Everything about Queens Gardens Townsville totally explained
Queens Gardens are one of three
botanical gardens of
Townsville, Queensland. Queens Gardens are located in the suburb of
North Ward, at the base of
Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and
The Strand beachside park. They have been called Townsville's finest park.
Layout
The park covers over 4
hectares. The garden is divided into quadrants, each with a central fountain. Special areas include a formal rose garden, the Herb Society's garden, the annuals garden beds, the 2 small
hedge mazes, a rainforest walk and the
black bean (also known as
Moreton Bay chestnuts) avenue. There is also a small aviary featuring
peacocks,
lorikeets and
sulfur-crested cockatoos.
History
The gardens were formally established in 1870, and known at that time as the Botanical Gardens Reserve. They represented an
acclimatisation garden, part of the colonial town's agricultural planning for both local food supply and development of farming industry. Initially 40.5 hectares (100 acres) of land was set aside for a variety of exotic species, including cocoa, African oil palms and mangoes. Some of the
hoop pines and
black beans (
Castanospermum australe) planted at that time are still growing today and may be the oldest cultivated specimens in Australia.
In the late nineteenth century this industrious garden began its transformation into a formal recreational park. This was briefly interrupted during World War Two when Queens Gardens acted as a military base for 100,000 American soldiers. The gardens were extensively redesigned in 1959 by Mr. Alan Wilson (Superintendent of Parks) who also designed Townsville's arboretum,
Anderson Gardens. Due to the needs of the growing city for central sporting grounds and residential development, the gardens are currently one tenth their original size.
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