Blue Mountains Botanic Garden

{{Short description|Place in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox park | name = Blue Mountains Botanic Garden | image = Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Visitor Centre NOV2019.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden visitor's centre | map = Australia New South Wales | relief = 1 | map_size = 400 | map_caption = Location in New South Wales | type = | location = {{NSWcity|Mount Tomah}}, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia | nearest_city = Sydney | coordinates = {{coord|-33.5391|150.4226|type:landmark_region:AU_NSW|display=title,inline|format=dms}} | area = {{convert|28|ha|acre|abbr=off}} | opened = {{start date|1972|df=y}} | operator = The Botanic Gardens Trust<br/>trading the Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands | visitation_num = 158,512 | visitation_year = 2016 | visitation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bluemountainsbotanicgarden.com.au/About-Us/History-and-Facts/Fast-Facts |title=Visitation |work=About us: Blue Mountains Botanic Garden |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust |date= |accessdate=18 February 2017 }}</ref> | status = Open all year | elevation = {{convert|1000|m}} {{AHD}} | designation = {{nowrap|New South Wales Heritage Register<ref name="SHR"/>}} | open = | website = {{URL|www.botanicgardens.org.au}} }} The '''Blue Mountains Botanic Garden''', originally known as the '''Mount Tomah Botanical Garden''', is a {{convert|28|ha|acre|adj=on|abbr=off}} public botanic garden located approximately {{convert|100|km}} west of the Sydney central business district at {{NSWcity|Mount Tomah}} in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia. The garden is heritage-listed<ref name="SHR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1170621|title=Mt006 : Mount Tomah Botanic Garden |work=New South Wales Heritage Register, Office of Environment and Heritage |date=20 September 2004 |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> and is located on the boundary of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Greater Blue Mountains Area and can be accessed via the Bells Line of Road.

==Description== thumb|left|''Proteaceae'' garden, Blue Mountains Botanic Garden The garden was established in 1972. It includes an additional {{convert|128|ha|acre}} of land dedicated to conservation. The garden is {{convert|1000|m}} {{AHD}}, and it specializes in cool-climate plants that would not grow well in Sydney's warmer conditions. The gardens are managed by the Botanic Gardens Trust trading the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands, that also has responsibility for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and the Australian Botanic Garden at {{NSWcity|Mount Annan}}. The Trust is a division of the Department of Environment and Planning.

== History == The land was originally granted to Susannah Bowen, the mother of George M. C. Bowen, in 1830. She had arrived in the colony in 1828.<ref name="SHR"/>

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|New South Wales|Environment}}}} * Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan * Auburn Botanical Gardens * Macquarie Culvert * National Herbarium of New South Wales * Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney * The Domain, Sydney

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==External links== {{Commons category|Blue Mountains Botanic Garden}} *{{official|https://www.botanicgardens.org.au}} Blue Mountains Botanic Garden

Category:Botanical gardens in New South Wales Category:1972 establishments in Australia Category:Tourist attractions in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)