Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha, Botanical garden at Mount Coot-tha, Australia.

Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha covers 52 hectares at the foot of Mount Coot-tha, 7 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD. Its features include the Tropical Display Dome, a 28-metre-wide dome opened in December 1977, the Japanese Garden, the Bonsai House, the Fern House, the Arid Zone and Cactus House, rainforest and temperate plantings, and a lagoon with a bamboo grove.

The Brisbane City Council established the gardens in 1970 on a 52-hectare site at the foot of Mount Coot-tha, and they were officially opened in 1976. They were created because the original City Botanic Gardens at Gardens Point could not be expanded and was flood prone. The Mount Coot-tha Library opened on the site in 1975, and the Japan Pond and Garden, relocated from the Japanese Government Pavilion of World Expo 88, opened on 6 February 1989.

The Japanese Garden, named yu-tsui-en, was designed by Kenzo Ogata as his last work and moved here from the Japan Pavilion of World Expo 88, opening on 6 February 1989. Its theme, tsuki-yama-chisen (mountain-pond-stream), shapes the water feature, and a stone water bowl over 100 years old serves the purification ritual before tea ceremonies. An annual Japan Cultural Festival in August features tea ceremony, calligraphy and ikebana.

The gardens lie 7 km from the Brisbane CBD at the foot of Mount Coot-tha, with the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium beside the main entrance. Opening hours are 8am to 6pm from September to March and 8am to 5pm from April to August, every day of the year. Entry is free, and dogs are not permitted.

The Japanese Garden's stone water bowl, or tsukubai, is over 100 years old and supplies running water for the purification ritual before the tea ceremony. The garden itself was moved from the Japanese Government Pavilion at World Expo 88 and opened on 6 February 1989, with a welcome gate bearing gold calligraphy by then Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.