Worth a visit October and early November are the months in the Gardens for the magnificent Australian Waratah. The state floral emblem of New South Wales, but adopted as a floral favourite by all Australians. We have both the white Waratah and the red flowered forms in the Gardens and they are now well worth a ...
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David’s ropes dangled like spaghetti from the high rock shelf into the partially lit rainforest gorge. The sun was high and the hot breeze had come in from the west encouraging a sweat on the back of his neck, all of which made the cool damp realm of the rainforest gorge below him increasingly inviting. ...
The Macquarie Cushion Azorella macquariensis (Macquarie Cushion)is one of only four plants endemic to Macquarie Island. It is the dominant species of the feldmark, a plant community on the plateau uplands comprising of dwarf flowering plants, mosses, lichens, liverworts, interspersed with patches of bare ground. The feldmark covers 45% of the Island and A. macquariensis is considered ...
A great selection of flowering plants this month There are just so many superb plants bursting forth into the warmth of spring this month it will be impossible to detail them all, you will just have to come in and see them all for yourself. Here is a small selection to wet your appetite. Pimelea ...
The gardens are hosting a Photo Scavenging Hunt totally coordinated through a new iphone app called ‘wozzere’. Although designed around creating timelines of iconic and significant places around the world, wozzere has been adapted to guide people to eight locations around the gardens using an interactive map. Trace the path to view and capture significant ...
The Tasmanian Native Garden is a special place to visit throughout the year but what are the really showy plants within these months of spring? Winged Spyridium One of the most unusual and striking Tasmanian native plants that flowers profusely from August through to the end of September is the Tasmanian Dusty Miller or Winged Spyridium, Spyridium vexilliferum. An ...
Snowpeas Broad Beans Coriander seedlings Spinach seedlings baby leaves ready to harvest It seems like Tasmania has had more regular and longer cold events this year than usual and the extended periods of snow in many parts of the state has really been the icing on the cake! But with such a chilly period ...
Incredible 50 metre high steel trees! Truly one of the worlds most incredible creations! The giant steel trees with their tangled trunks covered in an intricate web of living vertical gardens are only one of many amazing architectural and horticultural sights that will truly blow you away in Singapore's Gardens by the Bay ...
What's in flower this week? The great spring gardens are gradually being coaxed from their winter sleep, and only the late winter flowering plants are currently showing their style. One plant in particular at the moment is the Magnolia Campbellii, after Scottish botanist Dr Archibald Campbell. Campbell's Magnolia, as it is commonly known was first introduced ...
