Accessibility

Event: From Garden to Classroom: Experience the Botanic Gardens as your students would

General information

Contact name

Polly

Contact number

8222 9311

Travel instructions

Tram Adelaide Botanic Garden has a tram stop close to its Main Gate on North Terrace. The tram stop is called Botanic Gardens and it is approximately 100 metres from the entrance. Travelling by tram is free of charge in the city centre. Please visit Adelaide Metro for more information.
 Bus The Garden can also be accessed by bus. Please check Adelaide Metro for bus services into the city. Already in the city? A free city connector bus stops on North Terrace and East Terrace, close to the Garden's Main Gate entrance on North Terrace.
 Bikes and Scooters Bikes and scooters can be used to get to the Garden, but please note that they are not permitted inside the Garden for the safety and comfort of visitors.

 Bike racks are available outside the Garden entrances. Please only walk your bike through the Garden. Car Car parking is available on Plane Tree Drive and Hackney Road (also accessed off Plane Tree Drive). Please see parking details below. 
 Please note that visitors are not permitted to drive their vehicles inside Adelaide Botanic Garden or onto Botanic Park.

Entry instructions

Entrances and pathways Adelaide Botanic Garden is wheelchair accessible from all entrance gates except for the Hackney Gate off Hackney Road due to its gradient. The Garden has paved and bitumen paths running throughout the Garden. There are some areas that have gravel or sawdust pathways. Most of the Garden is flat, though there are some steep pathways leading to the Sunken Garden and Threatened Seed Orchard.

After entry instructions

The external doors are accessed via stairs and are not an accessible entrance. Staff will open the front Goodman Building entrance upon request, accessed from Hackney Road and the Rangelands Plaza; this entrance is suitable for wheelchair users

Hazards

Steps

Toilet location

You can find toilets at five locations across the garden. They all include accessible toilets and baby change tables: Goodman Building, inside the Lecture Theatre during the workshop (C6 map reference) Noel Lothian Hall, between the Rose Garden and Kitchen Garden (C6 map reference) Schomburgk Pavilion, by Evergreen Deli, the Museum of Economic Botany and the Diggers Shop (D4 map reference). Simpson Kiosk, by Botanic Lodge and Restaurant Botanic (C3 map reference) Classgrounds, between the Friends' Gate and Conservatory Gate (A4 map reference, adjacent to Plane Tree Drive, Botanic Park). These include a Changing Places facility. You will require a mlak key to access these toilets. Francis Arbor, to the west of the Garden (E3 map reference)

Accessible parking

Accessible parking spaces are available within all 4-hour parking zones and are free of charge for people displaying a disability parking permit. For visits longer than 4 hours, permit holders are welcome to park in 10-hour bays, and can pay half the ticketed price for the duration of the stay. Find out more about parking at Adelaide Botanic Garden and Botanic Park. See the car parking map for more information on where to park and zones.