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Ballarat Botanical Gardens

717 Reviews

#4 of 68 things to do in Ballarat

Nature & Parks, Gardens

Gillies Street, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia

Review Highlights

“What a surprise ”

The gardens were a hidden gem The avenue of prime ministers fabulous The glass house stunning We... read more

Reviewed yesterday

georginar220

Adelaide, Australia

via mobile

“Beautiful”

We loved this place, best botanical gardens I have been too. So much to see. Made some wonderful... read more

Reviewed 2 days ago

Miranda260778

via mobile

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4.5 717 reviews

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Very good29%
Average4%
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Terrible0%

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What travelers are saying

We were there for Begonia festival so that was awesome and some amazing species there but the whole gardens are lovely, well set out and enjoyable

Loved all the plants, massive old trees, the Australian Prime Ministers walk and the Prisoners of War memorial.

Ballarat Botanical Gardens provide a welcome and relaxing setting for besutiful old trees, lovingly maintained flower beds, the Prime Minister walk and in March the brilliant begonias display.

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Gillies Street, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia

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+61 3 5320 5135

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Debbie A

Buderim, Australia

22692

Reviewed yesterday

Disappointed

I really was expecting to see more flowers and greenery at the gardens. It may have because there is obviously a drought happening. However, there is an avenue of prime ministers busts to be seen which is interesting and they had the most amazing daliahs...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank Debbie A

georginar220

Adelaide, Australia

6317

Reviewed yesterday via mobile

What a surprise

The gardens were a hidden gem The avenue of prime ministers fabulous The glass house stunning We spent several hours finding all these beautiful areas. They have a lovely cafe overlooking the lake which we enjoyed coffee and cake

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank georginar220

Miranda260778

Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Beautiful

We loved this place, best botanical gardens I have been too. So much to see. Made some wonderful memories here.

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank Miranda260778

longhaven

Adelaide, Australia

260112

Reviewed 1 week ago

A must see

We were fortunate to visit in April when the begonia display in the hot house was at its best. Words cannot describe the beauty of the variety and colours of the flowers on display. We understand that the display is changed on a seasonal basis...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank longhaven

caswok

Qld

5219

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Begonia Festival

We visited just after the Begonia Festival so there was some beautiful displays in the exhibition room. Avenue of prime ministers interesting to test your memory. Across the road is a lovely restaurant, Pipers on the Lake, which has great food and friendly service. Walk...More

Date of experience: April 2019

Thank caswok

LFSingapore

Lake Conjola, Australia

9471

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Well worth visiting

Ballarat Gardens are often ignored by the general traveliing public .... instead they stay with all the main tourist attractions. But the gardens are certainly well worth a full day of wandering around and enjoying the flowers, the conservatory and the displays and just relaxing...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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Mahalia

Newcastle, Australia

4657

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Lovely begonias

We had a fairly short visit to the gardens. The begonias were amazing. We walked along the Prime Ministers walk too. Would have loved to have had more time to explore.

Date of experience: March 2019

1 Thank Mahalia

Sue R

Melbourne, Australia

9030

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Beautiful gardens

The begonia displays in the glasshouse were amazing, with so many beautiful colours and flowers. There was quite a large part of the gardens closed off for renovation but what we did see was wonderful. Look forward to returning when all the work is completed...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Sue R

Lynne M

Castlemaine, Australia

15748

Reviewed 5 weeks ago

Stunning Botanical Gardens with amazing colour

We visited during the week when it wasn't overly busy. The gardens are very well laid out with safe, clean paths to follow amongst the colourful planted garden beds. Many stunning statues adorn the gardens with a special Prime Ministers Walk where bust of Australian...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Lynne M

Andrew K

Melbourne, Australia

152

Reviewed March 20, 2019

Begonia Festival

A wonderful display of thousands Begonias. We also enjoyed the Avenue of busts of Australia's past Prime-ministers.

Date of experience: March 2019

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