Come and discover this thoughtfully designed garden nestled in the heights of O’Connor, shown for the first time in Open Gardens. Spread across three levels, Louise and Ian’s garden surrounds their beautifully renovated 1961 home, offering sweeping city views framed by distant mountains. Wander through sculpted hedges, vibrant flowering shrubs, and thoughtfully placed pops of colour [...]

Surrounding a house of classic mid-century modernist design, visitors will enjoy wandering on paths through a gently sloping, lawn-free front garden filled with Australian native plants and dominated by a massive old Willow Peppermint (Eucalyptus nicholii). Nearby, two large Allocasuarinas and a large Kashmir Cypress form a backdrop to a pond and shelter the house. The [...]

A compact yet thoughtfully designed garden featuring a blend of exotic and native plants. The abundant planting reflects both cool climate Canberra and the owner’s native Brazil. The outdoor spaces provide inviting areas for relaxation, with carefully arranged seating nooks. Water features and striking sculptures add visual interest. Layered planting, in both containers and garden beds, [...]

Jinka Falls is a newly established garden, demonstrating what can be achieved with thoughtful design and determination in a small space.  Created in 2022/23, Jinka Falls features two garden courtyards, connected by a narrow side garden.  The first is a biodiversity hotspot with ponds connected by a small brook, surrounded by soft native meadow planting and [...]

Set on a large sloping block with spectacular views, this garden has been developing over the last 25 years. It was initially designed as a formal garden with stone terraces and hedges of box and camellias, but now also homes a variety of native plants in the mix.  A paved area at the front of the [...]

As you walk around the side of the house a most unexpected vista awaits, a lake surrounded by trees and shrubs serving as a haven for the many wetland birds that frequent the lake.  Over the last 20 years, several thousand trees and shrubs have been planted, transforming it from an overgrazed sheep farm with a [...]

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 [...]

Step into the Healing Garden, a vibrant sanctuary on a sloping block, lovingly created just four years ago. Overflowing with hundreds of locally sourced native plants, it’s a space of resilience, regeneration, and natural restoration. Designed with water-wise principles, it features dry river beds, frog ponds, native habitats, composts, worm farms and 3D-printed bird boxes. Striking [...]

This garden was recently redesigned and landscaped, retaining a large boundary hedge, along with productive olive and fig trees. While professionally designed and landscaped with low stone walls, paths and a pond, the plant mad owner planted out the garden with a wide variety of predominantly herbaceous perennials, many originating from dry parts of Europe and [...]

The Charnwood Community Garden, established in 1991, is approx. 7500sqm in size. It is leased by Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc from the ACT Government. Currently the garden has over 50 very active gardeners of all ages and backgrounds working over 60 allotment style plots ranging in size between inground plots 25 and 200sqm. Raised garden beds range from 2 sqm to 4.5 sqm. The garden is always on the lookout for keen gardeners to join and embrace organic growing principles, especially the younger generation. 

Canberra City Care , a community outreach mission of Life Unlimited Church, established a harvest garden in 2016 managed by volunteers to provide seasonal organic produce for its kitchen and clients experiencing financial difficulties Since 2016, eleven raised garden beds have been constructed through a range of government and community grants.

This hilltop four-acre property with sweeping river-valley views has, in just four years, been transformed into an extensive and richly layered country garden. Hedges, arches, gazebos, seats, fountains and lawns frame cottage borders, ancient, old and modern rose walks, lavender banks, crabapple terraces, a grand dahlia field (in full bloom), woodland gardens, fruit, nut and berry orchards, cutflower and vegetable beds, and an antipodean retreat. The many rare plants and trees are labelled. There is so much to see and enjoy, it is well worth the short trip to the country – and if you like, bring a picnic or make a day of it with a visit to nearby Yass itself.

Step into a vibrant, productive garden where beauty and function grow side by side. Set on a large Calwell block, this thriving space blends cottage-garden charm with abundant edible planting. Wander through a landscape alive with wildlife, explore the tranquil garden pond and fern gully, and enjoy the soothing sound of water features tucked throughout.

A great favourite returns for its first autumn opening since 2019! Enjoy this very large suburban garden and its amazing variety of plants. Rock walls allow for built up garden beds with improved soil and drainage. English box hedges divide areas including a parterre garden. Large mirrors on the boundary fences create illusions of depth. Deciduous [...]

The magic atmosphere of Forrest Bower entices the visitor to wander and enjoy its ten garden spaces, including The Grand Lawn, The Woodland Walk, The Walled Garden and the Cloister Courtyard.  As a world garden, it embraces ideas from diverse cultures and features artworks reflecting its owners’ travels and life stories. Forrest Bower seeks to capture [...]

This 60-year-old garden on a large block at the very top of Lyons is under renewal, with an eclectic mix of old and new plants, fruit trees and natives - building on what was there before and creating new memories.  New paths weave through multiple spaces including a fire pit, a shady woodland garden and an [...]

Established 16 years ago on a 970sqm block, this gardener’s garden is designed to provide colour and interest all year round. It includes many sculptures, plus stone walls and bird baths. Pine bark mulch, drippers and no lawn make it a low maintenance garden. Hidden behind a lattice at the rear are productive raised veggie beds, [...]

This will be your last chance to visit El's Garden as the owners will be leaving their much-loved property later this year. Situated on a quarter-acre sloping corner block, the area has been gradually transformed over the past 45 years from the original heavy clay pasture and now accommodates close to 200 species of mainly Australian [...]

Born from a paddock 18 years ago, Vogelweide Estate has blossomed into almost two acres of unmistakably European- inspired gardens. Designed to shine in every season, the expansive grounds feature striking umbrella pines, junipers, maples and even a rare 5-metre Wollemi pine. Wander among more than 150 old-world roses, alongside lush peonies, spring bulbs and fragrant [...]

This restful green garden has been lovingly tended by Joan for the past 40 years. An eclectic variety of plants, largely sourced from friends and family, has resulted is a very personal space. Over time trees and shrubs have grown to dominate smaller flowering plants, but this abundant greenery is enhanced in spring by delicate blossom, [...]

A beautifully layered Australian garden blending formal structure with relaxed cottage planting. Fragrant climbing roses, flowering agapanthus, formal hedges and gravel pathways weave through tranquil outdoor rooms alive with birdlife and seasonal colour. Mature gums provide shade and scale, while secluded sitting areas and ornamental features create a peaceful retreat that feels both elegant and deeply [...]

Dedicated to sustainable and organic gardening, this entire suburban block has been transformed into a thriving orchard, overflowing with an amazing variety of fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, and edible plants of every kind. Lovingly cultivated for food production rather than formal landscaping, flowers, or foliage, this remarkable garden belongs to an enthusiastic professional cooking teacher. [...]