Adelaide Botanic Garden

Adelaide Botanic Garden
The garden's 1877 tropical palm house
Adelaide Botanic Garden is located in City of Adelaide
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Location in City of Adelaide
TypeBotanical
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
Coordinates34°55′05″S 138°36′39″E / 34.9181°S 138.6107°E / -34.9181; 138.6107
Area51-hectare (130-acre)
Opened1857
Websitewww.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare (130-acre) public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It encompasses a fenced garden on North Terrace (between Lot Fourteen, the site of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital, and the National Wine Centre) and behind it the Botanic Park (adjacent to the Adelaide Zoo). Work was begun on the site in 1855, with its official opening to the public on 4 October 1857.

The Adelaide Botanic Garden and adjacent State Herbarium of South Australia, together with the Wittunga Botanic Garden and Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, comprise the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, administered by the Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, a state government statutory authority.