Almost a dozen commissioned sculptures and artwork dot Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, allowing you to indulge your artistic side while surrounding yourself with natural beauty at the same time.
Several works by Greg Johns – one of Australia’s best known and most successful contemporary sculptors – can be seen around the Garden. The first of Johns’ works you might see are the Collin Robjohns Gates (lower carpark entry). These sculptural gates were installed in 1996 to commemorate the role and contribution of South Australian medical practitioner and missionary, Dr Henry Collin Robjohns.
Keep an eye out for other works of Johns on the Dwarf Conifer Lawn and Main Lake, which were commissioned in the 1980s and ’90s.
More recently (2015), a series of eight plant-themed artworks were installed around the Garden’s Main Lake as part of the Lakeside Trail. The design was a collaboration between Martins Brand House and Oxigen Landscape Architects, with construction done by Iguana Creative.
09 July 2022
Kangaroo Island’s threatened flora is being given a life-line thanks to a new Seed Production Garden.In a bid to safeguard plants from extinction, the Threatened Flora Seed Production Garden will grow multiple populations of the island’s at-risk species, then collect their seed for banking and biodiversity recovery projects on the island.
03 May 2022
Adelaide Botanic Garden has been shrunk down to fun-sized flowers, teensy trees and a petite Palm House for a new ABC TV show, Tiny Oz.
