Three must-visit Australian gardens
These stunning gardens around Australia are the perfect place to spend the day with family to soak up some of the great outdoors, take in a spot of history and witness some of our country’s award-winning gardening talents.
National Rose Garden in Wolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania
Nestled in a sun-drenched corner of the beautiful Woolmers Estate in Longford, Tasmania, this outstanding National Rose Garden, where heady perfume wafts from the flowers, is full of all of the rose families you can imagine and is one of the finest collections of historic roses in the southern hemisphere, ranging from the earliest European and China roses through to the roses of the twenty first century.
As one of the most historically significant heritage properties in Australia, the estate is the perfect place to visit to also get a unique and fascinating look at what colonial life in Tasmania was like.
Nooroo, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Famous for its magnificent cool climate exotic gardens, at Mount Wilson you can experience its gardens, its avenues of trees, its lookouts and its walking trails and picnic areas. For most people, the best time to visit Mount Wilson is either spring or autumn.
Of particular interest if you plan a trip are Church Avenue, Queen's Avenue and The Avenue with their rows of plane trees, limes, elms, beeches, liquidambars and pink cherries. Nooroo is gorgeous and includes a world famous wisteria collection.
Araluen Botanic Park, Perth Hills, Western Australia
Located in the Perth hills, Araluen Botanic Park is home to many species of Australian and international flora with a range of native wildlife, including marsupials, birds, reptiles and water creatures. With international acclaim for its gardens and some particular species, including Camellias and Roses, visitors can take a bushwalk or stroll around the gardens and may even spot a family of western grey kangaroos or a wallaby.
Boasting a unique microclimate featuring loam soils and high rainfall, the gardens enjoy an unmatched opportunity to cultivate exotic and cool climate plants in Western Australia – thus, there are a variety of exotic species in addition to the profusion of native plant species that thrive here.
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