WATCH: The history of William Guilfoyle

Did you know the man behind Melbourne’s world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens also left his mark across our turf?

William Robert Guilfoyle, celebrated landscape gardener and designer, shaped not just the sweeping lawns and winding paths of Melbourne’s gardens, but the botanic gardens in Colac, Camperdown, Warrnambool and Hamilton.

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