This won an international award for landscaping in 2013. Out of everywhere in the world that year they decided this place was the best. And it's in Cranbourne.
Cranbourne doesn't deserve this place, but they have it. It's amazing.
What a fantastic place! Plenty to see, fantastic gardens and so many interactive thing's for kids to do. I can't wait to see how the gardens evolve over the next few years.
Expansive, peaceful gardens. Free to visit. Beautiful place for a family walk. Lots of birdlife and some native wildlife. Convenience of cafe, toilets and gorgeous little shop.
Beautiful garden to visit with kids and family. well organise. it s Free.
Fantastic gardens. Well worth a visit and has free entry. Great for visitors . Spend about 2 hours to get around. Nice gift and cafe .
Beautiful gardens, the kids loved how interactive it was! Bring a spare pair of clothes though as there's some water garden play here!
Unique landscape, celebrating indigenous flora, lots of interesting features and great place to bring kids!
An easy walk around very diverse gardens and plantings. A great place to show off our Australian flora and if you get lucky you may see some fauna too.
Great food, great walk, excellent design and planning. Its simply remarkable!
Stunning and well thought out place... There is complete wheelchair accessability... The do a bus service around the site, which you can get on and off from around a huge site... Plenty of places to have a picnic, staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. You can tell they have a passion for the area and Australian flora... Gardens are well thought out with many different parts of the country represented. There is a phenomenal gift shop and lovely restaurant on site, with good value for money food and drinks.
Love this little hinden place. Took my dog and got my steps up. It was beautiful
I like it better when weather is cooler bcos much of this garden has not much shade. On a busy patronage day like today NY 2021, about 26 deg C - hard going to find a cool spot. Says it all about native plants - no cool canopy. But a gorgeous huge garden nevertheless - just pick the right day! Try the garden Explorer ride for a tour in comfort - fee payable.
Absolutely beautiful, must visit at least once. Food at Tarnuk Room was a disappointment :(
Beautiful place to visit and learn about history and local nature. Be prepared to to a bit of walking. Spectacular views and artworks
Love this place and come as often as I can. Good cafe as well with friendly staff.
Beautiful place, really nice to explore with the whole family!
It's a wonderful place to view native Australian plants. And it's free!
Excellent flora, friendly staff. Restaurant took 45 mins to cook a burger which at $22.00 was a huge disappointment.
Wow, what a refreshing environment. A hidden gem in the area.
With free entry and located just outside of the Cranbourne town center, Australian Gardens is a fantastic place to take the kidlets and let them stretch their legs. Theres pram friendly pathways and you can bring your own food. Parents should be aware that there are open water areas of the gardens with no childproof fencing.
I liked is so beautiful park, I recommend the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
Great place to take the kids, paddle pool and tonnes of area to explore. The groundskeepers even offered us some outdoor games! Will be going again many times.
Spectacular gardens and this is coming from a bloke who doesn't know anything thing about gardens or gardening. Very casual, we didn't stop at the Cafe but they were pumping so must be good.
The food & coffee was great, very nice staff working there.
One of our favourite places to see Australian flora at it's best.
I always love coming here and watching the gardens change every time. Such a bold vision. It's well worth a visit and it's free.
Despite it being a pretty rainy day, we were able to use an umbrella from the check in. Everyone we met was incredibly pleasant. Very interesting cross-section of Australian wild flora.
The cafe has a surprising amount of choices for gluten free deserts. Calming ambiance to the whole visit.
Saw a small wallaby as we left, very adorable.
Always a great place to go to,, you can walk around the gardens or go to the walking tracks before the gardens plenty of wildlife on the walking tracks if you are early enough ,the cafe is very good also
A beautiful and tranquil spot. Cafe has good coffee and the picnic spots are huge and well maintained
GREAT, well worth more than one visit, a complete surprise!
I got attacked bye a kangaroo but it didn't bother me this place is awesome 5 stars
Such a pretty place to walk around... great for kids too
Beautiful place, my favorite botanic garden here in Melbourne.
Awesome beautiful garden! Very different to any other botanic gardens you might have visited.
Always enjoy here. . The cafe is good ( even though a little pricey )
Absolutely fabulous. Interesting food and stunning gardens, in a bus on a really cold day! Wonderful. I will go again.
Must goto place if you like native plants. The guided tour is highly recommended.
Beautiful place to visit, only got to go quickly but will be back in Spring when all the gardens are in their prime.
Mostly native plants in various constructed landscapes. Very different from other botanical gardens, very Australian.
I visited to see the NAIDOC week celebrations. Overrun with children on school holidays. Most of the event was directed at the kids, so not particularly interesting for me.
The gardens themselves deserve six stars.
Well designed and friendly staff, overall its a great day out with the family
Amazing gardens. Beautifil native plants and an enjoyable walk. Can't wait to explore the other trails.
Great experience with overseas guests. Barrie was a terrific guide for the Snapshots Of Australia tour, very knowledgeable on Australian native flora. A bargain at ~ $7 for an hour guided tour of the Australian Garden.
Also great 2km walk through bushland and wetland's established tracks for birdwatching etc.
Very highly recommended for all ages. Both sculptural and well labelled
Fantastic day out. Interactive for our grand daughter. Very informative. Renewed interest in our flora. Especially the eucalyptus trees
Interesting & pleasant place to tour & lunch. Informed tour guide.
What a gem of a garden that has taken experts to design such a beautiful serene utopia for everyone to enjoy . Also has a connecting bush track that leads to open fields, swamps, playground picnic area and small lakes that have many birds to see amd listen too. Wish this was in my town. The cafe has meals you want to come back for and great coffee with staff that are soooo happy friendly.. go enjoy this place people
The landscaping in the gardens is absolutely stunning. An incredible amount of work and thought has clearly gone into making the various areas flow into each other and creating beautiful displays. Good signage and information throughout, particularly labels amongst the trees and plants to help you identify the different species.
It gets quite busy around midday. The earlier the better so you can have the place to yourself for a little while.
Beautifully maintained native Australian gardens. Great for a wander, photography, bring the kids, come for a coffee.
Great place for family to visit.. great place for picnics and relaxing.
Love this place, hard to believe there's no fee to enter.
Lots of efferent went into building the gardens! Be careful as you share walking paths with snakes there, but we haven't seen any. Limited sitting available in BBQ areas, but the BBQs themselves are nice and clean, enjoyable experience!
Lovely layout, we got to see landscapes from different parts of Australia, our guide Jo was very informative and engaging
Wow! What an amazing place. Has to be one of Melbourne's best kept secrets. I would highly recommend to anyone who's interested in Australian flora or gardening in general. Great for littles ones.
Very Australian garden. Obviously well funded For me it lacks the charm of the city botanical gardens bit still definitely worth a half day. I'm sure it will nature with age.
