Brisbane Botanic Gardens Schools Competition

Register your school for Schools Tree Day and go in the running to win a FREE Lesson in the Garden for your class at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens!

The Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha offers educational programs for students from prep to year 12 - for details click on the link at the bottome of this page.

To enter, simply follow these steps:

First - make sure your school is a registered Schools Tree Day site - visit our Coordinators Page to see how. Then,

  • tell us the name of your school, class teacher, contact details and your Schools Tree Day site identification number, and
  • submit your planting results after the day and use our on-line form to answer the following question
  • tell us in 150 words or less why planting native trees is important for your local community.

Send your details and piece of writing to:

Brisbane Botanic Gardens Schools Competition
C/o Planet Ark Environmental Foundation
PO Box 4
Wentworth Falls NSW 2782

Winning class will be notified by phone or email by 27th August 2008

Entries close Friday 15th August 2008

Terms and Conditions:

  • The winning class will be entitled to a free class pass (max 30 students) to any one of the twenty-two "Lessons in the Gardens" available at either of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens sites (City or Mt Coot-tha).

  • Lessons lasts for approximately 1.5 hours and are suitable for prep, primary and secondary levels

  • Transport to and from the gardens is the responsibility of the winning school

  • Planet Ark and Brisbane Botanic Gardens retain the right to use any or all entered pieces of writing for future reference and web publication