filed in Gardens, Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks, St Kilda, Tram 16, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 96 on Jul.15, 2010
The St Kilda Botanical Gardens are in winter mode. It is a lovely time to visit and see the gardens preparing for spring and summer. Occasionally you see a sign of things to come with clumps of bulbs sending up their first spring shoots.
The ambiance in the Alistair Clarke Rose Garden is different at this [...]
filed in Albert Park, Gardens, Melbourne, Tram Route 96 on Jun.14, 2010
Melbourne is a city of public gardens and parks but sometime it’s nice to soothe the soul in a Melbourne place that is more like our own courtyard; if we are lucky enough to have one.
The Garden of Eden Nursery in Albert Park is a Melbourne place where you can recharge your batteries and dream [...]
filed in Gardens, Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks, St Kilda, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 96 on Nov.10, 2009
October was a wet month for Melbourne and the roses loved it. They’re in flower all over the city. It was time for a visit to The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. (See my previous post)
I went this week in the relative cool of an early morning when the [...]
filed in Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks, St Kilda, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 96 on May.05, 2009
The Alister Clark Memorial Rose garden is one of the highlights of a visit to the St Kilda Botanical Gardens, in Blessington Street.
It is autumn now and many of the roses are still in bloom – pruning hasn’t started yet so there is still a lot to admire – and smell.
The garden is laid out [...]