Overview

  • Features: Public gardens with lovely water features
  • Opening Times:  10am tp 5pm, daily
  • Best Time to Visit: In Spring (Sep to Nov)
  • Duration: 1 to 2 hours
  • Transport Options: Train/bus, car
  • Cost: FREE
  • Address: 1A Sherbrooke Rd, Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
  • Type: Gardens
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WHAT WE LIKED

The ornamental lake with the original boathouse.

WHAT WE DISLIKED

Can get busy on weekends in Spring.

Summary

Popular for walks, picnics and birdwatching by the lake, the Alfred Nicholas Gardens features rock walls, waterfalls, upper pools and the magnificent lake with the original boathouse. 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens Sherbrooke

 

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Popular for walks, picnics and birdwatching by the lake, the Alfred Nicholas Gardens are the original gardens of the ‘historic Burnam Beeches estate’. 

Established in 1929 as part of the historic Burnham Beeches Estate, Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens has extensive water features with waterfalls, an ornamental lake with the original boathouse and the George Tindale Memorial Garden, with flowering plants beneath Mountain Ash trees. The original Nicholas family home (built 1920s) is located here.

Many of the detailed plantings have been lost over the years but the structure of the garden remains and is emphasised by the many rock walls, waterfalls, upper pools and the magnificent lake.

 

Top Things to See & Do at the Alfred Nicholas Gardens

  • Walks – Linking paths through the gardens take you beneath the canopy of the awesome Mountain Ash trees. Walks are on gravel requiring a degree of fitness
  • Picnics – Walk down to the picturesque lake and picnic by the quaint boathouse
  • Bird-watching by the lake
  • In spring, view the flowering azaleas, cherry trees and viburnum
  • Another point of interest within the garden is the intriguing sculpture by Mark Stoner located next to the gazebo

 

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Seasonal Highlights at the Alfred Nicholas Gardens

The gardens will delight visitors all year round.

In Spring, the gardens are blooming with rhododendrons, azaleas, camelias, kalmias and flowering cherries on the lake.

Summer is the time to see hydrangeas, fuchsias, native ferns, rhododendrons and native terrestrial orchids.

In Autumn, the foliage of maples, beech and the famous golden ginkgos on the lake is stunning.

In Winter, you will see camelias and the early rhododendrons.

 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens Opening Hours

Open daily, 10am – 5pm 

Closed Christmas Day

 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens Address

1A Sherbrooke Rd,

Sherbrooke,

Victoria,

Australia

 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens Entry Fee

FREE entry

 

Alfred Nicholas Gardens Map

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