Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is spread over an area of 14 hectares near the centre of Hobart. Founded in 1818 on the Eastern shore of the river Derwent, this Botanical garden is the second oldest in Australia. Some of his collection of plants and trees date back to the 19th century. Here a unique collection of plants of Tasmania, under the threat of extinction. The most interesting exhibits are the Royal Lomatia and the only pavilion in the world Subantarctic Plants. This pavilion contains plants high southern latitudes, which created the special climatic conditions that reproduce their natural habitat, cold fog. Most of these plants brought from Macquarie island. And just in the Botanical garden you can see about 6, 5 thousand plants!

While walking amidst all this floristic diversity is the largest in the southern hemisphere collection of coniferous trees, a quiet Japanese garden, an impressive Conservatory with a fountain, herbal garden, maddening with its unique smell, and a vegetable garden "Plot Pete", created the famous Tasmanian grower Peter Candella. Pond Lilies, established in 1840, is one of the most favorite destinations among the visitors of the garden. Close to restaurants and the visitor centre is also a romantic anniversary Arch, surrounded by tall, leafy tree.

On the territory of the Botanical garden is a few buildings with historical value. Among them is the house of the Director (now the office of the administration of the garden) and the Shaft Arthur – the trough which can be heated for fruit growing. However, it turned out that fruit trees in Tasmania grow perfectly without any help, and this shaft has never been used as intended. At the Northern tip of the shaft is another house built in 1845 for the chief gardener, in which in different years housed the Lodge, the residence of the warden, tea rooms and other facilities. Another brick shaft is the longest structure of Australia, built by prisoners - crosses the territory from North to South. This shaft Hardly-Wilmotte, who, as legend has it, was built to prevent the invasion of the grasshoppers. In 1878 in the garden were a wrought iron gate, it became a real decoration.

Long before the first Europeans on this land was inhabited by aboriginal tribes, and traces of their stay and is now seen at the Botanical garden.