Treasury Gardens

Treasury Gardens is a heritage-listed public park in East Melbourne, Victoria, adjacent to the Victorian Parliament and Fitzroy Gardens. Established in 1867 and designed by Clement Hodgkinson, it covers 5.8 hectares with mature elm avenues, ornamental ponds, and open lawns. Notable for its Victorian-era landscape design, memorials including the Robert Burns and JFK memorials, and its role as a central city green space for recreation and events.

Visitors can expect a formal Victorian-era garden with wide tree-lined avenues of mature elms, oaks and Moreton Bay figs, open lawns, ornamental ponds and garden beds. The gardens are set on gently sloping land bordered by Spring Street, Treasury Place and Lansdowne Street, with paved paths for walking and jogging, seating areas, and monuments including the Robert Burns Memorial and John F. Kennedy Memorial. It is a tranquil urban park used for picnics, strolling and relaxation close to the city centre.

Laid out in 1867 to a design by Clement Hodgkinson, Victoria's Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey. Part of Melbourne's ring of 19th-century public gardens, it retains its Victorian landscape character with formal avenues and ornamental planting. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its historic and aesthetic significance. Contains memorials including the Robert Burns Memorial (1904) and the John F. Kennedy Memorial.

A significant example of Victorian public park design and an important central Melbourne green space for community recreation, passive leisure and public gatherings. Valued for its mature heritage trees, formal garden design and memorials that reflect cultural connections.