- Address: Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia;
- Phone: +61 2 9231 8111;
- Website: rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au;
- Opening hours: 09.00-17.30
On the shore of the Sydney Harbor, the Royal Botanic Garden, one of the most visited places of the largest city of Australia, is comfortably located.
Local residents and tourists come here not only to enjoy the beauty of the vegetation and wildlife, but also to fully relax, relax from the city's hustle and bustle.
History of creation
In these places, a variety of agricultural plants have long been grown, but in 1816 local authorities decide to form a botanical garden, which is divided into almost 30 hectares. Almost eight thousand plants grow on this territory.
Currently, the garden is surrounded by a business area, that is, it is a kind of oasis, where Australians constantly rush to rest, stroll along shady avenues, take a dip in the sun, do sports and yoga, and have a picnic.
An additional attraction to the garden is attached to the fact that its territory offers a magnificent view of the ocean and one of the symbols of modern Australia the building of the Sydney Opera House.
Variety of natural areas
The entire Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney is divided into 14 zones according to the bushes and trees planted in them. In particular, these are such zones as: a tropical garden, orchards of spicy grasses and succulents, a palm grove, a fern's greenhouse, a garden of stones with plants, a rose garden, and others.
Each of the available zones is attractive and interesting in its own way, but we will dwell in more detail only on some of them.
Main square
It has many sculptures, fountains, paved paths and sidewalks, there are gazebos located near the ponds - an ideal place for a simple, relaxing holiday. There are even cafes.
This part of the park complex is decorated in a Victorian style, which was promoted by plants brought from European countries.
East garden
It was created relatively recently. It is filled with both wild and cultivated plants, brought from Asian countries, whose climate is somewhat similar to the Australian one: Bhutan, Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea.
The area is decorated, naturally, in the oriental style, which allows you to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Asia. By the way, nearby is the Camellia Garden, also imported from the southeast Asian countries.
Garden of succulents
He's a cactus. Here, visitors can enjoy a variety of cacti of various shapes - in the form of a ball or a cylinder, candelabrum or candle and so on.
In addition to cacti in this part of the garden are milk sprouts, agaves and other similar plants, harmoniously blended with the general landscape, covered with gravel.
Tropical garden
It has several greenhouses of various types - tunnel, in the form of pyramids, and others.
The tropical part is divided into several separate zones, each of which provides special conditions for the maintenance of certain tropical species. In addition to plants from the Australian tropical rainforest, species brought from tropical areas are represented in the garden: Central America, Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, etc.
In particular, visitors can admire the highest flower on the planet, which is amorphophallus titanum.
Rose Garden
In it almost two thousand rose bushes of different colors are planted. Here you can admire the blossoming buds of cream, white, red and many combined colors.
Zone of living fossils
These include the rarest of the plants found on the Earth, among which the Wolle pine are particularly prominent. For a long time they were considered completely extinct, but in the mid-nineties of the last century, during an expedition to the Blue Mountains, the pines were found in one of the remote, almost inaccessible canyons. In the world of botany, this discovery is still almost the largest of modern!
In Australia, immediately decided to create a special nursery, which are engaged in the reproduction of these pines - the largest, significant botanical parks in the world have already received the first copies of these trees.
Birds and animals
In the Royal Botanical Garden, there are many birds that fill the neighborhood with their singing. Among them: parrots, ibis, waterfowl.
Birds are friendly and scared, many of them are free to feed visitors. The fauna is represented by koalas, opossums, gray-headed volatile foxes. By the way, in the wild volatile foxes are not so often, but in the garden they feel free and multiply well.
How to get to the botanical garden?
This real paradise is located at ul. Miss Macquaris Road. The entrance to the Royal Botanical Garden is free. But the guide services, if you need it, will have to pay. If you do not want to walk in the garden on foot, you can use the services of special trams.
Gates gardens are open to visitors every day, starting at 7 am. Closure of the garden depends on the time of year and the length of daylight hours. So, from November to February it closes at 20:00, in October and March the garden gate is open until 18:30. In September and April, visitors can stay in the garden until 18:00, in August and May, leave the garden area no later than 17:30, and in June and July - no later than 17:00.
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