The Royal Botanic Gardens description and photos - Australia: Sydney (Topic)

The Royal Botanic Gardens description and photos - Australia: Sydney. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is The Royal Botanic Gardens.

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The Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney is one of the three largest botanical gardens in the city, open to the public. The other two are the Mount Anna Botanic Gardens and the Mount Tom Botanical Gardens.

The Royal Botanic Gardens are located near downtown Sydney, in close proximity to other important city attractions - the National Library, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbor and Houses of Parliament. The history of the garden begins in the distant 1788, when by order of the governor of the colony of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, a small agricultural farm was laid out, which became the first in the country. For nearly 30 years, local gardeners have been engaged in improving the territory and fertilizing and moistening the soil, until in 1816 on the site of the farm was founded a research center, called the "Royal Botanic Gardens" and today is the oldest in Australia. In a relatively short period of time, on a plot of land of 30 hectares, an amazing corner of wildlife was created, where you can see an incredible variety of plant species on our planet - more than 7,500! - including those that are on the verge of extinction.

Among the interesting thematic expositions of the garden - a palm grove, a greenhouse for ferns, a garden of cacti and succulents and a luxurious rose garden. And one of the main attractions of the garden is the Wollem pines - perhaps the oldest plants on Earth, until recently were considered extinct. Only in 1994, Australian botanists were lucky enough to find these pines in one of the continent's mountain gorges, and today they are cultivated in the botanical garden.

Naturally, where there are plants, sooner or later animals appear. And in the Royal Botanic Gardens, you can see a variety of representatives of the local fauna, primarily colorful parrots and other tropical birds. Bats and foxes nest in the tree crowns, and possums roam the garden at night. By the way, there are about 22 thousand flying foxes here!

Between the alleys of the garden, there are many small ponds, above which you can walk along decorative bridges, and various sculptures are hidden, and in one corner of the garden rises the stately home of the governor of New South Wales, "an outstanding example of Victorian architecture." For tourists, cafes and souvenir shops are provided, a railroad for a mini-tram has been laid, which will ride through the garden for a moderate fee.

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