The South Australian Government manages three botanic gardens in the Adelaide area:
The Adelaide Botanic Garden
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Wittunga Botanic Garden.
The 14 hectares Wittunga Botanic Garden was established by Edwin Ashby in 1902 though it did not come into state ownership until 1965. It was opened to the public in 1975 and contains and extensive collection of plants from Australia and South Africa (mainly from the Cape Province district which has similar climatic conditions to Adelaide). Continue reading “Wittunga Botanic Garden – Australia v South Africa”
The Rambling Wombat 