The Friends of Kings Park Horticultural Advice and Support team provide a free advisory service on caring for and growing native plants for home gardeners and community groups.

Need native gardening advice?The service is focused on WA native plant species in urban gardens and provides practical advice on propagation, potting, planting and pruning. The Friends of Kings Park Horticultural Advice and Support team (formerly known as Kings Park Volunteer Master Gardeners) enjoy spreading the word about WA's glorious native plants and how to grow them successfully.

Garden Advisory Service: (+61 8) 6186 6657

Alternatively, you can email your enquiry. Please include a phone number if you wish to be contacted by phone call.

Meet the team

Discuss your native plant questions with a Friends of Kings Park Horticultural Advice and Support team member at a Dig it with Coffee session, during a Friends of Kings Park plant sale or at the annual Kings Park Festival in September.

If you are fascinated by our Australian native plants, enjoy gardening, and have time to give to voluntary activities, why not join the Friends of Kings Park Horticultural Advice and Support team!

Further information

Contact the Friends of Kings Park Horticultural Advice and Support

Mounts Bay Road share path detours

The City of Perth will be undergoing works on the shared path along Mounts Bay Road from Thursday 23 March until Monday 8 May 2023. Detours through Kings Park will be in place.

School Ball parking

Temporary parking on Fraser Avenue will not be provided for buses, limos and cars, and fines will apply.

Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is responding to the confirmed detection of an exotic beetle, the Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer (PSHB) in the Perth metropolitan area.

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City of Perth E-Scooter Trial Expands through Kings Park

Visitors will be able to hire and ride e-scooters within Kings Park as part of City of Perth’s E-scooter Share Scheme from Saturday 25 March 2023.

Support for Noongar Boodja continues

Fugro has generously renewed their partnership with the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (BGPA) to bring another three years of the very popular ‘Noongar Boodja’ education program to Kings Park.

Rare plants stolen from Kings Park

We're devastated to announce up to 900 of WA’s rarest orchids have been stolen from the Conservation Garden in Kings Park.

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