100 km West of Sydney in the Blue Mountains Botanic garden mount Tom, opened in 1972 and covering an area of 28 hectares. the area of the garden is located at 1,000 metres above sea level, which determines its specialization is here cultivated plants of temperate climate, which are unable to survive in warmer conditions Sydney. 128 acres of nearby land reserved under the protection and soon will be part of the garden.

Its name Botanical garden "mount Volume" received on behalf of the great mountain. The true "owners" of this land were natives from a tribe of darug, and the word "volume", they, presumably, been called a tree fern.

In 1804, naturalist and Explorer George Cayley became the first European to visit Fern Hill, now known as mount Tom. In 1823, Archibald bell, accompanied by guides of aboriginal, found the road that runs through the Blue Mountains. A year later, this way proceeded botanist Allan Cunningham, Director of the Botanical Gardens of Sydney in the years 1837-1838.

In 1830 a certain Suzanne Bowen bought a plot of land on mount Tom, which was used for dairy farming and grazing. Here were built three sawmills, engaged in the harvesting of cocada, American Laurel and eucalyptus. These trees and today dominate the wooded part of the mountain.

Since 1934, the territory which is now the Botanical garden, was in the possession of a gardener Alfred Brunet and his wife EFFIE. Here they cultivated flowers, which are then supplied to the florists in Sydney. In the early 1960s, the family of Brantov decided to donate a plot of land on mount Tom Royal Botanical Garden, but to realize this idea they succeeded only in 1972. And to the public a new Botanical garden was opened 15 years later – November 1, 1987 in celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Australia.

Today the Botanical garden "mount Volume" is a real Paradise for nature lovers, surrounded by national parks, UNESCO world Heritage site. Here you can stroll along quiet footpaths under trees, in which is heard the chorus of more than 100 species of birds. Among the representatives of the local fauna – marsupials, lizards and colorful insects, surprising for its unusual coloring.