Best Places to See Flowers in Melbourne
Melbourne dazzles with spectacular flower displays during spring. Melbourne has two blockbuster public Botanic Gardens bursting with colourful displays, a range of free gardens, especially in the Dandenongs, rose gardens, stunning lavender fields and some spectacular gardens with paid entry.
These are some of the best places to see flowers around Melbourne.
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (Central Melbourne)
Founded in 1846, the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne is an inner-city oasis comprising 38 hectares of garden beds, lakes and sweeping lawns. It is home to 52,000 individual plants ..
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne (Cranbourne)
The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne is one of Victoria's most precious areas of native bushland and offers nature-lovers the chance to explore 363 hectares of untouched heathlands ..
Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden (Olinda)
The Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden which was formerly named the National Rhododendron Gardens, are host to brilliantly coloured blooms of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, cherri ..
Alfred Nicholas Gardens (Sherbrooke)
The many linking paths through this garden take you beneath a canopy of the awesome mountain ash trees of the Dandenong Ranges. The garden was part of the historic Burnham Beeches ..
Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden (Bulla)
Enjoy a stroll through the magnificent rose gardens, located in the heart of Bulla. The rose gardens display a spectacular variety of stunning roses. Alister Clark's aim was to pro ..
Alowyn Gardens (Yarra Glen)
Alowyn Garden is designed along strong symmetrical lines that become blurred by the softness of the spaces and the grace of the trees, within an area of approximately 4 acres. Ther ..
Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Gardens (Shoreham)
Special Features: Australia 's oldest and most famous traditional Hedge Maze. More than 4000 year round flowering lavender bushes planted in our lavender labyrinth & display gar ..
Blue Lotus Water Garden (Yarra Junction)
Attractions include: The Garden - The Blue Lotus Water Garden is a tropical style water garden spread over 15 acres featuring two lakes, three dams and dozens of ponds all plant ..
Cloudehill Nursery & Garden (Olinda)
Australia's most ambitious garden in one of the finest locations for serious gardening world-wide. Cloudehill is also home to a nursery and restaurant. The Garden:- The garden i ..
Fitzroy Gardens (East Melbourne)
Fitzroy Gardens has a range of activities and attractions including Cooks' Cottage, a Tudor Village, the Fairy Tree, dragon playground, fountains, sculptures and the Conservatory. ..
Forest Glade Garden (Mount Macedon)
Forest Glade is one of Australia's finest private gardens, and has existed for nearly one hundred years. The magnificent landscaped garden covers fourteen acres (5.6ha) and has ..
Heronswood Gardens (Dromana)
Located on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, Heronswood Gardens, Nursery and Restaurant offer an idyllic location to escape to crowds, relax and shop for a huge range of plants, ..
Mornington Botanical Rose Garden
The Mornington Rose Gardens has over 4000 roses planted in 86 beds and is surrounded by a border of native Australian trees and shrubs. It was built and is maintained by volunteers ..
Queen Victoria Gardens (Central Melbourne)
The Queen Victoria Gardens are part of the Domain Parklands, taking up a peaceful triangle of land just across St Kilda Road from the Arts Centre Melbourne. Its most famous feat ..
Red Hill Lavender Farm & Distillery (Main Ridge)
Red Hill Lavender Farm & Distillery is located in the heart of the beautiful rolling hills of the Mornington Peninsula. Discover a unique sensory experience. With the farmhouse, ..
St Kilda Botanical Gardens (St Kilda)
The facilities at the Gardens include conservatory, glasshouse, rotunda, playground, giant chessboard and chess tables, ornamental pond with Rain Main sculpture, beautiful gates at ..
Victoria State Rose Garden (Werribee South)
With over 5000 roses, the Victoria State Rose Garden is one of the tourist gems of Victoria. Hidden behind a screen of trees from the carpark of the Mansion at Werribee Park, it oc ..
Warratina Lavender Farm (Wandin North)
Warratina Lavender Farm is situated one hour from Melbourne at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, in the beautiful Yarra Valley. The family business takes pride in producing ho ..
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