Find Wittunga nestled in the hillside suburb of Blackwood.
There are two entrances to the Garden:
Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood SA 5051
Sherbourne Road, Blackwood, SA 5051
Wittunga Botanic Garden is open every day of the year, including public holidays.
Opening hours change with the seasons and daylight hours.
(non-daylight savings hours)
Every day: 8.30am - 4.00pm
(during daylight savings)
Every day: 8.30am - 6.00pm
For the safety of visitors and staff, Wittunga Botanic Garden is closed on days when the fire danger rating is catastrophic. Please check the ratings via the Bureau of Meterology prior to visiting during the fire season.
Coromandel train station is a short walk from Wittunga.
Buses also pass the Garden and service Blackwood town centre, which is a 5-10 minute walk away.
Please check Adelaide Metro for bus services to Blackwood and train services to Coromandel Station.
Wittunga has one car park off Shepherds Hill Road.
Parking here is free of charge.
If you arrive by car, entrances to the Garden from the car park are wheelchair accessible.
For wheelchair access from the street, the Sherbourne Road entrance on the eastern boundary is accessible for wheelchairs. It has flat surfaces and bitumen paths.
There is also access from the footpath off Shepherd's Hill Road that leads to the new nature playspace, however visitors are advised there is a air-lock child safety gate; some people may require assistance to unlatch this gate. This pathway is compacted gravel and has a gentle gradient.
There are flat, bitumen paved pathways in the garden.
There are accessible toilet facilities in the Garden.
The nature playspace has a wheelchair accessible in-ground trampoline. Find out more about the Nature Playspace here.
There are two toilet blocks, with accessible toilets and change tables in the Garden.
Drinking water is available on site to fill up water bottles.
There are plenty of picnic tables and rotundas for your lunch, offering shade and shelter.
Food and drink is currently not available to purchase in the Garden, but the town of Blackwood is a 5-10 minute walk away.
Botanic gardens are different from public parks in that they're living museums, filled with plant collections with conservation value. For this reason some activities are not permitted as they have the potential to damage or destroy plants.
Botanic Gardens are also places for visitors to find peace and tranquility, so activities that negatively affect this are not permitted.
You must not:
• ride bikes / bicycles, scooters, skateboards or use rollerskates/blades
• bring dogs or other pets or animals into the Garden
• fly drones in or above the Garden (Learn more at our Filming and Photography page)
• bring alcohol into the Garden
• use BBQs and portable gas cookers in the Garden
• smoke or vape in the Garden
• drive vehicles into the Garden
• damage or remove plants/trees or enter garden beds
• play ball or throwing games
• climb trees, as the botanical collection has conservation value.
• swim in or enter lakes, ponds or any waterways.
You can find a full list of our regulations here.
You can find the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act 1978 here.
