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You’ve seen the gardens, you’ve felt the grass beneath your feet, you’ve heard birds chirping in the trees – now a new gin will give you a chance to taste what the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan has to offer. Australian artisan spirit brand Garden Grown Gin, has partnered with the gardens to create a limited-edition ‘Botanic Garden Grown Gin’ using rare Australian botanicals collected from the garden. Australian Botanic Garden curator manager John Siemon said the gin’s release coincided with the 30th birthday of the garden. “We’re very excited about the gin – it has been a long time bringing this product to reality,” he said. “Gin is on trend at the moment and this is one of the most unique gins you will ever taste.” Native botanicals such as Ginger Rhizome, Mount White Lime, Orange Berry, Wombat Berry, Macadamia and a touch of the famous Bunya Pine Nut from the Garden were chosen to create the rare collection of 1000 handcrafted bottles of gin. Mr Siemon said he had been lucky enough to taste the gin prior to its release today. “It’s a fantastic taste,” he said. “The dominant flavours are orange and lime but the botanicals taste different on different parts of your tongue. “The ginger isn’t so noticeable but it gives a nice tingling feeling.” Proceeds from sales of the limited-edition gin will go towards the Garden’s conservation initiatives, including seed collection, seed banking, and conservation research and training. “The Garden aptly serves as a cultural, scientific and educational institution which is also the proud home to rare Australian botanicals used to create this unique blend,” he said. “This partnership is much more than just gin, it is a great opportunity to promote and support the conservation work at the garden which helps to protect the future of Australia’s native plants. “We’d love people to purchase the gin to support our research and conservation work.” Garden Grown Gin partnered with long term collaborator, master distiller Phillip Moore, to select the native botanicals from Garden and spent months refining the gin. Garden Grown Gin spokesman Will Miles said it was a great team effort from the distiller and Mr Siemon. “This gin is possibly the most Australian gin you’ll have ever tasted,” he said. “Profits from each bottle purchased go directly back to the garden’s vital initiatives, we’re honoured to collaborate and support a project with such commitment to Australia’s conservation.” Botanic Garden Grown Gin is available for $129 from gardengrowngin.com.au and select retailers nationwide.

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