Gumbi Gumbi Gardens

Designed in close partnership with respected Historical Elders from Toowoomba and Elders of the Jarowair people, Gumbi Gumbi gardens feature more than 100 plant species over 2.2. hectares. The gardens display an extensive array of Indigenous flora used by local Aboriginal communities for a range of purposes, including food and medicine.

The garden’s namesake – the Gumbi Gumbi (Pittosporum Angustifolium) – was introduced to Toowoomba from further west as a multi-purpose medicine by Joyce and Walter McCarthy. It represents knowledge, growth, and healing.

These gardens tell the story of the growth journey we all take; learning from our past to inform our future; a story of mutual dependence, of walking and growing together and of confidence in the future.

Gumbi Gumbi Gardens are proudly owned by the University of Southern Queensland.