Due to the extreme heat forecast for Saturday 22 February, the Bicentennial Conservatory, where In Full Colour: Dale Chihuly is held, will be CLOSED from 2pm to ensure the safety of visitors, staff and volunteers. It will reopen for Chihuly Nights.
If this impacts your planned visit, please email botanic.exhibitions@sa.gov.au for ticketing enquiries.
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden will also be CLOSED on Saturday 22 February, due to the extreme fire danger rating.
It is the remaining evidence of what was called the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum, which one stood in the southeast corner of Adelaide Botanic Garden, and served as its morgue.
The hospital for the 'insane' stopped operating as such in 1902, and was then used as a hospital for infectious diseases. It was demolished in 1938.
The Deadhouse has since served as a toolshed for garden staff, and is occasionally used as a venue for art exhibitions.
Visit in winter to see a stunning collection of Aloes and a quince tree in vibrant red bloom around the outside of this historic building.
