Rare Corpse Flower's bloom brings thousands to Adelaide Botanic Garden
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
Date posted: 04 July 2016
Have you ever been to one of our gardens for a school excursion? Perhaps you’ve learnt about plants through our Education program? Or maybe you’ve signed up for one of our Masterclasses to become a better gardener?
If so, you’ve probably come to the realisation that a botanic garden really is one of the best classrooms you can find.
It’s a lesson Year 8 students from Urrbrae Agricultural High School have learnt recently through a new eight-week project in conjunction with the City of Mitcham and Wittunga Botanic Garden.
Each Monday morning about 25 students arrive at Wittunga to work on an area of the garden, which might involve weeding, light pruning, clearing, mulching, etc.
It’s the latest in a string of community engagement projects the school have undertaken with the council over the past few years, and Wittunga staff couldn’t be happier about what the students have achieved in the Garden since they started here in May.
It’s clear the school has been loving the partnership too. Urrbrae Year 8 coordinator Mark Zivkovic (perhaps better known as Mr Zed) told the Mitcham and Hills Messenger, “It gets them thinking about the world, their place in it and themselves as a contributing citizen… they’ve got to have the headset right from the beginning, that it’s about rolling up your sleeves, getting your hands dirty and actually doing the work that makes the difference… we’re trying to breed people who are going to leave the school and make a difference in the world”
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Urrbrae students and the City of Mitcham for making a real difference, and to the Blackwood Action Group for helping facilitate the partnership.
If you’d like to learn more about volunteering opportunities at our three gardens – for young and old – visit our Volunteering page or our Little Sprouts volunteering page.
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
06 January 2023
The Titan Arum, or Corpse Flower, is known for its notorious smell - but did you know these plants have a fascinating life up to 10 years prior to the stinky inflorescent bloom?