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Illawarra Grevillea Park

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We made a short (1.5 hrs) drive South of Sydney to Bulli to visit the Grevillea Park, the home of this distinctive range species of Australian flora called "Grevillea." The park is open to the public several times during the year, allowing the general public to see and appreciate native plants and hopefully be encouraged to further their knowledge of this particularly beautiful species. During the mid 1980's, the need for a permanent home for these wild sourced plants became necessary. The Grevillea Study Group of the Society for Growing Australian Plants had grown these wild plants under nursery conditions at Bulli up to that time, and it was soon realised that a large park would be needed for the collection. With the support of the Sydney and Canberra Botanic Gardens, the park opened in September 1993.