting their annual ‘Wattle Corner’ at the Arboretum Visitors Centre to celebrate National Wattle Day. There will be some blooming wattle on display to smell and enjoy.

– Snap an insta-worthy photo at our wattle selfie-spot

– Grow your own wattle at home: Wattle seed collected from the National Arboretum Canberra’s very own Golden Grove are available to purchase from The Curatoreum. Each packet of Golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha) seed has enough to grow 10 trees up to 8m tall.

Paved access to and within the Visitors Centre

Grow your Own floral emblem Golden Wattle – buy seed from the Curatoreum Shop

Wattle Day Walks & Talks at STEP

Sat 31 Aug. & 1 Sept. at the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park

11.00 am – 12 noon each day on the weekend

Bookings required

Celebrate National Wattle Day with The Wattle Walk.

See more than ten types of beautiful wattles coming into bloom and hear stories about our national floral emblem on this special one hour guided Wattle Walk in Forest 20, the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park (STEP).

Meet your guide at the STEP flag near the main lower carpark.

You will need a water bottle, sturdy enclosed footwear and dress for the weather.