Peacehaven Botanic Park

Peacehaven Botanic Park is a community-managed botanic park located at Highfields, north of Toowoomba in Queensland. Established on former council land, it showcases native flora of the Darling Downs and south-east Queensland. The park features themed garden areas, walking tracks, and open lawns across approximately 4.7 hectares, and is maintained by volunteers with support from Toowoomba Regional Council.

Visitors can expect a tranquil, open parkland with landscaped native gardens, labelled plant collections, gravel and natural walking paths, grassy picnic areas and shaded seating. The setting is semi-rural on the edge of Highfields with views over surrounding countryside. Areas to explore include native garden beds, rainforest and woodland sections, and interpretive signage about local flora. It is a low-key nature experience focused on walking, plant observation and picnicking.

Developed from the early 1990s by the Friends of Peacehaven Botanic Park on land made available by the former Crows Nest Shire Council, later Toowoomba Regional Council. The park was created to conserve, display and promote the native flora of the Darling Downs and to provide a regional botanic garden for education and recreation.

Community-managed botanic garden that serves as an educational and conservation resource for native plants of the Darling Downs, hosting volunteer activities, community planting days and environmental education.