Events

Para Para is a magnificent old mansion built in 1862. The garden is formal in layout with simplified planting to reduce maintenance and water use. Rosemary hedges are infilled with many different species of lavender which is harvested and used to create lavender products. The front 4 rooms of this historic home will also be […]

The charming old home was built in 1842 and the rambling and relaxed outer parts of the garden date from that era and are unchanged. Includes Mediterranean plants and some rare trees from the Canary Islands, also succulents, aloes and other tough species that have naturalized. Some areas not irrigated. Newer areas are planted with […]

Time spent as teachers in remote areas of NT fostered an interest in the native plants that fill the garden. Sawdust paths wind through bush-like planting to a grass fringed pond. Rusty steel sculptures, a covered veg garden and an orchard. Small museum area with old farming paraphernalia. See Open Gardens website for details of […]

Y Creigiau, meaning ‘the rocky place’ is Welsh and was inspired by the stony terrain of the 1.25acre sloping block. Many tons of stones were unearthed in creating the garden and a huge outcrop of boulders has become an impressive feature. Winding paths lead through trees and garden beds filled with pretty perennials, bulbs and […]

After the fires in 2020, the KI Rare Plant Garden was founded to safeguard the many threatened plant species indigenous to the island, some so rare they are found nowhere else on the planet! The garden, part of the Cygnet Park Sanctuary contains eighty endangered plants and show-cases the diversity of the local habitats. In […]