Search Help Blue navigational bar
coloured square University of Melbourne Logo

Burnley Gardens

 

Burnley Gardens. This is the view from the main building. 


 



With over 100 different plants the Herbaceous Border is a spectacular show of color throughout spring and summer.




 
 



The ornamental ponds featuring
Iris psuedacorus

 

 

The Oak Lawn. 

 
 



The central focus of The Herb Garden is this
water feature. It is encircled by a low hedge
of Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'.
 

 



The grasslands garden contains a large number
of flowering indigenous species from the
Western Plains of Victoria.


 

 
  The grasslands garden also contains a number of distinctive elements such as the native ponds and mature specimens of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum) seen above.  
  Burnley Gardens Virtual Tour
 

 


Created: 15th May 2000
Last modified: 25th June 2004 Authorised by: Dr. Peter May
Maintained by: Christopher Higgs
Email: webmaster@landfood.unimelb.edu.au