Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden is a 123-hectare botanical garden in St Ives, in the north of Sydney. The Garden was established in 1966 by John Wrigley on behalf of Ku-ring-gai Council, and all of the plants in the Garden are Australian natives. There is a nursery within the Garden where plants can be purchased, many short bushwalking trails, multiple picnics areas and a pavilion (Caley’s Pavilion) which can be booked for functions.
Best visited after rain, the Tree Fern Gully Falls is in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden. The Mueller Track passes the top of the waterfall, and an informal pad leads to the base.
Impressive after rain, the Phantom Falls along the Mueller Track in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden tumbles about 25m over a series of ledges.
A mostly off-track walk in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden, which follows Ku-ring-gai Creek and Tree Fern Gully Creek to explore the many cascades and waterfalls.
Three slabs of rock that were part of a larger Aboriginal engraving site, which were re-located to the St Ives Wildflower Garden during the construction of the F3 freeway.
The sad fate of the Fish from the F3: an Aboriginal engraving site that was relocated from the Sydney to Newcastle freeway to St Ives, in Sydney’s north
The Solander Trail is a short hiking, jogging or cycling path in the St Ives Wildflower Garden, in Sydney’s north. It can be combined with the Senses Track. Good for cycling or walking with a pram.
The Mueller Track is the longest trail in the St Ives Wildflower Garden, a relatively “undiscovered” park in Sydney’s north. This is also one of the more interesting walks.