Williamstown Botanic Gardens celebrates a special milestone in 2025, celebrating its 165th anniversary.
The gardens officially reached the 165-year mark on 2 January, having been formally opened on the same date in 1860.
Council will mark the occasion with various events throughout the year including tours, talks, a giant plant sale, art workshops, plant propagation days and many other activities.
The milestone will be capped off with a garden party in November, emulating those of 19th century Williamstown in an ode to the garden's history.
Opened in January 1860, the gardens were designed by prominent artist and landscape designer, Edward La Trobe Bateman and laid out by William Bull, the first surveyor to the Williamstown Council. Today the gardens are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
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