Tanglewood is a 2-acre rural property which has unfolded over 25 years from a bare grazing paddock, through dense planting of deciduous and native trees, shrubs and groundcovers, to a place of productivity, sanctuary and beauty. The productivity includes an enclosed orchard where chooks and ducks waddle, quack and chirp to their hearts’ content; multiple vegetable beds providing family and friends with food year-round; volunteer plants (including asparagus, and apple and peach trees); a hazelnut grove; and trees harvested for firewood by heavy pruning and coppicing.  The majority of structures on the property have been designed to specifically to use items in the “someday useful” repository and constructed accordingly. The garden also has several artistic installations which feature upcycled and repurposed materials.

Notes

• The garden is situated 4.5km from the Bungendore CBD via Tarago Rd. On entering Bungendore, at the roundabout, take the Tarago exit. Continue for approximately 5kms. Turn right into McDonnell Drive. 109 is located at the end of the drive.
• Parking is on the road. It is a cul de sac.
• The nearest toilets are in Bungendore.
• Market stalls: Southern Harvest Farmers’ Market and  Community Gardens Australia.
• It is only partly accessible to wheelchairs and prams as there is some uneven ground. It should be OK for walking frames

Talks, both Saturday and Sunday:
11am- Pruning with gardener Mark Peters
12 midday: Composting My Way with owner David Gibson

Garden Notes

Supported charity:  Southern Harvest Farmers’ Market