August 4th, 2024Heritage application for Wombat Hill gardens proposal

A number of early morning walkers in Daylesford will have seen the sign advertising an application to Heritage Victoria on behalf of Friends of Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens.

Until this application is finalised, the full detail of plans and siting cannot be determined. The current proposal is a wooden seat and shelter in the style of a botanic garden’s traditional pavilion.

A similar one existed on the other side of the gardens until the 1980s. The main purpose of the structure is to provide a small, sheltered seat to enjoy the view to the south and east.

The rustic timber cladding has been preserved from the dead giant redwood felled in 2021, whose stump remains a little further up the bank above the seat.