Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens

Recommended place when you visit Geelong. Very quiet and well maintain. Close to Eastern Beach. So just one go. Huge parking area.

First visit to this botanical garden. It is a compact but full of variety of flora in this garden. Most of plants, flowers and shrubs cam be found here. However, as i m not a botanist, i may be wrong. Surely, it is dilligently arranged based by climatic zone. It also has temperature controlled room for tropical one. Tho, it has less green area to sit down and picnic inside the garden but outside, it has plenty room. 2 car parks on the side of enterance door.Surely it is recommended for anyone including for relaxation and learning even just jogging.

Gorgeous garden and worth to visit every weekend. Absolutely love this place. Strongly recommend to family and friends.

beautiful place with different types of trees, only 50 minutes drive away from Melbourne. but be careful with mosquitoes while at Geelong Botanical Garden...

Free, could spend 1 hour there. Free parking ! Beautiful! Worth a visit

Always a pleasure to watch the talented actors perform in the beautiful Botanical gardens of Geelong. We're so lucky to have such a stunning and well looked after place to enjoy with the family

Variety of plants and flowers. Glass house is full of different plants but watch out for mosquito's. Walkways winding through the gardens. Water features not running when we were there and tearoom was closed for renovations. Grassed areas to relax on, in sun or shade. Easy walk to foreshore.

Visited the new conservatory today. Absolutely breathtaking. So much work has obviously gone into it! So many plants you don't get to see very often in Victoria.

A beautiful garden with a many varieties of plants and trees.A good, calm place to enjoy the nature.

Beautiful, well kept botanical gardens with lots of small paths and areas to sneak off to and see the beautiful birds and butterflies that are attracted to the area. I would advise picking up the map so you can check out the special plants that are there - I can't remember exactly, but there's a good number of heritage listed trees that are worth seeing just because you may find it hard to see them elsewhere! A giant redwood (Sequoia) is one of the areas, which is definitely worth seeing as well as a plant that looks like it's being chained to the ground - I don't remember what it's called but it looks impressive and I've definitely never seen one before!A bonus is that entrance is free and there is a small outdoor cafe that I assume is open seasonally (?) - sadly it wasn't open when I was visiting. It also wasn't crowded when I visited, which made the experience even more enjoyable. With its location so close to the waterfront, it's worth visiting if you're in the area to take a break or just to see the butterflies!