Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria | Botanical garden

Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5320 5135

Address: Gillies Street North, N 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://ballaratbotanicalgardens.com.au

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24.01.2022 Poppies! Vibrant, flamboyant, beautiful!

22.01.2022 The daffodils continue to share their cheerful pops of colour throughout the gardens right now, but did you know that Ballarat and daffodils go 'way back'? Wonderfully revealed by Michael Taffe in his book 'Growing a Garden City', Ballarat has long identified with the gorgeous daffodil. So popular were they in early Ballarat, they had their own solo flower exhibitions, were the focus of much plant breeding competition, with many prize winning cultivars originating from Bal...larat and Western Victorian daffodil breeders. Their popularity made them a valuable fundraiser too! During World War Two, over 10,000 daffodil bulbs were grown in our gardens by the Ballarat Horticultural Society, which were then sold for the Red Cross war effort, and even earlier, daffodils were sold by the ‘Lucas Girls’ as one of the fundraisers for the Arch of Victory that we so love. See more

20.01.2022 The Tree Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum) is a really hardy succulent with fabulous year-round sculptural foliage, but one of it's surprise qualities is it's beautiful 25cm flower spikes.

17.01.2022 We are just loving the sunshine and colour of our spring blooms right now!

13.01.2022 The City of Ballarat is in Caretaker Period from 12pm on Tuesday 22 September until 6pm on Saturday 24 October. To comply with our Election Period Policy and the Local Government Act 2020, social media, marketing and communications activity will be limited and community engagement including comments will be restricted. For more information, please visit https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au//ab/council-elections-2020

08.01.2022 This Sunday, the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens are giving away FREE plants! In a wonderful project developed to encourage the joy of gardening, 'Friends' members have been busy growing lots of plants and seedlings at their own homes, to simply give away free to the community! Just fabulous! When: Sunday 8th Nov, 12pm- 3pm, North Gardens Pavilion (opposite the Gatekeepers Cottage).