Australia's Highest Botanic Garden
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After picnicking at Mt.Wilson in the Tree Fern Cathedral and watching the Magpie and the Currawong fight over crumbs from our sandwiches, we went to Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens. There are birds where there are gardens! These gardens are stunning with mountains as backdrops, interesting art work and sculpture integrated with plants and paths with water features to follow. They showcase cool climate plants from around the world and cover about 623 acres. The Waratah /Annual Celebration was in full swing. The Waratah grow in patches of sandy loam on ridges and plateaus in the Sydney basin, NSW Central and South Coast districts and in the Blue Mountains. They are shrubs or trees that grow between 9 and 16 ft. tall! Spectacular! They are more often seen in parks and reserves than in nature now. The Waratah is the floral emblem of New South Wales and there is an Aboriginal story. I love this! Waratah Visit a rock garden, a bog garden, rrhododen