The Grevillea Garden was started in 1989. There are now over 300 species in the Garden. In Australia, there are approximately 350 species of Grevillea . Grevilleas are also in the Proteaceae family. They are found mostly in Australia, with a few species in Indonesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia.
Grevilleas produce large amounts of nectar and attract many honey eating birds to the garden.
It includes many culinary herbs such as mint, lemon balm, lavender, rosemary and thyme. The Australian 'native mints' are also highly scented. This small bed contains Australian members of the 'citrus family', such as Boronia , Correa , Crowea and Eriostemon . These showy plants all have highly scented leaves. Opposite the Rutaceae Bed is a small garden of Hunter Region Hibbertia plants with bright yellow flowers in front of a bed of native plants from other areas in Australia.