Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
Led by Botanic Garden volunteers and staff from the LGBTIQA+ community, explore diverse stories, question the queer and break the binary on a Queer Botany tour of Adelaide Botanic Garden.
The botanical world is diverse in all senses of the word. Flowering plants have both stamens (male) and stigma (female) parts, some species are binary, whilst others transition between, depending on the temperature!
Plants have also been symbols for LGBTIQA+ groups throughout history. A green carnation was worn by Oscar Wilde to secretly indicate he was gay, classical Greek poet Sappho waxed lyrically about a female lover adorning herself with violets... and have you thought about plants who display their glamourous blooms only at night? Such drag-divas!
Event Details
GENRE: Workshops Talks & Tours
DURATION: 60 mins
AGE RATING: Ages 15 +
SEATED OR STANDING: Standing
Access questions? Contact us at enquiries@feast.org.au
When: 3 November 2026 10.00am
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden
Accessibility
Auslan Maybe in the future
Relaxed Maybe in the future
Sensory Options I'm interested to find out more
Tactile Tour Maybe in the future
Tickets
$12 - $15
When: 3 November 2026 1.00pm
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden
Accessibility
Auslan Maybe in the future
Relaxed Maybe in the future
Sensory Options I'm interested to find out more
Tactile Tour Maybe in the future
Tickets
$12 - $15
When: 7 November 2026 10.00am
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden
Accessibility
Auslan Maybe in the future
Relaxed Maybe in the future
Sensory Options I'm interested to find out more
Tactile Tour Maybe in the future
Tickets
$12 - $15
When: 7 November 2026 1.00pm
Where: Adelaide Botanic Garden
Accessibility
Auslan Maybe in the future
Relaxed Maybe in the future
Sensory Options I'm interested to find out more
Tactile Tour Maybe in the future
Tickets
$12 - $15
About the presenter: Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
The Botanic Gardens of South Australia comprises three beautiful public gardens – Adelaide Botanic Garden (and Botanic Park) in the city of Adelaide,  Mount Lofty Botanic Garden in the Adelaide Hills and Wittunga Botanic Garden in suburban Blackwood.
These Gardens have provided visitors with a range of cultural, recreational, educational and scientific facilities for over 160 years.
More than 2 million people visit these gardens each year including thousands of school students.
We are champions, protectors and storytellers, building on our collections, sites, expertise and partnerships to understand and share how plants shape each others' futures.
Our vision is a community that is inspired to contribute to the sustainability of our living world, and understands the vital role of plants, fungi and algae in our ecosystems and to human life.
Website: https://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/
Feast Festival acknowledges that we gather, create and celebrate on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise First Nations peoples as the original storytellers, artists and custodians of this land.
We honour and respect queer First Nations communities, including Sistagirls and Brothaboys, and recognise the enduring connection between culture, identity, community and Country.
Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.
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