- Address: 18 Geranium St, The Gardens NT 0820, Australia
- Foundation date: 1886
- Area: 42 hectares
- Working hours: 24 hours a day
Botanical Garden. George Brown is one of Darwin's most famous landmarks, the capital of the Northern Territory of Australia . The garden is located 2 km from the business center of Darwin. It is famous not only for its collection of the Australian tropical flora - the garden is one of the few in the world where estuarine and marine plants grow in natural conditions.
General information
The garden was created in 1886, and its collection originally included agricultural crops (in fact, the purpose of creating the garden was to study the possibility of growing some crops in the tropics) and a few ornamental plants. The garden is named after George Brown, under whose leadership he was rebuilt after Hurricane Tracy, which in 1974, after falling on this terrain, destroyed almost 90% of the garden plants. He got this name in 2002, and George Brown, who worked in the garden from 1969 to 1990, was elected Lord Mayor of Darwin in 1992.
Today in the garden you can admire the unique collections of plants and just have a good time with the whole family - it is equipped with toilets, a playground. In the garden there is an information center. Here is the largest in Darwin decorative fountain, there are waterfalls.
tAWhat to see?
The territory of the garden can be divided into 2 parts: "jungle" (in fact it is several different types of forests, including dry forest, mangroves, rainforest, orchid plantation, garden with shade-loving plants) and a part consisting mainly of lawns and flower beds, among which there are solitary trees or shrubs.
The botanical garden contains a large collection of tropical rain forests in the north of Australia: wild tropical vineyards, mangrove communities, representatives of the flora of the tropical rain forests of the island of Tivi , unique endemics of the slopes of Arnhemland. There are more than 400 species of palm trees, ginger, baobabs, bottle-trees, bromeliads, cicadas, Guiana kurupita, or "tree of cannonballs", several species of orchids, helikonia. In the thickets there are many butterflies and other insects, birds, including red owls.
For children in the Botanical Garden there is a special playground with a house on a tree, a labyrinth, various gaming equipment. You can roll on rollers and skateboards with Frangipani Hill, ride on the paths of the garden on bicycles and scooters, rafting in boats along a small river. In addition, during regular school holidays, regular events are held, during which the garden staff in a fascinating manner introduce children to the history of the garden and the life of plants and animals.
Food
In 2014 on the territory of the Botanical Garden opened a cafe "Eva" with a capacity of 70 people. It is located in the restored building of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which was previously located on Nakey Street and was moved to the Botanical Garden in 2000. The cafe works from 7-00 to 15-00, so you can go to the garden for a whole day, without thinking about where you can refresh yourself. In addition, the garden is equipped with electric BBQ and equipped with convenient picnic areas near the pond with flowering lilies.
How to get to the George Brown Botanical Garden?
Botanical garden operates without days off and around the clock; the entrance is free. Prior to it, you can walk from the center of Darwin or arrive by buses number 5, 7, 8 and 10. They depart from Darwin Interchange 326 every 10 minutes, the trip costs 3 Australian dollars. To get to the Botanical Garden. George Brown by car, you should go either through McMinn St and National Hw, or through Tigger Brennan Drv. In the first case, the route will be 2.6 km, in the second - 3.1 km.
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