Alert:

The area spanning the Australian Fernery to the Gatekeeper’s Cottage​ is currently closed as we develop an exciting new landscape.​ The Australian Fernery and Tasmanian Cool Temperate Rainforest expansion will open summer 2025/26.​​​


From ​Monday 28 April until September 2025, the northern end of Lower Domain Road will be closed for TasWater’s pipeline upgrade. During this period the northern entrance to the Gardens will remain closed. Please use the main entrance on Lower Domain Road or lower carpark entrance when visiting the Gardens.​

Entrance Gates (1878)

​1878 saw the arrival of a set of cast-iron gates from England. The gates were manufactured by the Coalbrookdale Company in the West Midlands.

Even by Victorian standards they are imposing in height and solidity. The coat of arms of the Royal Society decorates the top of the paired main gates. There is a smaller pedestrian entrance and a much more recent and simpler iron fence flanks either side.