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  2. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV) are botanic gardens across two sites–Melbourne and Cranbourne. [1] Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across 38 hectares (94 acres) [2] that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns.

  3. Carlton Gardens - Wikipedia

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    The Carlton Gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the northeastern edge of the Central Business District in the suburb of Carlton, in Melbourne, Australia. A popular picnic and barbecue area, the heritage-listed Carlton Gardens are home to an array of wildlife, including brushtail possums .

  4. Treasury Gardens - Wikipedia

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    The Treasury Gardens consist of 5.8 hectares (14 acres) on the south-eastern side of the Melbourne central business district, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The gardens are bounded by Wellington Parade, Spring Street , Treasury Place, and by the Fitzroy Gardens across Lansdowne street to the west.

  5. Parks and gardens of Melbourne - Wikipedia

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    Melbourne is Australia's second largest city and widely considered to be a garden city, with Victoria being nicknamed "the Garden State". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Renowned as one of the most livable cities in the world , there is an abundance of parks , gardens and green belts close to the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped ...

  6. Melbourne - Wikipedia

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    [130] [131] [132] There is an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne, [133] many close to the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways and tree-lined avenues. Melbourne's parks are often considered the best public parks in all of Australia's major cities. [134]

  7. Fitzroy Gardens - Wikipedia

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    An avenue of English Elms in the Gardens. The most notable feature of the Gardens is the trees that line many of the pathways. The land was originally swampy with a creek draining into the Yarra River. The gardens were initially designed by Clement Hodgkinson and planted by park gardener, James Sinclair, as a dense woodland with meandering ...

  8. Category:Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is a botanical garden incorporating two separate sites in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, namely the Melbourne Gardens and Cranbourne Gardens. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  9. Royal Exhibition Building - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Carlton Gardens, where the building is located. The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe.