Dawson Cactus Gardens
571 Napier Street, WHITE HILLS VIC 3550 - Property No 174058
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
Dawson's Cactus Garden is significant on a State-wide basis: as one of the most intact cactus gardens in Victoria, the plants not merely used as isolated specimens but forming a total design, and the collection of buildings such as the shade houses and quarantine shed which complement the plants; for its collection of outstanding individual specimens of cacti and succulents, amongst which are many plants imported in the period prior to restrictive quarantine embargoes; for the manner in which the garden reflects the hot and relatively dry local climate; for the retention of a mid-nineteenth century rendered brick residence, characteristic of Bendigo architecture and now romantically dwarfed by giant cacti and mature trees; for its contribution to the streetscape of the Midland Highway, a thoroughfare which contains notable gardens such as Rosalind Park, Lake Weeroona and White Hills Botanic Gardens; (and) historically as a noted specialist nursery responsible for the wide range of cacti and succulents throughout Australia.[1]
[1] Aitekn report to the National Trust of Australia (Vic) gardens committee, 1990
-
-
Dawson Cactus Gardens - Physical Description 1
Huge examples of their products (agave, cordyline and yucca specimens, etc.) still grow in the rear garden while early nursery structures (quarantine shed, shade house) and the former iron front fence survive nearby.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: B
-
-
-
-
-
WHITE HILLS BOTANIC GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H1915
-
DAWSON CACTUS GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H1406
-
HILLSBRO HOUSEGreater Bendigo City
-
"1890"Yarra City
-
"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
-
"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
-
'The Pines' Scout CampHobsons Bay City
-
106 Nicholson StreetYarra City
-
12 Gore StreetYarra City
-
-