Gardens in Tasmania

The rich fertile soil, clean air and temperate climate of Tasmania ensures the state’s famous gardens are able to be enjoyed at any time of year. Whether you’re a green thumb or a flora aficionado you will be overwhelmed by the choice and beauty of Tassie’s gardens both natural and man-made.

Tasmania has some of the rarest plants in the world that continue to survive throughout the national parks and forest reserves from millions of years ago. Tassie’s gardens are a bouquet of blooms, a veritable banquet of buds with whole estates dedicated to roses and an artist’s palette of tulips splashed across the landscape.

There are even gardens bordered with giant oaks and elms that originated almost 200 years earlier as well as gardens that showcase flora unique to Tasmania’s distinctive climactic conditions and valleys pulsing with the therapeutic scent and captivating hue of lavender.

Two of the most notable gardens to visit include the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens located in Hobart and Woolmers Estate National Rose Garden, part of Tasmania’s World Heritage Convict Sites and a striking representation of the historical progression of the rose in the southern hemisphere with over 5000 roses to explore.

Many private gardens open regularly welcoming visitors with guided tours of gardens throughout the state and the national parks and reserves with their masses of wildflowers. You can also receive personal advice from garden experts and stay in cottages surrounded by these stunning gardens.