Top 5 Spring Gardens in Perth

Top 5 Spring Gardens in Perth

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Posted 2020-12-05 by Barry Jfollow


Emerge from hibernation and bask in the glorious sunshine as you're overcome with the natural colour and fragrance blossoming in Perth's top spring gardens:

Kings Park and Botanic Garden - Fraser Avenue, West Perth
Established in the early 1800s after the arrival of the Swan River Colony, WA's most popular attraction surrounds Mount Eliza, in Aboriginal, Mooro Katta.

Stroll amongst the flowerbeds in over 400 hectares of parkland, gazing at the mulch spread across the soil. In the 1950s, a 32m, 110-tonne, 363-year-old karri log was displayed in the park. As a new millennium began, the log succumbed to rot, and it was cut into woodchips and spread as mulch to support the soil for its thousands of floral friends.

In early September, pack into the park with over 400,000 people during the Kings Park Festival . Amongst over 20,000 plants in full bloom, enjoy workshops, live music, cycling and segway tours. Bring your camera to snap the winning shot in the Flowers in Focus photography competition.

Each month in spring, take a self-guided walking tour of the park's seasonal highlights.

In September , begin at the floral mosaic of native plants, synchronise your watch at the giant floral clock, and shed a tear for the lonely grove of silver eucalyptus trees, native only to WA.

In October , spot the differences between a trio of eucalypt species, each vying for your attention. Climb the botanic terraces for tiers of soft colour.

In November , hop to the Waxes and Kangaroo Paws Garden, lit with the Federation Flame red kangaroo paw. You won't need and pick and shovel to appreciate over 200 of WA's tree species in the Rio Tinto Naturescape .

Plan your visit to Kings Park and Botanic Garden .



Whiteman Park - Lord Street, Whiteman
You'll need plenty of time to explore over 4,000 hectares of nature in our city's north.

In the Children's Forest , use the flora and fauna guides to identify dozens of native plants, birds, lizards, and insects.

Stay late for a nighttime tour , joining the nocturnal animals as they come out to play (and hunt).

Toot your horn in the three transport museums , riding a vintage bus, train or tram, or getting up close to a 1920s tractor.

Spring is the ideal time to hike the park's three nature trails . See golden wreath wattles, encourage jarrah trees to grow ever taller despite the scars from bushfires, listen for frogs singing at brooks and streams, or enter an orchid colony during its brief spring bloom.

On the drive home to Perth, visit the The Margaret River Chocolate Factory in the Swan Valley for handmade truffles and gourmet chocolate bars.

Plan your visit to Whiteman Park .



Araluen Botanic Park - 362 Croyden Road, Roleystone
Southeast of the CBD, Araluen has grown from a holiday camp in Roleystone for the Young Australia League in the early 1900s, to a botanic park spanning 59 hectares in the Darling Ranges.

Criss-cross bridges over the melody of streams and rivers at Araluen, Aboriginal for "singing waters", to delve deeper into a forest of native trees and ferns.

Follow the fragrance to the timeless beauty of some of Australia's oldest varieties of tea roses in "one of the finest collections in the world.

Lose yourself in a vast field of over 330 camellia plants, which continues expanding since the first plants arrived at Araluen in the 1930s.

Reflect in the magnificent, humbling, Grove of the Unforgotten, a floral commemoration to 88 boys in the Young Australia League who fought and died in WWI.

Eat in Chalet Healy Café , a 1930s log cabin built to match cabins in the Canadian wilderness.



Kalamunda Wildflower Park - Darling Range
The Bibbulmun Track is 1000km of flora and fauna tracing from the Darling Range in the Adelaide Hills, south along the Donnelly River, and finishing at the mighty blue waters of the Southern Ocean at Albany.

Start at Kalamunda, the section of the track closest to Adelaide.

Arrive early in the morning, as the gentle mist evaporates, revealing a path through the forest of tall jarrah trees and the haunting, gnarled trunks of paperbark trees.

Barely after beginning your stroll, you'll cross the Piesse Brook and be rewarded with a natural garden of wildflowers. The landscape is delightful year-round, but it truly bursts to life in spring, as blossoms open to bright sunshine, shrugging off the cold winter days.

Flowers vie for your attention, from blue-winged flowers of the leschenaultia, and orangy brown couch honeypot, to the dramatic red and yellow cowslip orchid, or the refreshing citrus aroma of the lemon-scented darwinia. Find calm comfort in the carpet of delicate white and violet feather flowers.

Playful birds join you on the trail, with the luminous blue wren flitting between the flowers, and white-tailed black cockatoo chomping on a banksia.

Tread softly to spot cuddly marsupials, including quenda and quokka, or the ancient, lumbering skink lizards basking on warm rocks.

Dip your toes in the lake, creating gentle ripples while motorbike frogs, dappled with green spots, leap along the water's edge.
Prepare with the photographic Wildflower Guide of the Northern Bibbulmun Track and Jarrah Forests and check the events page for details of group wildflower walks.

Plan your visit to Kalamunda Wildflower Park .



Government House Gardens – St Georges Terrace
Government House, an 1860s two-storey mansion, is the residence of WA's Governor. Beyond the Jacobean Revival styling of the building, with decorative gables and tapered turrets, the 3-hectare garden is perhaps the most pleasurable experience in the heart of Perth for nature and heritage lovers.

In spring, swoon at the delicate rows of flowers in full bloom in the Rose Parterre (French for flowerbed), a formal garden established in 1906.

The gardens are perhaps one of the best spring collections of our native flora in the city centre, with Peruvian Lilies, Red Hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, Kangaroo Paws, and Bottlebrush on show.

View the gardens from an Aboriginal perspective . The Noongar seasonal calendar is a guide to appreciate nature in spring "a season when we see an abundance of colours and flowers exploding all around us".

The gardens are open for lunchtime visits between 12pm - 2pm Tuesday - Thursday.
Plan your visit to the Government House Gardens .
What's been your favourite spring experience? Please let us know with a comment.

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