The Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens are located a short walk from the centre of the city. They are easy to access and hold a collection of over 10,000 species both native plants and exotics.
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The Melbourne Botanic Gardens were established in 1846 with John Arther and John Dallachy being the first curators and Ferdinand von Mueller was in 1857 appointed the first director.
William Guilfoyle was appointed director in 1873 and is credited as the architect of the gardens as we see them today.
In 1958 they became the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a title bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II.
The gardens are set on 36 hectares and with a large collection of both exotic and native plants attracts nearly 2 million visitors each year.
The garden has seen many improvement and restoration in recent years with the re development of Guifoyles Volcano in 2010 being a popular attraction.
Entrance is free and with many events occurring in the gardens each year it is today an international drawcard.
The gardens are wonderful place to explore a huge range of plants, escape the bustle of the city or to have a picnic.
Melbourne is home to two other Botanic Gardens, The Cranbourne Botanic gardens which focuses solely on Australian Native Plants, and the recently re - named Dandenong Ranges Botanical Garden previously the National Rhododendron Gardens.
