Blue Mountains Botanic Garden

The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden visitor's centre

Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is a 28 hectare public garden approximately 100 km west of Sydney at Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains. The garden is heritage-listed.[1]

Proteaceae garden, Blue Mountains Botanic Garden

Description

The garden was established in 1972. It includes an additional 128 hectares of land dedicated to conservation. The garden is 1000 m above sea level, and it specializes in cool-climate plants that would not grow well in Sydney's warmer conditions. The gardens are managed by the Botanic Gardens Trust, a division of the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change. The garden was originally known as the Mount Tomah Botanical Garden, but the name was later changed to Blue Mountains Botanic Garden.

History

The land was originally granted to Susannah Bowen in 1830. She had arrived in the colony in 1828.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mt006 : Mount Tomah Botanic Garden | NSW Environment & Heritage". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales State Government. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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Coordinates: 33°32′21″S 150°25′21″E / 33.5391°S 150.4226°E / -33.5391; 150.4226

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