RBG Melbourne

Plant Census

Find out what plants grow at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Now publicly available on the Gardens' website, the plant census provides records on over 50,000 individual plants...
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Guilfoyle’s Volcano

Originally built under William Guilfoyle’s direction in 1876 as a reservoir for irrigation supply, the structure was designed to represent a volcano, to be viewed as a focal point for the Gardens’ landscape.
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What's On Spring 2008

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and The Australian Garden

Tropical Hothouse

'Retreat to the warm, humid tropics inside the Tropical Hothouse. Experience the feeling of walking through dense vegetation and discover the weird and wonderful plants of the tropical rainforests. Take a step back in time and be astonished by early plant life, which has evolved from before dinosaurs roamed the earth.

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Vital Plants • Botanical Marvels • Plant Evolution

Open:

Entry to the Gardens is free of charge.

November to March: 7.30am - 8.30 pm
April: 7.30am - 6.00 pm
May to August: 7.30am - 5.30 pm
September & October: 7.30am - 6.00 pm

Please Note:
Tropical Display – Glasshouse is open daily: 10am - 4pm.

The Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden

SPECIAL NOTICE:
School Holiday opening - The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden will be open from 10am to 4pm seven days a week during the Victorian School Holidays, from 22 March - 6 April 2008 (closed Good Friday).

Open
10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
10am - 4pm, seven days per week during Victorian State School holidays

Closed
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday
For two months at the start of third term (Victorian State Schools)

Plant Craft Cottage

Open
Monday to Friday 10am till 3pm and the third Sunday of each month

Closed
10 March (Labour Day); 21 March - 24 March (Easter, reopening on 25 March); and 25 April (Anzac Day).