House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Answers to Questions Botanic Gardens Botanic Gardens The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS House of Assembly Black Leader of the Opposition Botanic Gardens In reply to the Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (2 November 2022). The Hon. S.E. CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Premier Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Minister for Defence and Space Industries Minister for Climate, Environment and Water Botanic Gardens The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water): I have been advised: There are no ongoing health restrictions or social distancing requirements at the Botanic Gardens. Regularly featured events such as WOMADelaide and Moonlight Cinema have returned to their previously scheduled slots in Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla, which is managed by the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium. However, other major concert events have not yet returned to Botanic Park in the same numbers as pre-COVID. The onsite events program in the Botanic Gardens estates has returned to pre-COVID levels, indeed the success of Light Cycles and other partnerships, along with the BGSH's in-house program, has meant that onsite visitation to public events has increased compared to pre-COVID levels. School visitation is currently at 20,789 students to 30 June 2021-22 financial year, which is slightly lower when compared with pre-pandemic student numbers at 21,302 for the 2018-19 financial year. The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium is currently deploying a broader range of methods to provide school access beyond our sites, including innovations in the digital delivery of educational content.