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Nearest city
  
Sydney

Opened
  
1972 (1972)

Area
  
28 hectares (69 acres)

Phone
  
+61 2 4567 3000

Blue Mountains Botanic Garden

Location
  
Mount Tomah, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australian

Elevation
  
1,000 metres (3,300 ft) AHD

Operated by
  
The Botanic Gardens Trust trading the Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands

Address
  
Bells Line of Rd, Mount Tomah NSW 2758, Australia

Hours
  
Closed now Sunday9:30AM–5:30PMMonday9:30AM–5:30PMTuesday9:30AM–5:30PMWednesday9:30AM–5:30PMThursday9:30AM–5:30PMFriday9:30AM–5:30PMSaturday9:30AM–5:30PM

Similar
  
Blue Mountains, Three Sisters, Katoomba Scenic World, Everglades Gardens, Wollemi National Park

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The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is a 28-hectare (69-acre) public botanic garden located approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of the Sydney central business district at Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia. The garden is heritage-listed and is located on the boundary of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Greater Blue Mountains Area and can be accessed via the Bells Line of Road.

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Description

The garden was established in 1972. It includes an additional 128 hectares (320 acres) of land dedicated to conservation. The garden is 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) AHD , 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 trading the Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands, that also has responsibility for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and the Australian Botanic Garden at Mount Annan. The Trust is a division of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. The garden was originally known as the Mount Tomah Botanical Garden, and 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.

References

Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Wikipedia