Australian Inland Botanic Gardens — Attraction in Boeill Creek

After being turned away from the gardens on Saturday due to a 'smoked meats' festival taking over ?? we had a lovely time there on the following monday , meeting 3 lovely volunteers in the cafe. Talking to Gwen while we enjoyed scones and coffee was a real treat.we first walked the closest track with wonderful local natives in the mallee garden. Gwen then proceeded to guide us to 'her' patch- the amazing Sturt desert peas. Then the seed ceiling. Wow tree. Lakes area. And the Rose garden. It was such a treat to meet Gwen! Thank you so much! We hope that the management will allow some water from your allocation to enable the young Sturt peas to get established - with such a passonate volunteer , we don't see how this...

These are remarkably good gardens considering all the work is done by volunteers! There are extensive areas devoted to planted native species and exotics, grouped into areas of origin. The one criticism is that there are few labels to identify plants in these sections. However, plants in the walk near the cafe are well labelled. Be sure to have tea or coffee there! A must see is the ceiling decorated with dry seed pods in the shelter near the WOW tree. Walking is easy and there is an unsealed roadway for those unable to walk longer distances. The walk near the cafe would be suitable for...

It was just by chance we visited the gardens and what a wonderful surprise. What was to be a quick stop over turned into a 3 hour visit and it could have been twice the time if we could have stayed longer. The collection of Sturt Peas were magnificent. The Mallee scrub was magical, after driving through the very landscape for hours previous to stopping it was wonderful to be able to see the plants and trees close up. I even tasted the saltbush and wonder why it isn't used more in the food industry. Congratulations to all the volunteers who keep the gardens in such a...