[Title: Gargarro Botanic Garden]
Girgarre: ‘Small Town, Big Spirit’ in the heart of the Goulburn Valley.
[Vision: Aerial map of Girgarre town - close up vision of the parcel of land gifted to the community]
Located on Winter Road, a parcel of land was gifted to the community.
[Vision: View of early stages of development of gardens and artist impression of developed site]
Initial projects and planting have seen the Botanic Garden come to life.
Gargarro - discovering the diversity of Australian plants through your senses.
[Vision: Artist impression of garden showing locations of the various areas of See, Touch, Smell, Listen and Taste]
‘See’ - display Garden - visually spectacular.
‘Touch’ - textual, soft and spiky.
‘Smell’ - the scents of Australia.
‘Listen’ - to the wind and birds.
‘Taste’ - the fruits of the bush.
[Vision: Artist impression of entrance gateway and path.
Welcoming gateway, acknowledgement of country, and formal entrance.
[Vision: Plan of Stage 1 and the various plantings in the gardens throughout the Botanic Garden with artist impression of the different areas]
Stage 1 - The See Garden and Ephemeral Waterway.
The Little Pretties Garden.
The Cloud Garden.
The Sunrise Yellow and Hot Pink Gardens.
The Silver Garden & Garden of falling Snow.
The Vibrant Display Garden.
[Vision: Artist impression of the Ephemeral Stream and the community Hub]
The Ephemeral Stream.
The Community Hub, Nursery & Café.
[Vision: Artist impression of the Sound Shell and Amphitheatre at night with fireworks]
The Sound Shell & Amphitheatre.
Gargarro Botanic Garden.
T.C.L with Paul Thompson - Design Flow - Brandrick made possible with contributions by: Girgarre Development Group, Friends of Gargarro, Nancye Smith, Trudy gunning & Lisa Smith, Jenny Bassett - Victoria State Government.
Gargarro Botanic Garden.
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