Albury Botanic Gardens, Botanical garden in Albury, Australia
Albury Botanic Gardens covers 4 hectares (9.9 acres) in Albury, New South Wales, and specialises in Australian rainforest specimens. It holds 890 cultivated taxa, about 10% of them Australian flora, and includes a collection of exotic palms roughly 100 years old. Two greenhouse structures, one with misting, stand among the plantings.
The first plantings were made in 1877, laid out in the shape of the Union Jack. Between 1901 and 1943, J.E.R. Fellowes and his son Walter remodelled the garden in the gardenesque style. Its present layout reflects gardening ideas current in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The garden's international botanical code is ALBUR, the acronym of its herbarium. It is a member of BGCI and works on the International Agenda for Conservation in Botanical Gardens. The Fellowes Centre, named after the father and son who reshaped the garden, seats 45 people and hosts courses, exhibitions and the friends' society.
The site is easily accessible with paved pathways, public toilets, and parking available around the grounds. Visitors can explore the areas on foot and enjoy a picnic in designated spots.
The garden holds 890 cultivated taxa, but only about 10% belong to Australian flora. Among them is the Crimson Spider Orchid (Caladenia concolor), a critically endangered species with only around 80 plants known worldwide, found in the Bethungra and Burrinjuck forests of New South Wales. Its international botanical code is ALBUR.
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