Function spaces

If you want to host a birthday party, wedding, or other event, the Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens boast a range of beautiful, natural spaces available for booking.

Event Areas For Hire Private Function Booking Community Event Booking

Art Gallery and deck

During the café deck replacement works the Art Gallery, and toilets located behind the building, will be closed.  We look forward to opening these facilities up once the deck work is complete.

Please see below for more information regarding the café deck replacement.

Café

Gladstone Regional Council has been successful in securing Works for Queensland funding to replace the café deck at Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens. 

The works began in late October 2020 and will include complete replacement of the existing timber deck and boardwalk leading to the Café.

The project will provide a new aesthetic deck to support the café and events held at the gardens.

Carpark 1 will be closed during the construction period with traffic management and signage in place to safely assist traffic.  During construction the deck and toilets at the rear of the building will be inaccessible.

The Tondoon Botanic Gardens Café Deck Replacement Project is an initiative of the Queensland Government.

Council looks forward to unveiling the new deck and café area in 2021.

Reference Library

Need to do some research on Flora and Fauna topics? Our Reference Library is growing all the time so we can keep up to date with the latest information. You can visit our reference library Monday - Friday, 7am - 4pm. 

Plant identification services are also available.

Herbarium

Our Norm Gibson herbarium has one of the largest collections outside Brisbane. Visit Thursday mornings to learn more and meet our volunteers.

Demonstration Garden Master Site Plan

In 2015, a plan was developed for demonstration gardens on the southern bank of Lake Tondoon. They would show how local native species could be used in the Gladstone Region, focusing on:

• Port Curtis plants in your own garden
• How to grow your own produce organically at home
• Research and development
• Pacific flora link garden

Demonstration Garden Master Site Plan