Hobart Trip Overview
Exploring Tasmania’s only botanic garden with a personal guide is the best way to find out the stories and secrets behind the plants and architecture on this expansive 14 hectare site. Your guide will reveal which Tasmanian plants bees like to make honey from, which species are rare and threatened, and the unusual efforts taken to save an historic Cork Oak from threat. This tour includes time to wander the set of The Patch (as featured on ABC television’s Gardening Australia).
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Duration: 1 hour
Starts: Hobart, Australia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Exploring Tasmania’s only botanic garden with a personal guide is the best way to find out the stories and secrets behind the plants and architecture on this expansive 14 hectare site. Your guide will reveal which Tasmanian plants bees like to make honey from, which species are rare and threatened, and the unusual efforts taken to save an historic Cork Oak from threat. This tour includes time to wander the set of The Patch (as featured on ABC television’s Gardening Australia).
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Stop At: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Lower Domain Road Queens Domain, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia
Discover how the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens developed from a colonial produce garden into a collection showcasing plants and tall trees from around the world.
Your guide will lead you through many highlights, sharing stories of the people and plants that make this garden unique and revealing the behind-the-scenes work protecting Tasmanian species for the future. Find out what subantarctic pioneers ate to survive, which trees have outlived the dinosaurs, and enjoy the beauty of our blooms.
Duration: 1 hour
