Six gardens in Burra will open together, each with its own unique characteristics. Some are leafy and full of flowers, while others feature climate-compatible, water-efficient plants, and one has a distinctly Mexican feel. Purchase tickets for entry to all six gardens for just $25 at the Burra Tourist Office in 2 Market Square, Burra. No […]
This romantic English-style garden uses formal lines and multi-level terraced rooms to create distinct garden rooms, each bursting with colour thanks to many distinctive flowering shrubs. Twenty years ago, this was an empty, sloping corner block with just an abandoned tennis court; today, it has evolved into a thoughtfully designed, stunning oasis complete with trees, […]
A classic Italianate-style garden – pencil pines, hedges, topiary and Mediterranean plants. The gumtree-studded surroundings are unmistakably Australian, but Bellosguardo Estate has all the hallmarks of a classical Italianate garden—symmetry, tightly clipped hedges, topiary, pencil pines and more! From an almost blank canvas 23 years ago, there is now plenty to interest and immerse you […]
St Ann's is a magnificent two-storey home set in an acre of outstanding, manicured gardens, creatively planted with a selection of choice trees and shrubs that flourish in the cool Adelaide Hills’ microclimate. The original stone home, described as a shepherd’s cottage, was built around 1860, expanded in the following decade, and then transformed in […]
From a vacant block ten years ago, Bostonvista has matured into a beautiful, interesting garden with fabulous views over undulating farmland to Boston Bay and Boston Island. With stone unearthed in the house's excavation, the owners have built 163 metres of stone walls and an amazing entrance of mosaicked steps that lead down from the […]