Planning your visit

Opening Hours

Adelaide Botanic Garden is open every day of the year, including public holidays.

Admission

Free entry.

Location and Map

North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.

Download the Adelaide Botanic Garden map and brochure.

Entrances: North Terrace, Plane Tree Drive, Hackney Road and Frome Road.

Getting here

Tram

Adelaide Botanic Garden has a tram stop outside its Main Gate on North Terrace, called Botanic Gardens. The tram stop is approximately 100 metres from the entrance. Travelling by tram is free of charge in the city centre. Please visit Adelaide Metro for more information.

Bus

The Garden can also be accessed by bus. Please check Adelaide Metro for bus services into the city.

Already in the city? A free city connector bus stops on North Terrace and East Terrace, close to the Garden's Main Gate entrance on North Terrace.

Scooters can be used to get to the Garden, but please note that they are not permitted inside the Garden for the safety and comfort of visitors.

Cycle

Bike racks are available outside the Garden entrances. Please only walk your bike through the Garden.

Car

Car parking is available on Plane Tree Drive, with easy access to the Garden through the Friends Gate, Conservatory Gate or Hackney Gate. Please see parking details below.

Please note that visitors are not permitted to drive their vehicles inside Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Parking

Ticketed car parking is available on Plane Tree Drive and in front of the Goodman Building and State Herbarium (in front of the Rose Garden, closest to the Hackney Gate).

Both car parks are accessed from Hackney Road.

We have transitioned to new parking machines which are cashless and paperless. These machines will only accept credit or debit card payments.

To use the machines, input your vehicle registration number plate into the machine when prompted, select the time you would like to park for and tap your credit/debit card.

For instructions on accessing a receipt/tax invoice for your ticket, please click here.

All funds collected from ticketed parking are used to support conservation, education and horticulture at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.

Bus layover zones and loading zones are available in zone 4 for drop off. For longer parking, please contact reception.

Parking fees apply from 8am - 10pm on Monday - Saturday.

There is free parking on Sundays and public holidays.

Accessible parking spaces are available within all 4-hour parking zones and are free of charge for people displaying a disability parking permit. For visits longer than 4 hours, permit holders are welcome to park in 10-hour bays, and can pay half the ticketed price for the duration of the stay.

Find out more about parking at Adelaide Botanic Garden and Botanic Park.

See the car parking map for more information on where to park and zones.

Accessibility

Adelaide Botanic Garden is accessible from all entrance gates except for the Hackney Gate off Hackney Road. It has paved and bitumen paths running throughout the Garden making it accessible for wheelchair users.

Accessible toilets are available in the Garden at the Schomburgk Pavilion (E10 map reference), the Noel Lothian Hall (D15 map reference) and the Simpson Kiosk (E5 map reference).

A changing places bathroom facility can be found at B10 (map reference) for those with a disability or high support needs. An MLAK key is required to access these facility. More information regarding obtaining an MLAK key can be found here. MLAK Keys | Changing Places

The cafe, kiosk and restaurant all have ramp access.

Wheelchairs are available to hire from reception in the Goodman Building on Hackney Road, seven days a week, including public holidays, however they must be pre-booked.

To reserve a wheelchair over the weekend bookings must be made before 3pm on Friday, with the date and time you would like to hire the wheelchair for that weekend. We will get back in touch to confirm if it is available and give instructions on collecting and returning it.

For more information or to book a wheelchair please call 08 8222 9311 or e-mail botanicgardens@sa.gov.au.

Assistance dogs are welcome in the Garden.

Toilets

You can find newly refurbished toilets across the garden. They all include accessible toilets and baby change tables:

1. Noel Lothian Hall, between the Rose Garden and Kitchen Garden (D15 map reference).
2. Schomburgk Pavilion (E10 map reference).
3. Simpson Kiosk (E5 map reference)
4. Classgrounds (B10 map reference, adjacent to Plane Tree Drive, Botanic Park). These include a Changing Places facility. You will require a mlak key to access these toilets.
5. Francis Arbor (G4 map reference, on the western border shared with Lot Fourteen).

Free Wi-Fi

Visitors can access free Wi-Fi in the Garden in the area around the Noel Lothian Hall, located at E14 on the map.

Select the network Uniti Botanic Gardens Guest and use the password unitiguest

Thanks go to Uniti Internet for providing this service.

Regulations

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 us 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 or enter garden beds
• play ball or throwing games
• swim in or enter lakes, ponds or any waterways.

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.