The Adelaide Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare (130-acre) public garden located in the Adelaide Park Lands, northeast of the Adelaide city center. It consists of a gated garden on North Terrace (between Lot Fourteen, the former Royal Adelaide Hospital, and the National Wine Centre) and the Botanic Park behind it.

The South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural Society (founded in 1842) and other organizations persisted in their efforts to establish a public garden. The general public was aware of the economic and scientific advantages of such a garden, which had already been seen elsewhere in the British Empire. The Society and George William Francis, who had begun appealing to Governor Sir Henry Young soon after his arrival in 1849 to construct the garden, recommended the current location to the government in 1854, and Francis was named manager of the garden in 1855.

The Legislative Council eventually accepted the site in January 1855, and the Garden opened to the public on October 4, 1857. The Botanic Garden Act of 1860 formed the Board of Governors, with Francis as Director. The current Botanic Garden, Botanic Park, and Adelaide Zoo were all part of the property at the time.

Opened: in 1857
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Area: 51 hectares (130 acres)