Floriade at Lanyon Homestead | Floriade Satellite Site
Next on 3 Sep 2025 from 10:00am to 4:00pmFloriade at Lanyon Homestead | Floriade Satellite Site
Overview
Lanyon Homestead returns as a Floriade satellite site for 2025, offering spring blooms in a heritage setting on Canberra's southern edge. Visitors can wander riverside lawns and gardens with mountain views. Daily guided Garden and Science tours reveal the working station past, productive plots and the science of key plants. Tours depart from the Homestead Shop. Bookings are recommended. Only 30 minutes from the city centry yet feels like a countryside escape.
The program features Junior Explorers: Microscopic Wonders, self-guided with a pocket microscope for families to explore Lanyon. A ticketed long lunch on the lawns with National Opera combines live music with seasonal food. Bird watching sessions with Canberra bird experts include talks and short guided walks. The Six Seasons with Tyronne Bell introduces the Ngunnawal seasonal calendar and how to read the landscape. Dark sky stargazing with astronomers from Mount Stromlo Observatory reveals planets and constellations above the homestead. A family day of garden activities brings hands-on creativity to the grounds. Food and drink are available, with picnic-friendly spaces throughout the site. Parking is close to the entrance.
Bookings are required for selected programs. Click through for the full program.
Dates
3 Sep – 31 Oct 2025Facilities
- Cafe
- Carpark
- Family Friendly
- Non Smoking
- Public Toilet
- Shop / Gift Shop
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.