Royal Melbourne Botanic Garden tour & interview with Director Tim Entwisle!

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we're beginning a four part series based in the wonderful Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens. We'll be looking at the garden's history, plants in it we particularly like, plants that are in the garden that should be more widely available and a look at their New Caledonian conifer collection. But in this episode we were very lucky to be able to spend some time with Director and CEO Tim Entwisle to talk all things botanic gardens; their future, their relevance, their maintenance, and in the process discover his favourite parts of the garden. The botanic garden in Melbourne is considered one of the top five in the world through both it's collection and it's design so join us as we find Tim's favourite place, and share ours. It's a wonderful place and should you ever find yourself in Melbourne, WELL worth a visit! You might remember we visited the Royal Botanic Garden in Cranbourne which is home to the native plant collection and you can see that video here: • Australian native spec...
And you can plan your visit here: www.rbg.vic.gov.au/
The plants we mention in this video are:
Gardenia thunbergia
Rhododendron viriosum
Quercus lobata
Quercus rysophylla
Eucalyptus deglupta

[@railiedouglas3018]

And that’s a Gardenia Thunbergia dripping in flowers behind you! Magnificent!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It sure is!

[@teresejohnson6767]

Wonderful show and fascinating tour of the Botanical Gardens, ty

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@maxinephillips6696]

You guys are the best thanks from UK what a show stopper today amazing trees would love to have a few in my garden so much information a wonderful video Love from Maxine 82yrs young still plodding on in my new garden x😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching and good luck with your new garden!

[@Kay-qt2id]

Hi guys, I agree with the comment above, what about a few videos on the special plants here that you don’t often see in cultivation.Thank you Tim for the wonderful job you have done in leading these two amazing spaces for Melbournians

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Already in the pipeline. Regards Stephen

[@dianefields6056]

Quite a whistlestop tour of rather lovely botanical garden. You could possibly have done a couple of videos of this and perhaps return for more in another season.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We have 3 more videos coming on different aspects of the Melbourne botanic gardens. So mi hope you enjoy them. Regards Stephen.

[@gabehopper6219]

Love this video! - Love, from Melbourne

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@dianefields6056]

Forgot to say that I really loved that area of the fallen oak tree with seating carved into the wood.

[@biekken849]

02:44. What is that large tree in the middle?
From Rotterdam NL

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Do you know the time it was shown so I can go in and look for it for you. Regards Stephen.

[@biekken849]

@@thehorti-culturalists Yes at 02:44. Thank you.