Botanical Gardens – Moreton Bay and More

Fifty years of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, in colour.

The Botanical Gardens in the City of Brisbane began as part of the Government Gardens. Originally the garden was a mixture of crops and early acclimatisation planting, tended to by convict labour. When Thomas Dowse (Old Tom) arrived in the fledgling settlement in 1842, he saw the Government Gardens in their glory. A few yearsContinue reading “Fifty years of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, in colour.”