Adelaide Botanic Garden
A 19th-century botanic garden at the northeastern corner of the city centre, with a Victorian palm house and the Bicentennial Conservatory as highlights. Admission is free.
Adelaide Botanic Garden was founded in 1855 and covers about 51 hectares. It sits at the eastern end of North Terrace, the city's cultural boulevard, and you can walk there from the South Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Its best-known feature is the Victorian steel-and-glass Palm House, imported from Germany in 1877, which now houses dryland plants from Madagascar. The Bicentennial Conservatory, completed in 1988, is one of the largest single-span glasshouses in the Southern Hemisphere and simulates a tropical rainforest environment. Other attractions include the Amazon Water Lily House, the Australian native plant area, the rose garden, the Museum of Economic Botany (with Victorian wooden display cases and specimens), and extensive lawns and ponds. Admission is free. The garden opens at around 7:15 am on weekdays and 9:00 am at weekends, and closes between 5:00 and 7:00 pm depending on the season. The glasshouses have shorter opening hours. Allow 1.5 to 2 hours. It can be combined with the nearby National Wine Centre and Adelaide Zoo.
Opening hours
About 07:15 (09:00 on weekends) to 17:00–19:00 depending on season; free
Nearby sights
- National Wine Centre of Australia
- Adelaide Zoo
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- South Australian Museum
- Rundle Mall
- River Torrens & Elder Park
- St Peter's Cathedral
- Adelaide Oval