The Test Garden is a window into Laak Boorndap, the new 18,000 square metre urban garden being delivered as part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation Project.

A densely planted, multi-layered, and continuously flowering space for people, art and performance, Laak Boorndap will be at the centre of the Melbourne Arts Precinct and will create more space for nature in our city. Along with our landscape architects and horticulturalists Hassell, Super Bloom, James Hitchmough and Nigel Dunnett, we have partnered with University of Melbourne to place experimentation and research at the heart of this project through rigorous scientific testing at the horticulture campus in Burnley.

Our new pop-up Test Garden demonstrates the naturalistic planting style of Laak Boorndap and provides a test bed for programming, research and conversations about climate change, biodiversity and ecology. Throughout the year, come and visit this garden to watch it grow and bloom with the seasons, take part in public programs and workshops, and find out more about our research insights into climate resilience and biodiversity preservation.

Follow @laak.boorndap for regular updates on programming and plants in season.