Orange Botanic Gardens

Wonderful parklands

I think the naming of the Gardens as Botanical is a little misleading, it is a wonderful parklands with some great vistas, make sure you take a map at the entrance, all the major areas are to the left...

Uncared for, needs a facelift

Full of weeds, grass poorly kept, bushes overgrown, roses desperate for a decent prune, few birds or ducks, hardly anyone there at peak time, looked sad and tired. I’d give the director six months to ...

Accessibility may be an issue

The gardens were quite sparse in winter (understandably) and we only managed half the walk (native plants side) as some of the paths were fairly steep and harder to push a pram up. Also, the paths wer...

Gleans that untravelled world

The gardens have a magnificent parking area which is quite generous, they are also on the edge of town which leaves this carpark for those in the garden... it's not shared by nearby attractions. T...

Stunning autum colours!

It was a lovely, relaxing experience to stroll the meandering paths through the extensive park. The yellow, orange and red autumn leaves were stunning. Well worth the short drive up the hill from the ...