GARDEN VISITOR

I was enjoying a quiet read of the latest issue (AG 142), while sheltering from the heat on one of the hottest days on record, and the regional botanic gardens article caught my attention.We make a point of visiting the botanic gardens wherever we travel, because they are always rewarding, and we have been to some of those mentioned, including Wollongong and Eurobodalla.We know it would be difficult to create such a shortlist but two in particular that weren’t mentioned deserve to have been included. One, which has won tourism awards – Booderee Botanic Gardens, in Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay, NSW – is an Aboriginalowned property with an extensive collection of native plants.The other is Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, in Hobart, where the vegetable section has long featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, and it also has the wonderful Japanese Gardens. CHRIS AND MARLY GROUNDS, EROWAL BAY, NSW