The Garden

The Botanic Gardens were established in 1970. The garden hosts a broad range of exotic and local indigenous plants. The Garden is broken up into the following sections:

• Australian open forests and grassland – plants from dry and wet sclerophyll forests
• Azalea Bank - collection of azalea hybrids plants 
• Dry rainforest garden - plants from rainforest communities that have adapted to dry conditions
• Dryland garden - plants from arid and semi arid areas of Australia
• Exotic rainforest garden - plants from an array of rainforest communities around the world
• Gardens surrounding Sir Joseph Banks Plant House - plants from temperate and subtropical region
• Illawarra rainforest garden – plants from a variety of the Illawarra’s rainforest communities
• Rose garden - over 100 rose varieties and an equatorial sundial
• Sir Joseph Banks Plant House - plants from the wet tropics, deserts and temperate regions. 
• Subtropical rainforest garden - plants from subtropical rainforest areas of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia
• Succulent garden –plants from Africa and America
• Woodland Garden – cool climate plants from around the world