Type Botanical Phone +61 1300 292 442 Opened 1969 | Area 9 ha Owner City of Wagga Wagga | |
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Location Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Owned by Wagga Wagga City Council Operated by Friends of Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens Address MacLeay St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Museum of the Riverina, National Art Glass Gallery, Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga Civic The, Lake Albert | ||
World famous botanical gardens 9 wagga wagga botanic gardens australia
Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, Australia are located in the Wagga Wagga suburb of Turvey Park on a 20 hectare site on the south western slopes of Willans Hill Reserve. Access to the gardens is via Macleay Street near the corner of Lord Baden Powell Drive. There is a camellia garden, a tree chapel, Island and Bamboo Garden, native flora section, Shakespearean garden and cactus and succulent garden. As well as many different types of garden, the Botanic Gardens are home to a music bowl, a small zoo with a walk through aviary, and Willans Hill Model Railway.
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- World famous botanical gardens 9 wagga wagga botanic gardens australia
- A day out in wagga wagga australia botanic gardens and zoo
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The climate of Wagga Wagga is very hot and dry.
Preliminary planning of the garden began in 1961. The gardens were established in 1969 and occupied 8.9 hectares.
The camellia garden was established as a bicentennial project. Located in the camelia garden is a magnificently decorated traditional Chinese pavilion, a bicentennial gift from Kunming, China, one of Wagga Wagga's sister cities.
The Museum of the Riverina is situated next to the Botanic Gardens on Lord Baden Powell Drive