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Plant Tuesday | About the Brisbane Botanical Gardens

  Did you know?  Part of the riverside site where the gardens are located was originally a botanic reserve. It was established in 1828 to provide food for the early penal colony. The City Botanic Gardens officially opened in 1855. That year, the botanic gardens’ curator Walter Hill was appointed as the first superintendent. He began an active planting and experimenting program. This included: trialing crops and plants from around the world to determine their suitability for growing in subtropical...