Pink grevillea flower.

Flowers in Focus photography competition open for 2024

Did you enter our fabulous Flowers in Focus competition last year? Well it's back, bigger than ever in 2024 and we’re excited to see your magical Western Australian wildflower photos!

Send us your best photo by Friday 6 September 2024 for your chance to win prizes and the opportunity to have your image displayed in an outdoor exhibition in Kings Park!

The Flowers in Focus photography competition is open to all student, amateur or professional photographers and aims to promote the uniqueness and beauty of Western Australia’s diverse flora – especially our wildflowers. There are plenty of plant species in flower already in Kings Park and Bold Park and right across our great State!

How to enter:

  1. Please read the Terms and Conditions for full competition and prize details.
  2. Take your photograph of a native Western Australian wildflower. Photos should be approximately 2-10 MB in size. Please note, we may contact you for larger formats if you are selected as a winner.
  3. Complete the Flowers in Focus entry form online.
  4. Entries must be received by midnight (AWST) Friday 6 September 2024.
  5. A maximum of three (3) entries per person will be accepted.
  6. The winners will be announced on Monday 30 September 2024.

Prizes:

  • Prize Winner 1: 1 x $100 Aspects of Kings Park voucher, 2 x Department of Parks and Wildlife 14 Day passes, 1 x Moonlight Cinema double pass
  • Prize Winners 2 - 10: 2 x Department of Parks and Wildlife 14 Day passes, 1 x Moonlight Cinema double pass
  • All winners: Photo display in Kings Park

To get you in the mood, check out last year’s winners!

Stay tuned for all the exciting happenings of the 2024 Kings Park Festival.

Pictured: 2023 winner - Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon' captured by Rowena Harper.
 

'Scorchers Flame' Kangaroo Paw flower

Kangaroo Paw collaboration an Australian-first

It's Kings Park and Botanic Gardens' first collaboration with a sporting organisation - and an Australian-first. Teaming up with Perth Scorchers, a bright-orange Kangaroo Paw has been released just in time for the cricket season.

National Science Week wrap up

National Science Week all wrapped up

National Science Week has wrapped up for 2024, and we’ve been taking the opportunity to reflect on the Kings Park Science team’s activities for the week.

Restoration planting at Mounts Bay Gardens

Removals and restoration: what's happening on Mount Eliza Escarpment

Works to remove additional PSHB infested host trees on Mount Eliza Escarpment will take place from August 2024 while restoration continues at Mounts Bay Gardens. 

The program of tree removal and pruning is showing real evidence of success. Recent DPIRD surveillance in Kings Park recorded much lower beetle numbers in the first and second quarter of 2024.

boronia

Right plant, right place

It’s an ongoing mission for the Kings Park Horticulturists; ensuring that each plant has optimal growing conditions for success. 

Selfie at Fraser Ave precinct

What has been your experience of Kings Park and Bold Park? Tell us your story

Kings Park and Bold Park are both important landmarks for Perth, a place to relax, connect with nature and meet with friends and family.

To help better understand the important value these parks have, the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (BGPA) has partnered with Deloitte Access Economics to estimate the economic and social contribution of Kings Park and Bold Park.

The Grevillea and Hakea garden located at Roe Gardens overlooking Perth city

Celebrating Botanic Gardens Month

May is Botanic Gardens Month, and over the next few weeks we are shining a light on the critical role botanic gardens play in leading research and safeguarding plant diversity.