Friends of Williamstown Botanic Gardens

Friends of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens Inc
Address all correspondence to: PO Box 826 Williamstown 3016

Email: williebotgardens@gmail.com

HOME

PURPOSE

RULES OF INCORPORATION

PHOTOS

GARDENS HISTORY

NEWSLETTERS

FEATURES

TREES

1. Entrance Gates - erected 1907, formerly from "Fairlie", a South Yarra mansion

1. Entrance Gates - looking out

The Botanic Gates by Anuradha Patel and Velisav Georgiev

The Botanic Gates were commissioned and installed at the entrance of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens at Osborne and Giffard Streets, Williamstown in March 2010.

Ther overwhelming aspects of the gardens are its variety of formal walkways, intimate spaces and the wonderful collection of flora and the native fauna. This has been the source of inspiration designing the gates for the botanic gardens.

The Gates of Ceremony (Osborne Street)
The Gates of Ceremony are inspired by the majestic trees within the garden. The trunks are strong and upright, aspiring to the sky. They are also deemed architectural due to their scale, elegance and interaction with the surrounding period architecture.

The Gate of Earthly Delights (Giffard Street)
The Gate of Earthly Delights is a smaller scale gate. Its design explores the more intimate and hidden aspects of the garden. In its form it is more curvaceous and sensuous, echoing not only the sinous vines and root forms within the undergrowth but also the ebbs and flows of the nearby ocean.

4. Palm Avenue - replanted in 1987

6. A T Clark, MP, statue in Morton Bay Fig circle

6. Morton Bay Fig circle

Lake with old Caretaker's cottage

3. The lake today