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Fern House at Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha

The Fern House is our major achievement and is the newest addition to the Brisbane Botanic Gardens.  It has more than 80 different species and varieties of ferns on display, including ferns that live on rocks, trees and in the water.  

Click on the thumbnails below to see the story of the building of the fern house

Eight years of fund-raising culminated with President Norma Fawdon and Lord Mayor Jim Soorley turning the first sod in April 2002
27 August 2002 Architect, Norma Fawdon, Anne Baster and Ross McKinnon checking the plans.
The Fern House December 2003
The Fern House December 2003