Sale Botanic Gardens — Attraction in Sale

Came here with my mum and my 14 month old toddler. Was a really good playground and had things for older kids and some for his age. The peacocks were an awesome surprise, and were not aggressive. One blue one was particularly friendly actually, probably hoping we were going to feed it. The gardens were really lovely and the lake is gorgeous. There's a lot of lawn area as well that you could picnic on in good weather. They had two pavilions with tables and seating, that could host a decent amount of people under. They were also very attractively built pavilions. A nice feature, as many pavilions are daily stock standard or even ugly in their design. The toilets were clean and not unpleasant to use. Would definitely...

Dating from the second half of the 19th century, Sale Botanic Gardens take up a five-hectare patch on the east bank of Lake Guthridge, which took shape a little later.

The plot for the gardens was first set aside in 1860, and a park now encompasses both the gardens and the lake, which we’ll talk about below.

The state botanist Ferdinand von Mueller (1825-1896) and the architect of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens, William Guilfoyle (1840-1912) were both involved in the design.

For youngsters there’s a playground with a flying fox, but also a fauna enclosure keeping pademelons and red-necked and Parma wallabies.

Ambling around the park, check out the sensory garden, elm forest, pergola and the many peacocks...

Sale Botanic Gardens 🪴 is open on all days.I’m not informed if it’s open on night time.Here you are welcome by vines,trees on which wild animals thrive,feed and simply their niche.Each area of plants,🌱 trees and flowers 🌺…there’s a description for public information what’s it all about and how the trees got there and what are they for.It was an amazing sight for me personally for those plants way back in school,I only have glances on a Biology book.Here at last by some miracle I have smelled and come see them face to face for free.First time to see a white peacock and how it sounds.These fauna can just go across the streets and houses across the lush...