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"Welcome to the Botanical Gardens" ** Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Hobart is one of the most celebrated gardens of the city.The gardens were established in the year 1818.The botanical garden has about 13.5 hectares of land with about 6500 different species and varieties of plants, many of which belong to the nineteenth century.The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens also has the biggest collection of conifers in the entire southern hemisphere. There is also the only sub-Antarctic plant house in the world.

The garden remains open from 8:00am to 5:30pm in the month of April In the months between May to August the park remains open from 8:00am to 5:00pm In the month of September the park remains open from 8:00am to 5:30pm From October to March the park remains open from 8:00am to 6:30pm **Phone:(03) 6236 3075 =**SERVICES**= Bookings are required** Cost: $4.00 per student Session Duration:one and a half hours Available: Between 9:00am-5:00pm weekdays Contact: Jean Gray,RTBG Education and Training Officer Phone: 6236 3068 Email: Jean.Gray@rtbg.tas.gov.au
 * Opening timings **** : **The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens remains open for the visitors on all 7 days of week,365 days a year.
 * Address: DOMAIN HOBART TASMANIA
 * Classes for School Groups

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In addition to its beautiful parklands and collection of large trees, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden is home to an ever-evolving and significant number of specialised collections and gardens. Especially unique are the extensive Tasmanian native collections,which provide examples that can be used by visitors to identify plants they have encountered in the wild ,and includes many rare and threatened species. Some parts of the Gardens have become sites of significance for people who have made them the scenes of their celebrations and festivities, both public and private.

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