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The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Annu Al RepoRt 2010–2011 Contents Letter to the Minister 3 Section 1 Performance Snapshot 6 Chair & Executive Director’s Report 7 Our Organisation 9 Delivering our Services 10 Section 2 Achievements 14 Section 3 Community Support 24 Corporate Governance 34 Appendices 40 Section 4 Financial Statements 64 Annual Report 2010–11 1 2 THE ROYAL Botanic GARdEns & dOMAin TRusT Letter to the Minister THE HOn. ROBYn PARkER, MP MinisTER fOR THE EnviROnMEnT PARLiAMEnT HOusE, sYdnEY 2000 Dear Minister I have great pleasure in presenting the 2010–11 Annual Report of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust for presentation to Parliament. This report covers in full the Trust’s activities and Statement of Accounts in accordance with the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act 1980, the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 and the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulations 2010. Yours sincerely Greg Martin Dr Brett Summerell Chairperson Acting Executive Director The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Annual Report 2010–11 3 On 13 June Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden celebrated 195 years. It was on this day in 1816 that Governor Lachlan Macquarie pronounced the land on the edge of Farm Cove as Sydney’s Botanic Garden. As we head towards our Bicentenary in 2016, we asked our friends and supporters to share their thoughts and wishes for our Gardens for the next 200 years. We’d like to now share these with you ... My wish for the future of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney on the occasion of its 195th Birthday is that this haven of beauty and serenity on the Harbour will endure across the centuries, welcoming birds, children and families, solitary walkers, artists and international visitors. And most certainly I would wish that the traditional custodians of this ancient shore will continue to share their living culture with us all, in the Woggan-ma-gule Ceremony each Australia Day morning as they have in past years. – Marie Bashir, Governor of NSW I wish that in 200 hundred years time there will be dancers of The Australian Ballet relaxing in the Royal Botanic Gardens taking inspiration from those magical surroundings into the Sydney Opera House for their nightly performances as we have done since the opening of the SOH in 1973!!! – David McAllister AM, Artistic Director, The Australian Ballet My wish for the Royal Botanic Garden is that it will help people to develop knowledge and understanding of biodiversity within the natural environment. I hope the Gardens will continue to provide wonderful open spaces for people of all ages and special needs. – Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle) Section 1 Performance Snapshot Chair & Executive Director’s Report Our Organisation Delivering our Services Performance Snapshot REvEnuE 2010–11 Grants, Donations Other $51.8 million State Government Capital Funding & Contributions Revenue 38% 16% 3% 15% 23% 5% State Government Recurrent Funding Crown Grants Sales of Goods & Services units 2010–11 2009–10 2008–09 2007–08 2006–07 finAnciAL1 Government contribution State Government $’000 19,914 19,090 18,105 17,781 17,379 Recurrent Funding State Government Capital Funding $’000 8,274 2,860 2,635 3,695 5,476 Crown Grants $’000 1,574 1,966 1,641 1,308 1,272 Own earned revenue Grants, Donations & Contributions $’000 7,651 2,529 3,861 2,573 1,881 Sales of Goods & Services2 $’000 11,680 11,258 7,312 7,289 7,812 Other Revenue3 $’000 2,678 2,706 6,035 5,116 1,773 Total Revenue $’000 51,771 40,409 39,589 37,762 35,593 Total Expenses $’000 (43,019) (41,641) (40,386) (38,577) (34,184) surplus/(deficit) $’000 8,752 (1,232) (797) (815) 1,409 PLAnT BiOdivERsiTY & HABitats undERsTOOd, PROTEcTEd & REsTOREd Grant-funded research projects no. 21 19 18 27 20 Species described or reassessed no. 47 64 31 82 30 Peer-reviewed scientific publications, no. 122 152 189 178 183 general articles & presentations THE cOMMuniTY vALuEs PLAnTs & cultuRAL HERitage Participants in school & public no. 80,711 75,964 65,786 69,507 62,805 education programs Volunteers contributing to no. 627 697 694 611 575 Trust programs Total visits to Trust website no. 562,188 582,620 858,878 862,629 638,092 Visitors to Trust estates satisfied with % 97 94 94 91 90 facilities, services & programs incREAsEd participatiOn & integratiOn in cOMMuniTY AcTiviTiEs visits to: The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney no. 3,657,284 3,854,750 3,456,129 3,621,925 3,453,927 The Australian Botanic Garden, no. 116,168 84,509 88,777 100,410 94,873 Mount Annan The Blue Mountains Botanic no. 75,044 70,031 69,772 69,990 78,285 Garden, Mount Tomah People using the Domain for booked no. 65,379 72,732 89,755 71,194 95,923 sports activities Attendees at public events: The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney no. 378,618 419,717 514,004 425,020 440,880 The Australian Botanic Garden, no. 21,428 16,207 14,293 18,525 17,500 Mount Annan The Blue Mountains Botanic no. 46,295 24,384 15,850 12,856 11,500 Garden, Mount Tomah Notes 1 Financial information and data included in this section has not been subject to audit 2 ‘Sales of Goods & Services’ (2010–11) includes investment revenue 3 Other Revenue (2010–11) includes insurance recoveries, cost recovery and infringements 6 THE ROYAL Botanic GARdEns & dOMAin TRusT Chair & Executive Director’s Report The past 12 months have been a time of significant change for the Trust. New events, art, people, discoveries and facilities are highlighted throughout this year’s report. Each change represents an important node as we chart our growth and evolution as an organisation that needs to remain relevant and ensure it has a role to play in our local communities, as well as nationally and internationally. Of particular note was the renaming of our botanic estates and the revitalisation of the organisation’s visual identity. These changes reposition the Trust as the custodian of three strong and distinctly different destinations, while building on our reputation as a leading scientific, educational and conservation institution. Each estate name was chosen to better articulate ACTING ExECuTIVE DIRECTOR DR BRETT SuMMERELL WITH DOROTHY the unique botanic experiences at each garden and to THE DINOSAuR, FAIRY CLARE AND JEFF FATT at 195TH birthday attract a new audience to be inspired by the plants and CELEBRATIONS FOR THE Royal Botanic GARDEN, SYDNEY landscapes that we nurture. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain are now one under a small but significant Garden, Mount Tomah. This name strongly positions change that sees the entire estate renamed the Royal the garden to attract the many international tourists Botanic Garden, Sydney. This inclusion of the Domain who already visit the Greater Blue Mountains each year, with the Botanic Garden strengthens the relationship while retaining a strong sense of place and connection between the two precincts and better identifies the with Mount Tomah’s Darug heritage. Domain as part of Trust lands. The revised nomenclature, along with the new The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan look and feel, was introduced through the inaugural was named to capture the existing native plant Sydney Morning Herald Autumn of the Arts, held over experience and to extend this to express Australian March and April this year. Autumn of the Arts invited culture and horticulture. This is evident in the stories people to rediscover our botanic gardens as a living being told through the continuing development of artwork, gallery, stage and studio through a diary of the Connections Garden, and the growing suite of cultural events that featured music, sketching, theatre, community events staged at the Australian Botanic exhibitions, walks and workshops at all three estates. Garden. As we embark upon the next 12 months, Mount Annan’s new Narellan Road entrance is about Another significant event during the year was the to open, inviting the horde of commuters that drives official launch of the Botanic Bicentenary fundraising past each day to stop and visit this unique place. campaign. As patrons of the proposed Sydney This, together with the removal of entrance fees, will Children’s Garden, the Wiggles’ Jeff Fatt, Dorothy the strengthen Mount Annan’s position as the region’s Dinosaur and Fairy Clare shared their birthday wishes leading tourist destination. Construction of PlantBank for the Trust with hundreds of families at a very wet will also begin shortly, which will further cement the 195th birthday party in the Royal Botanic Garden. Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan as the centre The celebrations, which also took place at Mount for the research and conservation of Australian plants. Annan and Mount Tomah estates, were a first step to reinvigorating community interest in and connections to We ended last year with the opening of the Greater our botanic gardens in the lead up to 2016. Blue Mountains World Heritage Exhibition Centre at Mount Tomah. This stunning facility is now the Discussion of discoveries and connections must focal point for new landscapes and connections also mention our science, conservation and education through the Garden that capture the essence of the programs. The percentage of NSW threatened species surrounding environment by using unique local plants represented in our seedbank collection is growing while and stonework features. This experience is celebrated new species continue to be described through research RBG&DT in the estate’s new name: The Blue Mountains Botanic undertaken by Trust scientists. The number of people Annual Report 2010–11 7 engaged in education and public programs is the highest it has been in over five years, and rising.
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