Australia and New Zealand
Starting with Botany Bay...
| # | Country | Garden | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | Australia | The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney | Botanic gardens around Farm Cove at the centre of Sydney, on the site of a grain farm established by the first European settlers in 1788. Website |
| 9. | Australia | Kennerton Green, Mittagong, New South Wales | A colonial-style garden with European planting in the hills near Sydney. |
| 10. | Australia | The Sitta Garden, Sydney | A modern garden designed by Vladimir Sitta, including native plants and large slabs of red rock from central Australia. |
| 11. | Australia | Alice Springs Desert Park, Northern Territory | A park near Alice Springs recreating the habitats for desert plants across central Australia. Website |
| 12. | Australia | Cruden Farm, Langwarrin, Melbourne | Gardened continuously by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch since the 1920s. |
| 13. | Australia | The Garden Vineyard, Moorooduc, Melbourne | A European-style garden on the Mornington Peninsula, replacing European planting with Australian natives. Website |
| 14. | New Zealand | Ayrlies Garden, Auckland | A 12-acre (49,000 m2) country garden created since 1964 in a paddock east of Auckland by Beverley McConnell. Website |
| 15. | New Zealand | Te Kainga Marire, New Plymouth | A domestic city garden of native New Zealand plants. Its name is Māori for "the peaceful encampment". Website |
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