Wittunga Botanical Garden
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S 35° 01.407 E 138° 36.587
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Wittunga at Blackwood in the Adelaide Hills is one of three Botanic Gardens around Adelaide.
Waymark Code: WM1EE
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 09/13/2005
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Wittunga at Blackwood in the Adelaide Hills was established by Mr Edwin Ashby in 1901, and was generously given to the State by his son Mr Keith Ashby and family in 1965. The garden is managed by the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and was first opened to the public in 1975.
Edwin Ashby originally created a formal English garden at Wittunga with herbaceous borders, roses, trellises and arbours. However, his fascination in the native plants of Australia and South Africa led to the development of a most interesting and different garden, part of which remains today.
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