Botanica
Gardens of Melbourne and the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Melbourne Return
Trip Highlights

Melbourne Flower Show
Enjoy a full day at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cloudehill Garden
See the rose, azaleas and herbaceous borders in this renowned garden in the Dandenong Ranges.

Attend Workshops
Take part in hands-on workshops and listen to inspiring lectures during your journey.
Trip Inclusions
- Stay four nights at the five-star Marriott Hotel in Melbourne, including eight meals
- Explore a range of gardens with your Botanical Guide
- Experience the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, including a pre-visit lecture
- Visit the Diggers Foundation gardens of St Erth, Cloudehill & Heronswood. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes visit to the heirloom vegetable trial and production gardens with the head gardeners
- See Simon Rickard’s private garden
- Explore the garden of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Cruden Farm
- Tour the nursery of Antique Perennials to learn more about this style of garden
- Learn more about edible gardens and enjoy hands-on workshops
Map & Itinerary
Trip Notes
- Itinerary and inclusions are subject to change
- Fitness Rating: Low
- Group size 15-25 guests
- Prices are for land only, flights not included

Insider Experiences
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Melbourne Flower & Garden Show
Visit the largest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere held annually in the Carlton Gardens.
Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula Gardens
Depart Melbourne Marriott Hotel at 8.30am. Travel to the Mornington Peninsula to visit Heronswood Garden in Dromana, the home of the Diggers Club, and enjoy a tasting plate lunch. Have a behind-the-scenes visit to the heirloom vegetable trial and production gardens with the head gardeners to learn about growing your own vegetables from heirloom seeds. Afterwards visit Cruden Farm, home of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. Explore the expansive gardens which Dame Elisabeth was so fond of.
Stay: Four Nights: Melbourne, Marriott Hotel or similar
Daily :Macedon Ranges Gardens
Visit the Garden of St Erth, one of Australia’s most exciting cool-climate gardens and home to a collection of rare and unusual plants. Enjoy a gardening demonstration and tour by one of the Digger’s Club gardeners before having some free time in Trentham. This afternoon, visit the private garden of celebrity gardener and Botanical Guide, Simon Rickard.
Daily :Yarra Valley Gardens
Travel to the Yarra Valley to visit the Edible Forest. With over 300 plants growing within a one-acre forest garden, everything is either edible or medicinal. Then travel to Alowyn Gardens, a beautiful garden designed along strong symmetrical lines. Continue to Kinglake to visit Antique Perennials nursery and display garden, where you’ll see hard-to-find perennials, bulbs, grasses and alpines. During dinner tonight, enjoy a special Melbourne Flower Show lecture by regular judge Teena Crawford.
Daily :Melbourne Flower Show
Melbourne Flower Show
Visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
Enjoy a full day at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Regarded as the largest and most successful horticultural event in the Southern Hemisphere, it is rated among the top five flower and garden shows in the world.
Daily :Gardens of the Dandenong Ranges and Melbourne
Visit the acclaimed Cloudehill Garden, with its extensive herbaceous borders, roses and azalea walks. Enjoy a Farewell Lunch at the beautiful Fortnums Restaurant. Afterwards, visit the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden and admire the new Australian Garden, designed by Phillip Johnson—this is a replica of the award-winning garden Phillip exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013. Return to Melbourne, where our tour concludes at the Marriott Hotel at 5.00pm.
Daily :Price & Availability
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