Koroit Botanical Gardens
Koroit Botanic Gardens are at the centre of the original plan for the township of Koroit developed in 1857. Not much development occurred until 1870, when State Botanist Baron von Mueller donated 190 trees and plants. Local MP William Anderson, then commissioned Australia's greatest landscape designer, William Guilfoyle, to prepare a master plan which was completed in 1880. After falling into decline in the early 1990s, a conservation plan was then prepared in 1999. The gardens were listed on the State Heritage Register in 2006. The gardens contain over 100 rare and unusual trees from around the world and are now being restored by a partnership project between Moyne Shire and local community groups.
The gardens are in High Street Koroit, just south of Victoria Park.
Location
High Street, Koroit 3282 Map
Web Links
→ Koroit Botanic Gardens (Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens)
→ Finishing off William Guilfoyles plan (ABC)
