Historic Gardens

The Wollemi Pine was thought to have gone extinct two million years ago, until an off-duty ranger stumbled across a grove. Now, experts are doing everything they can to give the tree a second chance. 

In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world's last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress' garden?

Natasha Biggins was living a quiet life when adventure — and a seemingly unsellable homestead — called her back to country South Australia.

It's common yet iconic and its fragrance is found in gardens all over the world, but which of these is Australia's oldest frangipani?

The NSW government says it will undertake urgent work to protect a historic disused hospital, and send the bill to the owner, a Chinese property developer.

A Tasmanian garden wins international funding to create a Noah's Ark of ancient plant species, some of which have existed for 150 million years.

Tasmanian farm property which is home to two historic homesteads, gets a facelift as it diversifies to welcome farm tourists.

Named for its animal-like shape, the little-known Leg of Mutton Lake in South Australia's south-east has lived many lives since forming as a volcanic crater thousands of years ago.

When two wooden boxes carefully packed with ferns and grasses survived the six-month ocean journey from London to Sydney in 1833, gardeners rejoiced. The boxes went on to change the world.

When cattle farmer Lindsay Titmarsh decided to carbon date a grey mangrove that had caught his eye on his Queensland property, he discovered it was the oldest known mangrove in Australia.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved into their new home ahead of the impending arrival of their first child, amid a small controversy surrounding their Instagram debut.

The Botanic Gardens of capital cities were instrumental in shaping what the future streetscapes of regional towns would become.