Due to very high fire danger conditions today, Naturescape is closed and Kings Park afternoon guided walks may be cancelled.
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Kings Park warmly welcomed delegates of Australia's largest tourism trade show to a stunning Western Australian showcase event on 10 April 2019.
Western Australian quendas (Isoodon fusciventer) aren’t just cute and quirky, their digging and fossicking habits have been found to make an incredible difference in the growth of plants, according to new research.
Zippy's Kings Park Adventures is now open for 2019 bookings, so don’t miss this popular new program for little nature lovers aged three to five years!
Aspects of Kings Park Gallery Shop is pleased to launch an update of their Corporate Gift Guide.
Partnering with Perth Festival once again, we are excited to see the return of the magical ‘Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak’ to Kings Park. This free event will celebrate our passion for WA’s unique natural landscape, biodiversity and Indigenous culture.
Plant sales, movie nights, discounts and more – now is a great time to join the Friends of Kings Park and make a difference to the WA environment and our most beautiful park.
On the recent 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, a significant community project was launched by the Governor of Western Australia, The Honourable Kim Beazley AC at the State Reception Centre here in Kings Park.
An international team of researchers led by Kings Park Science’s Dr Katinka Ruthrof has documented the responses of plants, animals and marine life to a major heatwave which affected Western Australia in 2011.
Kings Park won a Premier's Science Award for the Chevron Science Engagement Initiative of the Year on 15 August 2018.
Alan Barrett commenced as Executive Director of the BGPA on 23 July 2018. Alan has spent most of his life within a stone's throw of Kings Park.
It’s been a delight to have local painter Rowena Keall Walsh as our Artist in Residence in 2018.
Perth's favourite boab tree celebrated its 10th anniversary of arriving in Kings Park and Botanic Garden in July.
