Kennedy Garden tours and tea
- Dates
- Fri 7 Feb 2025 at 12.30–2pm and 3–4.30pm
- Sat 8 Feb 2025 at 9.30–11am and 12–1.30pm
- Cost
$35 adult
$30 concession
$25 Friends
$100 family (2 adults, 2 children)Tours run when plants in the garden are most likely to be flowering or producing.
Tours include tea in the garden (weather permitting), with ingredients found in and around Canberra.
Join a seasonal walk through the National Museum’s Christina and Trevor Kennedy Garden, a living museum of First Nations food and medicine plants from across Australia.
Enjoy the sights and scents of the season as Adam Shipp (Wiradjuri) of Yurbay Consultancies shares his passion for native plants. Each tour finishes with the opportunity to sample some of the flavours found in the Kennedy Garden and around the Canberra region.
Adam Shipp
Adam is a Wiradjuri man based in Canberra. A skilled communicator and enthusiastic bush-food advocate, Adam prides himself on his strong work ethic. His passion for his culture and people drives him to share his abundant knowledge of the food and medicine plants that grow in the ACT.
Yurbay (‘You-ra-bi’) is the Wiradjuri word for seed. Yurbay provide services to connect people to local food and medicine plants. Yurbay offer workshops, talks and guided walks on Country.