The capital of South: Adelaide. This urban city was not a penal colony but a planned development. Founded in 1836 for the free British immigrants, it was known as "The City of Churches" It was laid out in a grid pattern with five squares in the middle and a surrounding ring of greenspace (parks).
The city over time has grown into a misma of the old
sitting comfortably alongside the modern.
The stately elegance of the Thorngrove Manor Hotel
competing with the Ultra-modern design of the Waterlily Pavillion for touristb dollars.
The surrounding edges of Adelaide giving way to multiple wineries and more greenspace.
Even this close to the urban sprawl 'roos hop merrily along, oblivious, like our rabbits do in The States.
Tour of Adelaide
https://youtu.be/gTaUIShldFI
Today we will see The Adelaide Botanical Gardens
The gardens cover 130 acres. It encompasses
The Palm House
The Rose Gardens
The Bicentennial Conservatory
The Santos Museum of Economic Botany
Today we will check them all out!
The Palm House (pictured above)
Inside
and from above
Thought to be the last of its kind, the Palm House is a completely restored German built (1875 and opened in 1877) Victorian Glass Greenhouse.
Tour
https://youtu.be/UKny2jNd5JA
The Rose Gardens
Planted in 1996.
Tour of the Rose Garden
https://youtu.be/Jl5a8DJsYOs
The Bicentennial Conservatory
Opened in 1989
Entrance
Inside
https://youtu.be/CoeEk_QFKU0
The Santos Museum of Economic Botany
Opened in 1881
and inside
Tour
https://youtu.be/Ib-EpBlMWUs
And the plans for a recently added Garden of Health (featuring healing herbs and plants)
I hope you have enjoyed today's adventure.
More anon.
