Kennedy Garden tours and tea
- Dates
Winter 1 & 2 August 2025
Spring 31 October & 1 November 2025
Summer 6 & 7 February 2026
Autumn 1 & 2 May 2026
Tours run on Fridays 11am to 1pm and 2 to 4pm, and Saturdays 10am to12pm.
- Cost
$44 adult
$39 concession
$35 Friends
$136 family (2 adults, 2 children)Tours run when plants in the garden are most likely to be flowering or producing.
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.