Botanical Garden "Palmetum» (Palmetum) in Townsville - is a land of palm trees. The garden is located in the area of ​​Annandale, near Ross River, James Cook University Hospital and Townsville. Opened in 1988, today the garden covers an area of ​​17 hectares, which grows about 300 species of palm trees, including the rarest - is the largest collection of palm trees in the world!

Palmetum developing every day guidance garden regularly acquires and grows new types of trees for tourists constructed walkways and viewing platforms. However, this botanical garden is famous not only for its palm trees, but also a great variety of birds - lovers "bёrdvochinga" will not be disappointed. In the garden you can also see the memorial in memory of 18 soldiers killed during a training flight, "Black Hawk Down."

Botanical Garden "Park Anderson» (Anderson Park Botanic Garden) - a favorite place of recreation for residents of Townsville.

The arboretum park you can see an amazing variety of tropical ferns, palms, fruit and economically valuable plants and one of the largest collections in the world pandanov. Most of the plant specimens brought from the tropical rain forest Cape York Peninsula and North Queensland. Collection pandanov includes most species pandanov growing in Australia, as well as plants from New Guinea, South East Asia, the island of the western Pacific Ocean and Madagascar. In a greenhouse, a collection of tropical plants, such as bromeliads, ginger, Nepenthes and palm trees. The tropical fruit garden you can see exotic lychee, persimmon, pawpaw, breadfruit, figs, coffee, cinnamon and other "gourmet" items.

In 1932, the park was named in honor of William Anderson, the first curator of the park. In the same year appeared in the territory of the first landing. In 1956 and 1963 the territory of the park was expanded and it acquired its modern look. Today Anderson Park occupies more than 20 hectares and is an example of an innovative approach to landscaping and a real gem of the city.

Royal Gardens (Queens Gardens) - third Botanic Gardens Townsville, the smallest (its area - only 4 hectares). It is located at the foot of Castle Hill, close to the city center and the waterfront Strand. Garden divided into quadrants, the center of each of which stands a fountain. Among the special zones - rose garden, flower beds, 2 small labyrinth as a "hedge" and mall "pea trees." The garden also has a small aviary, which is inhabited by peacocks, small parrots and cockatoos lories.

Formally, the "Royal Gardens" was founded in 1870, but then they were used to supply the local population with food and agriculture. Initial 40, 5 hectares of land intended for planting exotic species of plants, such as coconut, mango, oil palm. Some of the "pea tree" and araucaria planted while still growing in the garden and are probably the oldest cultivated plants in Australia. In the late 19th century, the garden began to slowly transform from an "industrial" in this area rest of the townspeople. But the Second World War slowed down the process: during the war, the Royal Gardens served as a military base for 100 thousand American soldiers. And only in 1959, the garden began to perform their modern features, though its territory was reduced 10 times.