Hours
We are trialing new opening hours for a year!
The garden is open every day (including public holidays).
From 31 October 2020, it will be open from 8.30am-7pm during daylight savings.
From 4 April 2021, when daylight savings ends, the garden will be open from 8.30am-5pm.
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Closing times |
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- 7pm every day during daylight savings
- 5pm every day outside of daylight savings (4 April - 2 October 2021)
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Admission
Free
Location and Map
Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood SA 5051, Australia
Entrance: Shepherds Hill Road or Sherbourne Road.
Getting there
Bus & Train: Check Adelaide Metro for bus services to Blackwood and train services to Coromandel Station.
Walk: 5-10 minute walk from Blackwood.
Parking
Free parking is available in the car park off Shepherds Hill Road.
Accessibility
Wheelchair and pram-friendly paths, picnic tables and rotundas, as well as disabled facilities, are available at Wittunga.
Playspace
Enjoy a new nature playspace suitable for 2-12 year olds from 13 April 2021.
Regulations
Botanic gardens are different from public parks in that they're living museums, filled with valuable living collections. For this reason some activities - such as allowing dogs to roam the Garden - have the potential to damage or destroy valuable plants.
Botanic Gardens are also internationally-regarded as places for visitors to seek peace beauty and tranquillity, so activities that impede this (such as the use of drones) are also discouraged. You must not:
- Bring dogs or other pets into the Garden
- Fly drones in or above the Garden (under CASA guidelines. Learn more at our Filming and Photography page)
- Ride bikes / bicycles, scooters, skateboards or rollerblades
- Drive vehicles into the Garden
- Damage or remove plants
- Enter garden beds
- Bring alcohol into the Garden
- Play ball or throwing games
- Bring BBQs into the Garden
Wildlife
The Botanic Gardens of South Australia are home to a huge variety of bird and animal life that are attracted to the Gardens’ flora. We do, however, ask that you do not feed the wildlife. Find out more about animal welfare and the Botanic Gardens of South Australia.
