Map of Flecker Gardens at Cairns Botanic Gardens


  • Upgrade/ renovate existing staff administration building
    To include offices, kitchen, meeting room, outdoor under cover lunch/break area with lawn/ breakout staff garden to north; replaces existing staff kitchen/office within red brick administration building
  • Accessible Nursery
    Provides limited public access for a 'behind the scenes' view of nursery operations and is the main nursery shade house; includes public pathway with orchid / other plant display areas with barrier between path and displays and central viewing area for flowering Titan Arum display
  • Main nursery (1st floor) and potting shed (ground floor)
    The upper level is critical to enable reduction of Depot footprint and return garden space to the Flecker Gardens.
  • Shade house for rare plants
    (secure, no public access) with viewing window from inside New Accessible Nursery
  • Shade house for general nursery stock
    Footprint shape can be varied if required to accommodate other facilities
  • Storage shed for Flecker Team equipment
  • Maintenance access road to back of Accessible Nursery
  • Heritage listed remnants of carpenters shed to be repurposed as interactive space
    With changing displays run by the gardens/ use e.g. picnic tables/ arbor/lighting
  • Outdoor nursery space for large plant stock
  • New accessible toilet facilities
    Placed to take advantage of existing sewer infrastructure
  • Reconfigure existing paved area
    To provide shady tables under fig tree