Australian Garden Calendar

Open Gardens SA - Orcombe Farm
2025-11-15 10:00 - 2025-11-16 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Orcombe Farm – open garden, 49 Berryfield Road, Lyndoch, South Australia, 5351, Australia
Orcombe Farm is a one-acre country garden with superb views of the surrounding vineyards and Barossa Ranges. A bare site just eight years ago, the garden was designed and created from scratch by Aleisha Lynch, a third-generation Barossa horticulturist and previously the head gardener at the Paul Bangay-designed garden at Barossa Valley Estate.
Within the garden, there are beautifully colour coordinated perennial borders, areas for growing Australian natives, succulents and cut flowers, a vegetable garden and a productive patch with wicking beds and fruit trees. Since the last opening, Aleisha has established new garden beds and planted a carefully selected collection of Australian native plants.
The Garden at Barossa Garden HomeStay in Williamstown is open this weekend, too.
Garden Size: 1 acre.
Extra Activities: Coffee van. Plant stall. Walk and talk at 11am and 2pm.
49 Berryfield Rd, Lyndock
Entry: $10 adults, under 18 FREE entry, some concessions are available. We encourage you to bring cash as EFTPOS facilities are not always available.

Open Gardens SA - The Garden at Barossa HomeStay
2025-11-15 10:00 - 2025-11-16 16:30 | The Garden at Barossa Garden HomeStay – open garden, Miamba Road, Williamstown, South Australia, 5351, Australia
In a slightly elevated position on a quiet country road, this garden looks out over a picturesque agricultural patchwork of vineyards, grazing land and gum trees to the distant Mt Lofty Ranges. A long garden bed in front of the house is dotted with many varieties of roses – from the big, blowsy flowers of the modern types to the soft, pretty old-fashioned look of David Austins, the roses are a vibrant and fragrant feature. Showy salvias, lavenders, gaura, daisies, agastache, grevilleas, and many other exuberant perennials intermingle and add to the bright, colourful display, designed to evolve through the seasons.
The garden to the side has a Mediterranean feel, with gravel paths and hedges of rosemary and teucrium edging beds filled with a mix of silver-leaved plants, succulents, and a variety of bird-attracting natives.
Orcombe Farm in Lyndoch is open this weekend, too.
Garden Size: 1.5 acres.
Extra Activities: Morning and afternoon teas. Plant sales. Ceramic birds on sale by Really Useful Pots.
46 Miamba Rd, Williamstown
Entry: $10 adults, under 18 FREE entry, some concessions are available. We encourage you to bring cash as EFTPOS facilities are not always available.

Open Gardens SA - Kinclaven
2025-11-22 10:00 - 2025-11-23 16:30 | Kinclaven – open garden, Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West, South Australia, 5152, Australia
Kinclaven is an historic two-acre garden surrounding a gracious old home that dates from the 1880s. The sloping site has been terraced, and the garden is a blend of different styles, varying from Italianate to English and Mediterranean to sub-tropical. The entrance court is spectacular – a fountain in an elegant, oval-shaped pond planted with water lilies and aquatic plants, and edged with clipped greenery, dramatically shoots a single spire of water high into the air. Small statues of cherubs positioned around the pond and other statuary add to the classical ambience. Magnificent mature trees, some as old as the house, create shelter and microclimates ideal for the eclectic collection of plants that have originated from all over the world. Camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, and cold-climate plants blend harmoniously with lush subtropical species, contrasting with the strappy or sculptural shapes of Mediterranean plants and succulents.
Garden Size: 2 acres.
Extra Activities: Morning and afternoon teas.
56 Waverly Ridge Rd, Crafers West

Entry: $10 adults, under 18 FREE entry, some concessions are available. We encourage you to bring cash as EFTPOS facilities are not always available.

Open Gardens SA - PunkiPot
2025-11-29 10:00 - 2025-11-30 16:30 | PunkiPot – open garden, Strathalbyn, South Australia, 5255, Australia
PunkiPot, 8 East Street, Strathalbyn is a captivating, creative, clever and climate-compatible garden that is much loved and enjoyed by the owners.
With the imaginative eye of an artist and the green thumb of a keen gardener, Lou Ramsay and resourceful partner Ian have created a garden they call PunkiPot. Like its intriguing name, it is charming and unique!
The layout of the large block has been carefully considered to maximise its functionality, and every bit is crammed with interest and variety. Close to the house are sheltered spots for outdoor living, and in the surrounding garden, hedges create secluded little areas, each with its own purpose and individual style. In the exuberantly planted garden beds, colourful flowering plants mingle with the foliage and textures of water-efficient Mediterranean and Australian natives, as well as productive plants and fruit trees..
Garden Size: 2240m2.
Extra Activities: Morning and afternoon tea. Really Useful Pots selling ceramic birds.
Entry fees – Pay at the gate. The standard entry fee is $10 for adults. $8 for concessions for OGSA members and visitors with a pensioner concession card, health care card, and TAFE horticultural tertiary student concession card, but not a senior card. Admission is free for under 18s.

Open Gardens SA - Belltunga
2025-12-06 10:00 - 2025-12-07 16:30 | Belltunga open garden, Grant Avenue, Toorak Gardens, South Australia, 5065, Australia
Belltunga, 132 Grant Avenue, TOORAK GARDENS is a lovely 100-year-old home recently extensively renovated with a professionally designed garden.
A landmark three-metre-high cypress hedge, mature trees, and over half an acre of grounds surround Belltunga, a grand bungalow built in 1925 and celebrating its centenary this year. The home has recently been extensively renovated and the garden revamped with a modern and timeless design, yet in keeping with the traditional architecture of the residence.
The new layout retained many existing shrubs and trees, including a pair of very tall palms and an outstanding frangipani. Over the years, the extensive lawns have hosted many gatherings and garden parties, but now there is also a swimming pool and a sunken entertainment area with an impressive outdoor kitchen.
Size: 2600 sqm.
Charity: Clown Doctors, Women and Children’s hospital.
Extra Activities: Morning and afternoon teas. Sausage sizzle. The garden designer and maintenance crew will answer questions.
Entry fees – Pay at the gate. The standard entry fee is $10 for adults. $8 for concessions for OGSA members and visitors with a pensioner concession card, health care card, and TAFE horticultural tertiary student concession card, but not a senior card. Admission is free for under 18s.
