The Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It specialises in plants and landscapes native to the arid central Australian region.
Opened in 1985, the Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a renowned arid zone garden in Central Australia, featuring over 600 plant species, including Indigenous bushfood and medicine plants. It includes the Registered Sacred Site Tharrarletneme (Annie Meyers Hill), which is significant to the Arrernte people, where many teach and learn about local plants.
The garden is a recreational, educational, and cultural resource for the community and visitors. It offers self-guided walks, picnic areas, and stunning views of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from Tharrarletneme. You can also enjoy a relaxing coffee in the garden café.
Beyond plants, the garden is a vibrant ecosystem with diverse wildlife, including eighty-nine bird species, some rare, the elusive Black-footed Rock Wallaby, the Euro (Hill Kangaroo), and various reptiles. Nature enthusiasts can spot these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It specialises in plants and landscapes native to the arid central Australian region.
Opened in 1985, the Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a renowned arid zone garden in Central Australia, featuring over 600 plant species, including Indigenous bushfood and medicine plants. It includes the Registered Sacred Site Tharrarletneme (Annie Meyers Hill), which is significant to the Arrernte people, where many teach and learn about local plants.
The garden is a recreational, educational, and cultural resource for the community and visitors. It offers self-guided walks, picnic areas, and stunning views of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from Tharrarletneme. You can also enjoy a relaxing coffee in the garden café.
Beyond plants, the garden is a vibrant ecosystem with diverse wildlife, including eighty-nine bird species, some rare, the elusive Black-footed Rock Wallaby, the Euro (Hill Kangaroo), and various reptiles. Nature enthusiasts can spot these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat.
“..she pinpointed the most controversial issues of her day and highlighted them in ways that other anthropologists did not …. these issues continue to be important today.”
Olive Muriel Pink (1884–1975) was an Australian artist, anthropologist, and advocate for Aboriginal rights, known for establishing the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Alice Springs.
Since 2012, the Olive Pink Botanic Garden has operated as a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). It is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees, which consists of leading members of the Alice Springs community who provide support, guidance and legal oversight of the Garden.
The Garden Design Master Plan is a key supporting document of the Olive Pink Strategic Plan. Its purpose is to encapsulate a botanic garden that serves as a memorial to Olive Pink, become an important tourism asset for Central Australia, and be an important place in the life and culture of the people of Alice Springs.
The Garden Design Master Plan is a key supporting document of the Olive Pink Strategic Plan. Its purpose is to encapsulate a botanic garden that serves as a memorial to Olive Pink, become an important tourism asset for Central Australia, and be an important place in the life and culture of the people of Alice Springs.
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Since 2012, the Olive Pink Botanic Garden has operated with approximately 2 to 2.5FTE staff, who work closely with local volunteers, community-minded organisations and other groups to sustain and grow the vision of the garden.
Openings and opportunities to join the Olive Pink team will be listed here from time to time:
Job Title: Events and Volunteer Coordinator Job Type: Part-time 0.4 FTE, 15.2 hours per week Location: Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs Report to: General Manager Salary and Conditions: Pro rata salary from $26,000 – $30,000 (equivalent to $65,000 – $75,000 full-time) plus 12% superannuation, based on experience. Leave: 6
(If no listings, you may wish to sign up to our Volunteer Register.)
We have strong community participation and involvement through numerous volunteer and environment groups.
The Plant Society is instrumental in promoting the appreciation of Central Australia's native flora.
The Alice Springs Field Naturalists group is a bunch of enthusiasts or experts on all manner of natural history topics from geology to our fabulous local flora and fauna
The Alice Springs Field Naturalists group is a bunch of enthusiasts or experts on all manner of natural history topics from geology to our fabulous local flora and fauna
Olive Pink Botanic Garden has a long history of collaboration with Land for Wildlife, enabling Land for Wildlife to co-host workshops, events, and information sessions.
Alice Springs Toastmasters is a social club that hold regular meetings at the Garden.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden has a strong partnership with the correctional centre, offering pre-release participants voluntary employment in a safe environment.
The Arid Lands Environment Centre has collaborated closely with OPBG on various community events and environmental campaigns.
Batchelor has had a long-standing relationship with the Olive Pink Botanic Garden to provide a venue for specific Indigenous training and sharing resources.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden receives annual operating funding from the Northern Territory Government.
The Desert Park maintains a close relationship with Olive Pink. The Olive Pink Growers Group consists of volunteers propagating native plants from Central Australia for the Garden and sale to the Alice Springs community, volunteering twice weekly year-round.
Tourism Central Australia is an advocate and lobby group for the tourism industry in Central Australia.
A 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
The Garden has over 600 central Australian plant species, including 145 occurring naturally and 40 rare or threatened.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden acknowledges the Arrernte people as traditional owners of the land we work and grow on.
