Malmsbury Botanic Garden | |
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Type | Botanical |
Location | Malmsbury, Victoria |
Coordinates | 37°11′22″S144°22′52″E / 37.18944°S 144.38111°E |
Opened | 1863 |
Owned by | Macedon Ranges Shire |
Website | https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Parks-Gardens-Reserves/Botanic-Gardens#section-4 |
The Malmsbury Botanic Gardens is an Australian botanic garden in the regional town of Malmsbury, Victoria. Established in the 1850s, the garden is one of regional Victoria's earliest botanic gardens. [1] Land was first reserved for the garden in 1855 with work commencing in 1863. [2] In 2002 the garden was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register as an example of a nineteenth century regional garden for its design and layout, collection of plants, structures and aesthetic and social value. [3]
The garden contains a pair of bunya bunya pines ( Araucaria bidwillii ) that is on the National Trust register of significant trees. [4]
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