EUROBODALLA Regional Botanic Gardens is the only garden of its kind to solely represent the plants of the surrounding region, which encompasses the headwaters and catchment of the Clyde, Deua (Moruya) and Tuross rivers.
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And, this is your invitation to see these plants at the free monthly guided walk this Sunday, July 5.
Set off from the breezeway at the Visitor Centre at 11am and discover the peace and tranquillity of the Gardens in winter.
Visitors can expect to see Acacias blooming, with winter-flowering Epacris and Banksias.
Your guide will help you to look for interesting foliage textures, shapes, sizes and smells as a plant focus, and spot resident kangaroos and myriad small birds who make the Gardens their home.
Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens are on Deep Creek Dam Road, five kilometres south of Batemans Bay, off the Princes Highway.
Find out more about the two large wattle trees growing beside the barbecues.
They are prime examples of Acacia blayana, which grow on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range in Wadbilliga National Park on the Far South Coast.
The species is named after John Blay, writer and naturalist, who was born at Parramatta in 1944 and has written extensively about the bush and its people in prose, drama and poetry.
In 1982, he discovered a new species of wattle in the Brogo wilderness.
The species, which grows to more than 30 metres, was named in his honour.
Since 2001, John has been a full-time researcher of Bundian Way in association with Aboriginal communities and is the Bundian Way project officer for Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council.
His extensive research investigating the important traditional route has resulted in its official recognition and a NSW Heritage listing in 2012.
Gardens volunteers will have a plants and home-made produce stall at Moruya Farmers Market on July 7.
See and taste what Friends of the Botanic Gardens’ cooks can do with lemons from Lilli Pilli.