Captain Cook's Cottage was disassembled brick-by-brick in Yorkshire, England, and shipped to Melbourne for the city's centenary celebration.
The Fairies Tree was carved by Ola Cohn over a four-year period between 1931 and 1934 to entertain children visiting the gardens.
The Conservatory building is a Spanish Mission-style structure completed in 1930.
The Model Tudor Village is a detailed miniature recreation intended to represent a traditional English village, including a church and shops.
The gardens were originally a swampy area before being surveyed and reserved as public land in the mid-19th century.
The park contains a memorial to the pioneering aviators Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm.
More than 3,000 distinct species of plants are represented within the garden beds.
The landscape design follows a distinct 'gardenesque' style, popular in the 19th century to showcase individual specimen trees.
Fitzroy Gardens is a 26-hectare Victorian-era public park in East Melbourne, formally designed in a gridiron layout with extensive elm-lined avenues. Established in 1848, the site is known for its formal flower beds, mature English elms, and historical structures. Key features include the Conservatory, which hosts seasonal floral displays, and Captain Cook's Cottage, an 18th-century structure transported from England in 1934. The park includes the Fairies Tree, a hollowed-out tree stump carved by Ola Cohn with depictions of Australian animals and folklore. A model Tudor village, gifted by the residents of Lambeth, England, in 1948, is also located within the grounds. The gardens are integrated into the city's green space network, connecting to Treasury Gardens to the west. Maintenance of the gardens adheres to Victorian heritage conservation standards to preserve its 19th-century aesthetic. Extensive walking trails wind through the garden beds and heritage-listed horticultural features.
The central fountain area at the intersection of the primary tree-lined avenues.
Walk the entire length of the elm-lined avenues to observe the symmetrical landscaping design.
Visit the Conservatory greenhouse to see the current rotating seasonal floral display.
Combine your visit with the neighboring Treasury Gardens for a continuous green walking path.
Do not attempt to touch or climb the fragile carvings on the Fairies Tree.
Maintain pathways and do not walk through protected flower beds; dogs must be kept on a leash.
