Royal Botanic Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria is divided among two sites, one in Melbourne, and the other one located in Cranbourne. The garden in Melbourne was the one that was founded first in 1846 and the other park was established in 1970. Read on to know more about the park that is located in Melbourne.

Overview

The Melbourne Park was established in 1846, on the land that was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River. The Park extends across 89 acres and features Rivers with trees, lakes and lawns. The park is home to almost over 50000 individual plants that belong to over 8500 different species.

The largest collection of Specimens

The Royal Botanic Gardens is also home to over 1.5 million preserved plants, algae, and fungi specimens, and the living collection of plants that include both native and non-native plants verities.

The potter foundation children’s garden

The 5000 square metre potter foundation children’s garden is designed to suit children of all ages and abilities. The foundation encourages children to go outdoors and enjoy the nature.

Getting there

Getting here is pretty easy by a taxi from almost all the parts of the city of Melbourne. You can also get here by bus or if you are staying at one of the service apartment in Melbourne the likes of Somerset on Elizabeth Melbourne; the park is just a 13-minute walk away from the apartment building.

Roland Lefevre is a travel writer who specializes in creating features on leisure as well as business travel destinations across the globe. Google+