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Best Spring Garden Walks in Brisbane

Updated: Sep 05, 2025

Springtime sees Brisbane's gardens come to colourful blooming life, from the beautiful flower beds in the City and Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens and Roma Street Parkland's Spectacle Garden (a must-visit) to the famous rose gardens at New Farm Park:

Roma Street Parkland

In springtime the Spectacle Garden is abloom with stunning flower and garden beds, with accessible pathways

City Botanic Gardens

Hugging the river, these splendid gardens have had a continuous horticultural history for 150+ years and are

Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha

Japanese gardens inside Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in Toowong

It’s possible to happily pass an hour or a day within the 56-hectare subtropical expanse that is Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

New Farm Park

The city’s grandest century old park has rose gardens, rotunda, massive fig tree playground and more

And if you drive further afield you'll find the best spring gardens in south east Queensland, as Toowoomba's Queens Park and Laurel Bank are in full beautiful bloom for the upcoming Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers:

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