Test Garden Open Day: Public Gardens and Designed Landscapes

Name: Test Garden Open Day: Public Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Start: 2026-05-16T10:00:00+1000
End: 2026-05-16T12:00:00+1000
Location: Test Garden - Fed Square

Sat, 16 May, 10am - 12pm AEST

Test Garden - Fed Square

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Fed Square

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Our monthly open day held in the Test Garden, designed for garden and plant lovers.

Join us in the Test Garden this Melbourne Design Week for a conversation about Laak Boorndap with HASSELL's Principal Landscape Architect, Jon Hazelwood, led by MAP Co's Director of Programming, Sarah Tutton. Laak Boorndap is a new world-first 18,000 square metre urban garden being created as part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation. The pair will discuss the role of landscape architecture in shaping cities, naturalistic planting as a global design movement, and the importance of restoring biodiversity to our urban spaces.

Arrive at 10am to grab a free coffee for a 10.30am start
These events are held outdoors in the Test Garden. Please bring a hat and water bottle
The Test Garden is located next to the Fed Square Car Park (Wilson Parking) on the Russell Street Extension

Presented by Fed Square. This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2026, an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

The Test Garden is generously supported by Bupa.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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For thousands of years, the land around Birrarung (the Yarra River) has been Melbourne’s meeting place – an area of cultural significance for First Peoples and a place of creative expression. Today the site is home to the Melbourne Arts Precinct; a vibrant creative community and the artistic heart of our city.

Fed Square is the gateway to the art precinct – and as Melbourne’s public square it is the civic, cultural and community heart of the city. It also home to three of Victoria’s major cultural institutions: ACMI – Australia’s Museum of Screen Culture, the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

Located opposite the iconic Flinders St Station, Fed Square is also Melbourne’s premier meeting place, tourist destination and event venue for thousands of events a year – since opening in 2002, it has seen more than 110 million visits.

In 2019, Fed Square was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, the youngest building in Australia to ever be recognised in this way.