Botanic Gardens are great holiday hideaways - where you can dodge the Christmas chaos or join family and friends for some quality catch-up time!
Adelaide, Mount Lofty and Wittunga Botanic Gardens are open every day, including public holidays.
Opening hours during summer school holidays
Adelaide Botanic Garden (15 Dec 24 - 27 Jan 25)
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Botanic Lodge - open from 10:00am daily. CLOSED Christmas Day.
Evergreen Deli - open from 8.30am daily. CLOSED Christmas Day.
Restaurant Botanic - open for dinner Thursday - Saturday and lunch Saturdays and Sundays. CLOSED Boxing Day
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Palm House and Amazon Waterlily Pavilion will be open daily.
The Bicentennial Conservatory will be closed on Christmas Day. This is where the In Full Colour: Dale Chihuly exhibition is. It will be open every other day, including public holidays.
Please note that the Conservatory will close at 2pm on days where the weather is forecast to reach 36 degrees C, and will be closed all day when the forecast is set to reach 40 degrees C or higher.
The Museum of Economic Botany will be closed on the following days:
Tours of the three Botanic Gardens will take place as usual, except Christmas day when they won't run. They will also be cancelled on days when the forecast is set to reach 36 degrees celsius or higher. To find out more about the guided walks, visit our What's On page.
