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Adelaide Botanic Gardens

1 Comment »14th March, 2010; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Photos, Plants, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Over the last few days I have shared some photos I took last spring on a visit to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. It was a delightful sunny day with many trees and other plants in flower. We had just come from a food fair so we really needed the walk before heading off on the journey home to Murray Bridge.

I managed to take quite a nice little collection of photo despite the batteries on my camera going flat – and the spare batteries I had with me were also flat! Never mind – I did get some.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens

No Comments »13th March, 2010; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Photos, Plants, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

My wife and I enjoy visiting botanic gardens whenever we travel. On an interstate holiday recently we visited all the major and few minor botanic gardens along the route. In fact, I especially chose the route to include as many as we could see in the three weeks we were away.

My wife enjoys looking at the plants, especially the native Australian plants. I enjoy looking for the bird life and botanic gardens with their abundant plant communities are ideal for this. I also love taking photos of the spectacular plants in flower.

Yesterday I shared a few photos taken on a recent trip to one of our nearest gardens, the Adelaide Botanic Gardens here in South Australia. They are about a fifteen minute stroll from the CBD of our capital city. Today I share a few more photos taken there last spring.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Australian National Botanic Gardens

No Comments »20th April, 2009; Category: Birds, Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Holidays, Parks and Gardens, Plants

Kangaroo Paw flower, Australian National Botanic Gardens

The Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra are worth a visit at any time of the year. We have visited on a every occasion we have been to Canberra and never tire of these magnificent gardens.

Set on the slopes of Black Mountain and only a short distance from the heart of Canberra, these extensive gardens are a tribute to our wonderfully diverse and beautiful plants and flowers. Most of the paths are very easy walking but some can be a little steep. Many are wheel chair friendly which makes walking for the rest of us a breeze.

I enjoy the bushland setting of the gardens; you forget that you are a five minute drive to the centre of our capital city. The birdlife is prolific with many wonderful species. They are used to people in large numbers, so photographing them I find very rewarding. There is always something flowering too, and I enjoy getting photos of the many plants in flower.