Mount Annan Botanic Garden

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Banksia ornata, next to Gardens entrance

Wollemi Pine protected by a steel cage

Mount Annan Botanic Garden is a 410 hectare hilly area in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Mount Annan, between Campbelltown and Camden. It was established in 1984, specializing in native plants, with a collection of over 4000 species. The recently discovered Wollemi Pine was first cultivated there in 1995. These are so valuable that they are grown inside steel cages to protect them from thieves. The gardens are managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust, a division of the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation.

The Gardens are navigated by a drive anticlockwise around the park, with sections divided into genera, thus there is a Banksia section, an Acacia section, a Eucalyptus section among others.

[edit] External links

Official Mount Annan Botanic Garden Website

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