The World’s 100 Best Botanical Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
No. 1 in Oceania
A 38-hectare botanic garden beside Melbourne's city centre, with lakes, lawns, fern gullies and over 8,500 plant species. Visitors come for picnics, punt boat rides on the lake, a mini bus tour and the night-time Lightscape light show.
Highlights
- Ornamental Lake with black swans
- Fern and palm gully
- Australian Forest Walk
Good to know
- Free entry
- Lakeside Terrace cafe, busy on weekends
- Lightscape is ticketed, takes 1–1.5 hours
