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Aerial view of grass space surrounded by dirt track, with bare patches in the middle and to the right. There are patches of shurb and dirt to the right, with trees at the top and bottom.
Aerial view of long, thin grass area with a straight walking path to the left, and a surrounding layer of trees and path in a U-shape.

Suitable for weddings, picnics, celebrations and casual social gatherings.

Fritsch Holzer Park features huge open spaces and fantastic walking tracks. There's also a beautiful selection of native trees and plants.

Public facilities

  • Barbecue
  • Off-lead dog area
  • Seating and tables
  • Toilets

Address

18 Symonds St, Hawthorn East 3123.

There is street parking on Rose Street and Bowler Street. 

The gardens are less than 1.5 km from Camberwell and Auburn train stations.

History

The park is named after Augustus Fritsch and the Holzer brothers, who formed the Upper Hawthorn Brick Company in 1883. The factory employed around 50 people and produced 250,000 bricks a week.

We bought the area in 1972. We used it as a landfill site until 1986, then as a temporary waste transfer station until 1989. We left the site empty in the years that followed to allow the landfill to stabilise.

Council, together with the Victorian Government and the Rotary Club of Hawthorn, reconstructed the area into a park in 1995.

Bookable spaces at Fritsch Holzer Park

Fritsch Holzer Park - park area

Fritsch Holzer Park in Hawthorn East offers generous open spaces and walking paths amid a selection of native plants and mature trees.
Aerial view of grass space surrounded by dirt track, with bare patches in the middle and to the right. There are patches of shurb and dirt to the right, with trees at the top and bottom.