Mount Annan Botanic Garden is a 416 hectare botanical garden in a hilly area of the southwestern Sydney suburb of Mount Annan, between Campbelltown and Camden, New South Wales. The Garden opened to the public in 1988, specializing in native plants, with a collection of over 4000 species. It is the largest botanical garden in Australia. After the discovery, on or about 10 September 1994, the Wollemi Pine was first cultivated there in 1995. Prior to them becoming commercially available the trees were so valuable that they were grown inside steel cages to protect them from thieves. The Garden is managed by the Botanic Gardens Trust (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney), a division of the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change.
The 416 hectares of Garden consists of Australian Bushland with cultivated displays and was opened in 1988 by the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson. It features themed gardens including "Big Idea Garden", "Wattle Garden" and "Banksia Garden" as well as the "Woodland Picnic Area" which highlights the endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland found within the estate. It is also a haven for over 160 species of birds as well as wallaroos, wallabies and kangaroos that call the Garden home. With the rapid growth occurring in the Macarthur region it is fast becoming a wildlife corridor for our local native fauna.
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