Bicentennial Conservatory

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The Bicentennial Conservatory is the largest in the southern hemisphere and features between 3,000 and 4,000 plants from Australasia and Malaysia including 15 to 20 medium sized rainforest trees with an associated understorey and ground vegetation.

The Bicentennial Conservatory in the Adelaide Botanic Garden is the largest single span conservatory in the southern hemisphere. Designed by South Australian architect Guy Maron, the building is curvilinear in shape, 100 metres long, 47 metres wide and 27 metres high.

The conservatory offers spectacular views from two serpentine paths on an upper and lower level. Both paths have wheelchair access and souvenirs are available from the retail outlets in the Conservatory The fully restored Palm House (c1875) reopened in October 1995 with an interesting display of plants from Madagascar.

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Facilities: As an integral part of the Adelaide Botanic Garden the Bicentennial Conservatory is an important additional educational resource and gives people a better understanding of the importance of tropical rainforests. A brochure gives visitors the opportunity to take a self guiding walk which points out some of the more unusual and interesting plants and explains the ecology of tropical rainforest. Over 9,000 school students visited the Bicentennial Conservatory in 2002.