Plant Census Find out what plants grow at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Now publicly available on the Gardens' website, the plant census provides records on over 50,000 individual plants...
Read More 'Floreo 2008' 
Guilfoyle’s Volcano Originally built under William Guilfoyle’s direction in 1876 as a reservoir for irrigation supply, the structure was designed to represent a volcano, to be viewed as a focal point for the Gardens’ landscape.
Read More 'Guilfoyle’s Volcano' Tropical Hothouse 
'Retreat to the warm, humid tropics inside the Tropical Hothouse. Experience the feeling of walking through dense vegetation and discover the weird and wonderful plants of the tropical rainforests. Take a step back in time and be astonished by early plant life, which has evolved from before dinosaurs roamed the earth. Download Self Guided Brochures: Vital Plants • Botanical Marvels • Plant Evolution
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| Open:Entry to the Gardens is free of charge. 7.30am to sunset every day of the year. Please Note:
Tropical Display – Glasshouse is open daily: 10am - 4pm. The Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden SPECIAL NOTICE:
School Holiday opening - The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden will be open from 10am to 4pm seven days a week during the Victorian School Holidays. Two month closure - The Children's Garden is closed for two months at the end of the Victorian July School Holidays for rest and maintenance. This year the Children's Garden will close on Wednesday 15 July 2009 and reopens at 10am on Wednesday 9 September 2009. Open
10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
10am - 4pm, seven days per week during Victorian State School holidays Closed
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday
For two months at the start of third term (Victorian State Schools) Plant Craft Cottage Open
Monday to Friday 10am till 3pm and the third Sunday of each month Closed
10 March (Labour Day); 21 March - 24 March (Easter, reopening on 25 March); and 25 April (Anzac Day). |
