Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

These historic gardens beside the River Derwent in Hobart's Queens Domain are among the oldest botanical gardens in Australia, established in 1818. Sheltered by heritage stone walls, they contain a rare heated wall built to warm fruit trees, extensive plant collections and a Subantarctic Plant House that recreates the cold, misty conditions of remote southern islands. Mature exotic and native trees, ponds and themed beds spread across the sloping site.