A Guide to Memorial Trees, Statues and Fountains in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Domain and Centennial Park, Sydney
Surrounded by legend, 'The Wishing Tree' - a Norfolk Island pine - is but one of many memorial trees that bind the Botanic Gardens to the history and development of Sydney. As well, the Gardens, the Domain and Centennial Park contain a vast array of buildings, gates, pathways, statues, pavilions and fountains that commemorate major and minor historical characters and events. Together, they enrich the gardens and parklands both in themselves and by association.
In 'The Wishing Tree' Edwin Wilson, who is a poet and a lapsed scientist with an interest in history, explores the fascinating histories of all the memorials that grace one of the world's most beautiful, and most spectacularly sited, botanic gardens.
