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\u201cAs well, the Ballarat Significant Tree Register lists 17 outstanding elms. Some are in private gardens but three, apart from those in the gardens, are well worth a visit.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is an ulmus hollandica at the Eastern Oval, an ulmus minor variegata at Australian Catholic University\u2019s Aquinas Campus on Mair Street, and an ulmus glabra camperdownii at 315 Eureka Street, Ballarat East.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Elm on Eureka Street… was one of two planted in 1910, so it is well over 100 years old,\u201d Ms Taylor said. \u201cMany people stop and take photos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also on offer is Elms up close and personal, an exhibition presented by the FBBG Botanical Art Group and showcasing illustrations of significant trees throughout May in the gardens\u2019 Statuary Pavilion.<\/p>\n
Eight trees, including wedding, mad hair, Dutch, Cornish, and frosty elms, will be part of a tour in the gardens on Saturday, 27 May at 2pm hosted by FBBG Guides, and the next morning, on Sunday, 28 May, Friends of Buninyong Botanic Gardens will lead a free tour of their elms at 10.30am.<\/p>\n
BotaniKIDS activities and experiments will be led at the Gatekeepers Cottage on Saturday, 27 May from 12pm to 1.30pm, and A Wide World of the Elm talk by tree expert and co-author of Elms of Australia, John Hawker, will run in the Robert Clark Centre at 2pm on Sunday, 28 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GROW to learn about elm trees as part of the Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens\u2019 Heritage Festival programming. Displays of botanical art, free tours, a talk, and children\u2019s activities, all with a focus on the significant and grand species, will be on offer, led by FBBG volunteer members. \u201cOver 30 years ago, a group was […]<\/p>\n