Al Ru Farm is a big, bold and beautiful garden of richly planted garden rooms - ten acres of Al Ru farmland has been turned into a vibrant and creatively designed garden filled with flowers throughout the seasons. A series of richly planted garden rooms each has its distinctive style and palette of plants. There […]
Hidden away behind a high fence is Irmina’s creative, colourful and eclectic garden! Once resembling a ‘concrete jungle’, over the years, with hard work and determination, she has worked at breaking up and removing many of the hard surfaces, replacing them with a diverse mix of plants, some ornamental, others productive, and planted wherever there […]
The Dominican Peace and Sophia Gardens are beautiful, calm and uplifting – a secluded, serene and special space. Hidden away behind the high brick wall that encloses Cabra College is a surprise – overlooked by heritage stone buildings and a magnificent old Moreton Bay fig tree, is a hectare of informal, tranquil gardens. The Peace […]
Come to the Waite Arboretum and meet our knowledgeable guides at the Western lawns of Urrbrae House for a guided tour of the arboretum. Tours of the arboretum are provided by the Friends of the Waite Arboretum Guides on the first Sunday of each month at 11am (except in January). The tour takes 90 minutes. […]
The black picket fence in front of the Sanders’ home allows enticing glimpses of the profusion of vibrantly coloured flowers and foliage that fill this very pretty cottage garden! A lychgate smothered in the soft apricot blooms of the lovely old rose, Crepuscle, opens to brick paths that weave through garden beds planted with roses […]
This charming and unique home of talented sculptor and artist Irene Pearce has delighted and inspired thousands of visitors over many years. Once the storage tank for the water supply to the surrounding town, Irene bought the property in 1998 and, with great vision, added several smaller tanks, transforming them into a quirky and comfortable […]