Royal Botanic Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne have become world-famous for spectacular vistas across sweeping lawns and lakes and the Ornamental Lake with its teeming native bird-life.

The Botanic Gardens' major plant collections include the Australian Forest Walk, Cacti & Succulents, Californian Collection, Camellia Collection, Cycads, Eucalypts, Fern Gully, Grey Garden, Herb Garden, Long Island, Oaks, New Zealand Collection, Perennial Border, Species rose, Tropical Display Glasshouse, Viburnum Collection and the Water Conservation Garden.

The Gardens are free to enter, however there are costs for the variety of tours and programs held. Tours include the Aboriginal Heritage Walk, the seasonal Gardens Discovery Walk, Chocolate and Spice tours, wildlife walks and the Night Sky experience looking through original telescopes in the Old Melbourne Observatory.