Mornington Botanical Rose Gardens

These are beautifully designed gardens, with plenty of space between the garden beds, and a ramp up to an elevated lookout for an overview of the whole place. There were many different variations of roses, and most of the different types were labelled. Unfortunately, recent heat and wind had taken a toll on many of the flowers, but there were still plenty to see in good condition. Overall, a well worthwhile place to visit if you appreciate beautiful roses.

Beautifully maintained rose gardens here. It's quite a large sized garden with an abundance of roses when visited in March 2025 on a Saturday. Free entry with free parking just outside. There's a donation box at the entrance (though you can donate online as well instead). Large rotunda in the centre provides shelter from the rain, ramped entrance available. No toilets, but you could walk to the playground area about 400m south and there's toilets there. Not a lot of mature trees to allow picnic shading but some spots available. The site also mentions a "viewing platform" which we missed, unless they just meant the front deck of one of the housing buildings atop some stairs. The ground/grass feels like it would be super muddy and sticky if it got some rain prior. Overall the rose garden delivers your expectation to view large variety of roses should you visit during season, typically around Oct - April. Thank you to the volunteers who made this possible, my toddler and I enjoyed our visit ❤️

What's not to love?! Beautiful roses in bloom that seem to be done by a lot of volunteer work. You will find every color of rose here. No price for admission. The reviews should be all five stars!!!! (I would love to see the people who rate this as anything less than 5 stars build and grow roses themselves). This is a quiet, beautiful place that people can enjoy for free.

We visited this rose garden on a Saturday afternoon, the weather was perfect and the garden looked splendid. There were a wide variety of roses blooming in the garden, I loved the colour combination of different roses, such as baby pink, golden yellow, and vibrant red. The garden was well-maintained, we enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere and it would be a perfect place for picnic too.

Lovely gardens with some great varieties of plants. Very colourful roses nearly time for them to stop getting this late into the season. The grounds are lovely.

A gorgeous Rose Garden! Definitely worth a visit especially during the blooming season Nov to early autumn. Possibly half the size of the State Rose Garden in Werribee with just as many rose varieties & fragrances to engage the senses .. but do watch out for the busy bees! Wide paths are easily navigable pushing a pram or wheelchair with a large Rotunda with seating in front as a focal point. The stormy & wet weather that this area has had since spring appears to have wrought some damage to the blooms but there is still plenty to appreciate. Kudos to the volunteers who put in the hard yards to make it blooming beautiful 😍 🤩.Pics below on visit last Sun 7 Jan 24. Enough seating scattered around to enjoy the garden at leisure. A slightly raised viewing platform over the whole garden is located at the perimeter right corner opposite entry. Plenty of free parking which is a shared space with Mornington Regional Art Gallery across.

Not a huge garden, but full of colour, beautiful spot for a walk