Tamborine Mountain Regional Botanic Gardens.
Just a short drive through the hinterland west from the Gold Coast. Botanic Gardens combine a colourful and diverse range of exotic and native flora. The Gardens include a glorious lake as the centrepiece, a tranquil Japanese garden, a tropical rainforest walk and many other delights.
Bring a picnic, bring the children, take a stroll along the many walks and learn why the Tamborine Mountain Regional Botanic Gardens are truly where Tropical meets Temperate.
The Gardens are supported, maintained and administered by volunteers and are some of the most dynamic and active people promoting the values and enjoyment of gardening in south-east Queensland.
Gardens Guide
Visitor Information
The Gardens are open to the public every day of the year from dawn until dusk.
Walkways & Prominent Gardens
Walking through the gardens is easy-going (except for the Rainforest Walk – 150 metres) and distances are not great.
History & Formation
The Botanic Gardens at Tamborine Mountain were established in 1983 as an initiative of the Tamborine Mountain Garden Club.
Gardens Volunteers
Volunteers do the majority of the work at the Botanic Gardens.
Download our Gardens Visitor App
Make your Gardens visit even more memorable.
Our smartphone app is your interactive guide to all of the fascinating and wondrous gardens and trails throughout our delightful Botanic Gardens.
Enjoy everything the Gardens have to offer plus so much more. Engage on a new level with the interactive map as you zoom into specific areas to explore. Enjoy carefully curated music at our many contemplative sites. Immerse yourself with the app’s I Spy activity – fun for children and adults. Or try something new with the Birdwatching activity. See how many species you can observe.
Read about the history of our Gardens and view it through the seasons as the colours change and evolve.
Explore, immerse and take your enjoyment of the Gardens to new heights with our unique Botanic Gardens app. It’s free, it’s easy to navigate and it’s great fun!
Botanic Garden Journal
Check out our great locally written articles!
Sneak preview
Garden Owners have a preview day Garden Owners and Garden Club committee members and Gate Captains are traditionally treated to a preview of the Open Gardens the weekend before the "Springtime on the Mountain Festival" ...
Busy days at the Potting Shed
Potting news The Potty Potters are busy propagating plants for the annual 'Springtime on the Mountain' Festival Plant Sale. This year we will be at the Showgrounds again The plant stall is always very busy with lots of your favourites plants and heaps of expertise...
Fun week for the Amisamo Family
Putting problems into perspective Many people have problems in their lives such as Street signs that are not being cleaned, Councils that are not “doing the right thing”, neighbours that have trees that block their view or cast shadows on their gardens. All these...
Sooty Owl action
Our New Pin Up Boy Local Sculptor Matt Bird with another of his fabulous creations for the Botanic gardens. Matt will be demonstrating his Chainsaw Skills at the Showgrounds as a part of Springtime on the Mountain - Shaping up to be the Garden EVENT OF THE YEAR...
Everybody’s talking about
This amazing piece of sculpture done this week at the Botanic Gardens Sculptor Matt Bird completed this work of art using an old tree stump at the gardens and a CHAINSAW !!! Yes that's right, the gardens were buzzing with the sound of Matt hard at work while...
Over the garden wall
One of the things I liked most when living in the UK was travelling on the top deck of the bus and peeking over the fences and walls into beautiful gardens.Now as a member of the Tamborine Mountain Garden Club I can enjoy this private peek into other gardens at the...