View Opera House from Royal Botanic Garden Sydney in September
Sydney's Botanic Gardens are as much about the location as the wonderful selection of plants.
The gardens are situated on the shores of Sydney Harbour and from almost anywhere in the garden there are wonderful views of the water including the classic view of the Opera House with the Harbour Bridge behind.
The gardens cover 30 hectares and contain more than a million specimens. The gardens are also home to thousands of bats (flying foxes) which can be seen hanging from the trees.
Free guided walks depart from the Palm Grove Centre daily (not public holidays) at 10.30am and take approximately one and a half hours.
Places of interest include the Tropical Centre, Sydney Fernery and Succulent Garden.
Large grassy areas and shade from some of the large trees make it a wonderful place to picnic and escape the noise of the city.
For those who don't feel like walking there is a hop-on hop-off train which runs every 30mins.
Without a doubt, one of the great botanic gardens of the world.
Author: Bob Saunders.
Shops The Palm Grove Centre is in the centre of the gardens, it contains a shop full of horticultural related items, a Book Room to relax and read through their book collection. The shop is open 9.30 to 4.30 daily.
Restaurants There are various restaurants located around the gardens open during the day. The Botanic Gardens, Pavilion on the Park and Pavillion Kiosk are open for Breakfast and Lunch. The Botanic Gardens Restaurant does not open until noon.
Disabled Visitors Most areas of the garden are accessible by wheelchair. Wheelchairs can be hired from the Garden shop in the Palm Grove Centre.(Phone 9231 8125.) The restaurants are all accessible by wheelchair as are the toilets in these venues. Special parking bays are provided near the Woolloomooloo Gate and outside the Art Gallery of NSW. To arrange disabled parking for Festival of Sydney events phone 9235 3733.
The Botanic Gardens are in the centre of Sydney and can be reached by Train, Ferry, Bus or Car
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The gardens are open every day of the year except some assigned areas on New Years Eve and other days when ticketed events are held.
November- February 7am to 8pm
March 7am to 6.30pm
April 7am to 6pm
May 7am to 5.30pm
June and July 7am to 5pm
August 7am to 5.30pm
September 7am to 6pm
October 7am to 7.30pm
Sydney Fernery and Succulent Garden 9am to 4.30 daily (not Christmas Day or Good Friday)
Tropical Centre 10am to 4pm (not Christmas Day or Good Friday)
General Gardens, Fernery and Succulent Garden FREE
Tropical Centre Family $8.80, Adult $4.40, Seniors $3.30, Child/conc $2.20.
Choo Choo Express - adults $10 children $5
Emily Langhorne - Manly Vale NSW: Are we lucky or what !! To have such fabulous Botanic Gardens right by the harbour and the Opera House. I work closeby so I try to have my lunch there as often as work allows. Why would you sit in a cafe or pub when there's a place like this just across the road from the CBD? Love it..
Aloes add colour outside the main gate of Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney in MacQuarie Street - July
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Entrance
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney are always full of colour - August is a great time to see the tulips
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Spring Borders - September
Jane McGrath Rose - blooming in January in the Rose Garden of Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Rose Garden January - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Enjoy a well earned rest in the Herb Garden of Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Herb Garden Sundial. Photo Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Jaime Plaza
Pond and paths in the Upper Garden of Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney in August
Succulent Garden - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Scenic train will take visitors around Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney - September
In September the Wisteria are in flower. They can be seen climbing over arches and in the standard form. This is Wisteria floribunda Macrobotrys - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
September is a wonderful time to enjoy Clivia borders - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Sweep Boy Statue - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Royal Botanic Garden and city. Photo Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Simone Cottrell
Plantings at Sydney Botanic Gardens are often rather imaginative, this space is different on every visit.
Koelreuteria formosana flowers in March - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora - Blue Ginger flowering in March - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Many wonderful mature trees - N.B. this is an artfully shot angle, not real - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
One of many sculptures, this one symbolising the flotsam of living nuts - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Many wonderfully shady pathways - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Nature makes its own art - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Star Garden 'Anzac Bed' On the centenary of Gallipoli remembers the garden staff who enlisted in WWI - Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Sydney Botanic Garden, the Herb Garden Gazebo
Sydney Botanic Gardens - Bromeliad Bed
View across harbour from Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens
Boy / Dog Statue, Sydney Botanic Gardens
Sydney Botanic Gardens Cafe and Restaurant
Calyx Centre - Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
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