The North Coast Regional Botanic Garden is located at Hardacre Street, a kilometre from the centre of Coffs Harbour  in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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The gardens open from 9 am to 5 pm every day of the year. Entry is free.

Facilities

Picnic areas, a mangrove

Avicennia marina

Avicennia marina, commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove, is a species of mangrove tree classified in the plant family Acanthaceae...

 board walk, sensory gardens, toilets, glass houses and wheelchair access.

The gardens have tranquil grassy areas and garden beds of plants from many parts of the world. A special feature is the plantings of rare rainforest trees from northern New South Wales. Supervised by the eminent Australian botanist, Alexander Floyd

Alexander Floyd

Alexander Geoffrey Floyd is an Australian botanist with an expert knowledge of rainforest plants, particularly the rainforest trees of New South Wales. He worked with the New South Wales Forestry Commission, the Department of Forestry in Papua-New Guinea and the National Parks and Wildlife Service...

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