Supreme Court Gardens

About Supreme Court Gardens

Supreme Court Gardens is a public garden in central Perth, Western Australia, beside the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The garden forms part of a significant civic and heritage precinct within the city’s central business district. It offers a small green pause among offices, streets and government buildings, with lawns, established trees and landscaped beds providing a change of pace from the surrounding urban environment. Travellers can visit it as a brief landmark stop during a Perth walking route, especially when moving between the CBD, St Georges Terrace and nearby city attractions.

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What's inside

The gardens contain established trees, lawns and landscaped beds in a formal urban garden setting. Paths cross the space and connect with the wider pedestrian network of central Perth. Open grass and seating provide room for a short rest, while mature vegetation brings shade into the CBD. The adjacent Supreme Court building adds heritage architecture to the view and gives the garden a distinctive civic character. This is a compact green space rather than a large botanical attraction, so its interest comes from the contrast between cultivated planting, historic architecture and the busy city around it.

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How long to spend

Plan for fifteen to forty-five minutes. A ten-minute pause is enough to cross the garden, sit briefly and see the relationship between the lawns and the Supreme Court building. Give yourself longer if you enjoy photographing mature trees, formal planting or heritage architecture. The compact site fits easily into a central Perth walking tour and rarely needs to be treated as a separate half-day destination. Use it as a quiet interlude between CBD streets, nearby civic buildings and other city-centre attractions.

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Season and crowds

Daytime is the most useful period for seeing the garden’s planting, paths and adjacent heritage architecture. Perth has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, with stronger sun from December through February. Morning and afternoon visits offer comfortable opportunities for walking and photography, while the CBD atmosphere changes between active weekdays and quieter weekends. Seasonal weather also changes the appearance of the lawns and garden beds. Because the site is in the city centre, it is easy to add a short visit whenever your walking route passes through the civic precinct.

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Tickets

Supreme Court Gardens is public open space with free general entry. You can walk through the lawns and landscaped areas without a standard admission ticket. The surrounding civic precinct may host activities with separate rules, but ordinary use of the gardens is a free part of exploring central Perth. This makes the site a useful addition between paid attractions or during a self-guided city walk. Its small scale and central position mean you can include it spontaneously without setting aside a large amount of time or planning a separate ticketed visit.

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Getting there

The gardens sit in Perth’s CBD near St Georges Terrace, a major east–west city thoroughfare. Perth railway station and Elizabeth Quay station serve the wider city centre, with a walk continuing to the garden. Multiple bus routes operate through the CBD. Cycling is possible on parts of the central network. Drivers should expect city-centre parking constraints and may need a commercial car park. The garden is compact and embedded in the pedestrian landscape, so the final approach is on foot rather than by a dedicated vehicle entrance.

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What to watch out for

The CBD setting means traffic, office activity and pedestrians remain close to the garden. Keep personal belongings with you and use normal awareness when resting in an urban public space. Perth’s high ultraviolet levels make sun protection valuable, particularly in summer. During severe weather, take care around mature trees and follow any local signs at the garden boundaries. The adjacent Supreme Court is a working civic building, so behave quietly and respectfully near its entrances. After dark, treat the surrounding city streets with the same care you would use elsewhere in a central business district.

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Photography

The garden gives photographers a compact set of subjects: mature trees, lawns, landscaped beds, pedestrian paths and the exterior of the Supreme Court building. Use the greenery and civic architecture together to show Perth’s historic urban character. Morning and late afternoon light can bring softer shadows to the outdoor planting. Photograph respectfully around court-related activity and avoid disturbing people using the paths or seating. The small scale limits the number of viewpoints, but the surrounding streets extend the composition with additional government and heritage architecture.

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Where it is

• 1 hour

  3 min walk

  Stirling Gardens

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  • Nature site
• 45 min

  3 min walk

  Swan Bells

  • Must see
  • Historic monument
• 30 min

  4 min walk

  St George's Cathedral

  • Must see · Heritage site
  • Place of worship

External links

• View on Wikidata