Open Gardens Canberra

The Wright Place
2024-05-04 10:00 - 2024-05-05 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | The Wright Place, 58 Faithfull Circuit,, Kambah, ACT, 2902, Australia
Work commenced on this almost 1000 square metre property in April 1975 and has continued unabated since, with many changes over the intervening years.
The front garden consists of four terraces with the bottom terrace featuring a gabion wall and the top terrace strongly influenced by the owners travels in Asia. Of particular note are the Torii gate, spill bowl and 15 Japanese maples of different varieties, which turn to splendid reds and oranges in autumn.
The enclosed private back garden consists of a series of outdoor rooms – a back deck off the house with spa; an entertainment area off the guest studio; lawn area, with dry stone creek and green walls; a Mediterranean style courtyard; a Silver Birch forest; and a Fernery. There are over 200 containers of plants around the property, 92 trees and 7 water features, amongst other items of interest.
The whole property is supported by a drip irrigation system with 5 water tanks (13,500 litres)
Supported charity: Lions (The little pantry, emergency food relief)
Wright Place 2024 Garden Notes are available.

Steepish Sloping Driveway. Not all areas are accessible to wheelchairs.

Woowoolahra
2024-04-27 10:00 - 2024-04-28 16:00 | Woowoolahra – Burra, 6 London Bridge Road, Burra, New South Wales, Australia
Sweeping curved rock walls divide this relaxing, mature country garden into ‘rooms’ where lovely old trees embrace lawns, frame valley views and provide shade and rich autumn colour. A cypress woodland opens to a dam with abundant bird life and water lilies and crowned by a curving forty metre rose arbour. The house is surrounded by wide cottage-style beds, mature shrubs, raised parterre-style veggie beds and large plantings of unusual perennials. Combine it with a visit to nearby Lavender Hill open garden as well as scenic London Bridge Arch.
Supported charity: Burra Rural Fire Brigade.
2024 Woowoolahra Garden Notes are available.
https://www.facebook.com/burraopengarden/
DIRECTIONS
From Queanbeyan travel south 14km on Old Cooma Rd. Left into Burra Rd and travel 8 km to London Bridge Rd. Garden is on corner.
From Canberra go south on Monaro Hwy, left at Old Cooma Road and travel 8 km to turn right into Burra Rd, then travel 8 km to London Bridge Rd. Garden is on corner.

Delicious lunch menu will include soup, curry, moussaka, pot pie, pasta, etc.
Some areas may not be accessible to wheelchairs if ground is soft from rain.

Lavender Hill
2024-04-27 10:00 - 2024-04-28 16:00 | Lavender Hill, 155 London Bridge Road, Burra, NSW, 2620, Australia
Enjoy glorious rural vistas in a relaxing setting of rolling lawns and established English park style gardens, all overlooking a lily-pond weir on Tin Hut Creek, which flows eventually into Googong Dam. Stroll through the large and picturesque 8 hectare block with its own dam, numerous advanced trees ablaze with autumn colour, scattered mature gums (some quite ancient), curving dry-stone walls, hedges and perennials. A cleared grazing area also features an enclosed orchard and veggie beds. Why not take advantage of this lovely property to enjoy a picnic to complete your trip in the country? Or combine it with a visit to nearby Woowoolahra open garden as well as scenic London Bridge Arch.
Supported charity: Burra Rural Fire Brigade.
LAVENDER HILL GARDEN NOTES are available.
Craft stalls
Homemade preserves
The RFS will provide tea, coffee, drinks and cake from 10 to 4 both days.

DIRECTIONS
From Queanbeyan travel south 14km on Old Cooma Rd. Left into Burra Rd and travel 8 km to London Bridge Rd. Garden entrance is at cul-de-sac 1.2 km along. From Canberra go south on Monaro Hwy, left at Old Cooma Road and travel 8 km to turn right into Burra Rd, then travel 8 km to London Bridge Rd. Garden entrance is at cul-de-sac 1.2 km along.
PARKING
On road and in cul-de-sac. Limited parking on site as marked. Mobility impaired can be dropped near to house.

Terroux
2024-02-24 10:00 - 2024-02-25 16:00 | Terroux, 88 Rochford Rd, Wallaroo, NSW, 2618, Australia
An evolving mixed garden with water features and quirky pieces of art. A garden of discovery with many gravel paths revealing diverse plantings. An extensive parkland with the Brindabellas as a stunning backdrop.
This very extensive garden and parklands includes many hedges of flower carpet roses, callistemons, conifers and photinias as well as a large dry creek bed with natives. There are three dams, each of different designs and plantings; one flows over to a wetland, another has a terraced garden. There are several memory gardens, including one with a labyrinth. The garden has many lovely water features as well as pieces of art; many of these will delight children. The “Grand Canyon” is a large gully erosion, a long term rehabilitation project.
Supported charity: BigHart
Terroux Garden Notes 2024 are available.
DIRECTIONS – DON’T USE GPS
Turn onto Wallaroo Rd. Drive 7.5km, turn (R) onto Oakey Creek Rd. After 1.5km turn (R) onto Rochford Rd. Turn (R) at Hygge House sign. Turn (L) at Hygge House. OGC signs at each turn.
Don’t use GPS as it doesn’t work.
Other activities
Sculpture, artisans, pottery
Children’s activity
Escorted garden tours 11am and 2pm both days, weather permitting.
Sunset soirée Saturday 24th 5pm till 7pm with music by local duo Stage 3. Bookings essential, tickets $35 per person including refreshments. www.trybooking.com/CNUFE. This is NOT an Open Gardens Canberra event.

Mayo Maison
2023-11-18 10:00 - 2023-11-19 16:00 | Mayo Maison, 11 Kurundi Place, Hawker, Canberra, ACT, 2614
A large, rambling cottage garden bursting with lots of typical spring flowers including Larkspurs, self sown Sweet Peas, Lilies, Salvias and Ranunculi. Plants in pots also add splashes of colour. Camellias and azaleas flower prolifically in season. The over 2000m2 block also includes a large productive vegetable plot and a tennis court, and backs on to parkland so there is always lots of birdlife.
Parking is limited as it is in a cul de sac. Parking in nearby streets is recommended.

Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.
Supported charity: Roundabout
Mayo Maison Garden Notes are available.

Amber's Garden
2023-11-18 10:00 - 2023-11-19 16:00 | Amber’s Garden, 8 Andado Place, Hawker, Canberra, ACT, 2614, Australia
Set on a gently sloping north-facing block, this richly varied garden is a constant delight, featuring a sequence of courtyards, lawns and garden ‘rooms’ that beautifully showcase a wide range of thriving exotic and native plants, many of which are unusual to find in Canberra. Extended and modified over the past eight years from the 1980s original, this large informal garden is notable for its big collection of salvias together with roses, camellias, perennials, bulbs, maples, orchids and many unusual Australian native plants.
Amber’s Garden Notes are available.
Plants for sale.
Parking is limited as it is in a cul de sac. Parking in nearby streets is recommended.
Partially accessible to wheelchairs.
Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.
Supported charity: ACT Wildlife

Cambrey Farm
2023-11-11 10:00 - 2023-11-12 16:00 | Cambrey Farm, 18 Beltana Road, Pialligo, Canberra, ACT, 2609, Australia
A beautiful avenue of trees leads to Cambrey Farm, a 6 acre Pialligo farmlet established in the 1930s which has been in the owner’s family since 1954. Major tree plantings date from then, comprising majestic pin oaks, ash and liquidambars as well as mature gums. As an ex poultry farm, and now an alpaca farm, the grounds include a variety of farm buildings. The original cottage garden has been cultivated by three generations of gardeners with winding paths leading through a box hedge edged vegetable plot, pergolas, loggias and formal box hedge edged rose gardens to the Old Barn, built in the mid 1930s and recently restored to display its beautiful old timbers and ironwork and now re-purposed as an art gallery. Although designed as a low water use garden, there are two 10,000 litre rainwater tanks as well as bore water.
Rodney’s Nursery will provide vouchers giving garden visitors a 10 % discount on purchases made that weekend (with a couple of exclusions).
The Old Barn Gallery will have a sale and exhibition of artworks from:

Merryl’s Mosaics
NatureArt Lab photography
Calligraphic Vignettes by Narelle Jones
the Magic of Artistry Group
Bijoux – small treasures to delight from the Gumnuts Artists’ Collective

There will be a plant produce stall and bagged alpaca manure for sale. Afternoon teas will be available, as well as a sausage sizzle and delicious Thai food.
Cambrey Farm Garden Notes 2023 are available.
Follow the signs to parking in the Paddock.

Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.
Supported charity: Bears of Hope

Els' Garden
2023-10-21 10:00 - 2023-10-22 16:00 | Els’ garden, 3 Ramage Place, Flynn, Canberra, ACT, 2615, Australia
Els’ garden is on a quarter acre, gently south-west sloping block, and includes a variety of ornamental zones front and back including a substantial variety of native plants. Phyla nodiflora on the nature strip leads to Isopogons sheltering under a Chinese pistacio, near a young Myoporum floribundum and Solanum linearifolium. Mauve Prostanthera and Westringia contrast beautifully with the yellows and oranges of Micrantheum hexandrum and multiple Banksias and Grevilleas. The stunning exotic Cercis siliquastrum shades white Olearia and Veronica. In the back garden a small pond and creek make a lovely setting. A wisteria covered pergola creates a shady outdoor area for a cup of tea or coffee.
Supported charities:
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Organic Trust Australia – Research and Education

Not suitable for prams or wheelchairs.
Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.

Serendipity
2023-10-14 10:00 - 2023-10-15 16:00 | Serendipity, 29 Fitzalan Place Kambah, Canberra, ACT, 2904
Now more than 40 years old, Serendipity is sited on a moderately sloping block with an area of some 2200 m2 in Kambah. Our aim in developing the garden was to have a visually attractive landscape with enough variety and detail to always have something of interest around the next corner. Many, now mature, trees including Tulip Trees, Dogwoods, Maples, a Crab Apple and Eucalypts have been planted. The planting scheme encompasses a range of exotic shrubs – such as camellias, azaleas, conifers and many Australian natives. Extensive paths, with intermittent steps, meander through planted zones to provide easy access to most areas.
Serendipity Garden Notes are available, as is the Serendipity Garden Plan.
Plants and a variety of hand-crafted items for sale.
Please park on Fitzalan Street.
Not accessible to prams and wheelchairs.
Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.
Supported charity: Ronald McDonald House Greater Western Sydney

Brindabella Views
2023-10-07 10:00 - 2023-10-08 16:00 | Brindabella Views, 11 Appel Cres Fadden, Canberra, ACT, 2904, Australia
With commanding sweeping views of the Brindabellas and the Tuggeranong Valley, this engaging garden has evolved with the family for over 40 years. Late spring sees a peak display of around 60 roses nestled amongst clipped hedges. Follow stone staircases and winding paths, through two arbours, to admire many unusual plants and trees, including many staghorns, a large sunken pond garden, a gazebo, entertainment area with firepit, delightful mosaic pavers, a chicken house and a productive area of fruit, herbs and veggies including raised beds and a green house. Much of the construction and plant propagation were done by the owners themselves. The garden will inspire new gardeners, those interested in producing their own food and those dealing with steep sites. There are many places for children to explore.
Access to the garden is via a steep staircase; there is no wheelchair or pram access.
Morning and afternoon tea on the large back deck, which has excellent views.
Brindabella Views – Garden Notes are available.

Tickets for non-members can be booked on Eventbrite.
Supported charity: Lions Club of Canberra Brindabella

Nevertire
2023-09-09 10:00 - 2023-09-10 16:00 | Nevertire, 1 McEwan Avenue, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620
This large naturalistic garden is a great garden to explore. Plants have been selected for hardiness in this exposed site and suitability for their 1880s cottage, which was moved to this site in 1925. The owners have continually re-developed the garden using a large range of native and exotic plants include spring bulbs, unusual roses and Mediterranean shrubs and ground-covers. The garden features very large pots used for bromeliads and water features and art pieces. There is also an expanded food production area, a mulching zone and relaxation areas. This garden has continued to evolve since its first opening in November 2021. Nearby attractions include a River Walk and Queanbeyan’s Floriade gardens (see below).
Displays of stained glass, leadlight and mosaic items by Rachael from Groovy Glass ACT for sale.
Nevertire Garden Notes are available.

Accessible to wheelchairs and prams, however much of the garden has a gravel surface.
PARKING : Parking in Queanbeyan Railway carpark is recommended. There is a short walk along laneway next to rail line.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Visitors are welcome to use the carpark at the Queanbeyan Railway Station in Henderson Road and then walk on the path eastwards towards McEwan Avenue, along the railway line, to Nevertire. Visitors may also like to view the Floriade beds just across the small bridge in McEwan Road into Oaks Estate. There is also the walk up the Queanbeyan River, accessed by crossing McEwan Avenue and following the walking track to the Railway Bridge. There will be a guide to the heritage and environmental values of the River Walk available at Nevertire Open Garden.
Tickets for non-members can be booked through Eventbrite.
Supported charity: Queanbeyan Wildcare

Yellowbox
2023-05-06 10:00 - 2023-05-07 16:00 | Yellow Box, 447 Spring Range Road , Spring Range , NSW, 2618, Australia
Yellowbox comprises about a hectare of densely planted shrubby native plants of great variety, on an elevated rocky knoll, surrounding the owner’s home. The garden, started in 1997, includes meandering, pleasant paths taking visitors to many garden sections, including fruit trees. Main species include banksias, callistemons, coreas, croweas, prostantheras, eriostemons, eremophilas and many groundcovers. The lack of high canopy affords 360 degree views to the rural landscape. Mown paths allow interested visitors to take short walks beyond the perimeter of the garden (not near dams) where large Yellow Box, Red Box, Stringybark, Black Cypress, wattle, Casuarina trees feature.
The 45 acre property, featuring native pastures with cattle, also includes perimeter shelter belts. There have been substantial changes to the plantings after the effects of the 2019 drought and the cool, rainy period after that.
YELLOW BOX Garden notes 2023 are available.

Supported charity: Pegasus Riding School for the Disabled
Refreshments including sandwiches and cakes will be available.
Directions: Turn right off Barton Highway, 2 kilometers north of Hall, onto Spring Range Road. Travel 4 kms east along Spring Range Road. 447 is on left, with sign ‘Yellowbox’.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are desirable for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book.
You can renew your membership or join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Baker Garden
2023-04-22 10:00 - 2023-04-23 16:00 | The Baker Garden, 20 Wells Gardens, Griffith, ACT, 2603, Australia
Completely redeveloped on a 930 sq m Canberra block this gardener’s garden is designed to provide colour and interest all year round. Includes many sculptures plus stone walls and bird baths. Pine bark mulch, drippers and no lawn make it a low maintenance garden. Hidden behind lattice at the rear are productive raised veggie beds, fruit trees, a covered potting area and composting production.
As featured on pages 4 & 5 of the Spring 2022 issue of ‘Our Gardens’.
Baker Garden notes 2023 are available.
PARKING: Parking is limited. Visitors can also park in Bremer Street and use the walkway next to the block.

Supported charity: The Climate Council.

Eventbrite bookings are desirable for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book.
You can renew your membership or join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Finn's End
2023-04-15 10:00 - 2023-04-16 16:00 | Finn’s End, 2 Finn Street, O'Connor, ACT, 2602, Australia
Update 12th April: This Event has been cancelled due to ill health.
This traditional garden features large trees, massed groundcover and prominent hedges framing distinct outside activity areas in summer shade. Well paved paths guide the visitor around this ‘Tocumwal’ dwelling. This is one of the 200 American Army Air Corps homes constructed in 1942, which were moved from Tocumwal in the Riverina to Canberra in the late 1940s. Most ended up in the O’Connor cluster of 8 streets. #Tocumwal Precinct O’Connor.
Rachel and Gabriel have rented this property for a short while and, with the agreement of the owners, are progressively restoring the gardens to complement the dwelling, its surrounds and streetscape.
The Finn Street Park Gardens and Nature Playgrounds nearby linking the Precinct and the O’Connor Cooperative School provide a good picnic venue.
Garden notes will be available.
Charity: Finn Street Park Gardens.

BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are desirable for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book.
You can renew your membership or join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Jewel Box
2023-03-25 10:00 - 2023-03-26 16:00 | Jewel Box, 27 Raymond Street, Ainslie, ACT, 2602
Featuring columnar Manchurian pears and Japanese maples this beautifully laid out garden has a strong structure within which the colourful plantings appear as jewels. This manicured, cottage garden for all seasons has been meticulously developed over the last two years. Surrounded by high hedges, the back garden is a private haven.
Jewel Box Garden Notes 2023 are available.

BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are desirable for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book.
You can renew your membership or join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Canberra City Farm
2023-03-04 10:00 - 2023-03-05 16:00 | Canberra City Farm, 2 Dairy Farm Road, Fyshwick, ACT, 2609
Originally set up as an educational facility, CCF now has about sixty individual garden allotments as well as communal areas. There is a community centre, pizza oven, an apiary, eighty year old fruit and nut orchard, one hundred year old pear trees, a feijoa orchard, a vineyard, worm farm, and a solar powered composter. Sited next to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands, on historic Dairy Flat, CCF’s vision is the community living in harmony with the environment.
Guided walks and farm stories will be held at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on both days.
Entry free. Gold coin donation appreciated.

DIRECTIONS
As you drive down Dairy Road, towards Jerrabomberra Wetlands, with Fyshwick behind you, do not be tempted by the large Number 2 sign on your left. This is the 2nd gate to Number 1 Dairy Road. Canberra City Farm is a further 200 m down the road. The main gate is immediately past the grey shipping container on your left.
Gregory’s Canberra Directory, Map 62, Pag62, Grid J4. Latitude 35.317961; Longitude 149.164039
Photographs courtesy Canberra City Farm

Pillan's Garden
2022-11-12 10:00 - 2022-11-13 16:00 | Pillans Garden, 30 Aspen Rise, Jerrabomberra, NSW, 2619, Australia
Planting of this all-native garden began in 2003. Today the garden features over 1000 individual species, including more than 70 acacia species and more than 70 grevillea species, making for a spectacular spring display. A wide range of bird species frequent the garden and the number is increasing as the garden develops. Existing mature eucalypts are complemented by plants sourced from a wide variety of local, regional and far-flung sources, including some not normally grown in the Canberra region. One section of the garden has been developed as a dry ‘rainforest’ gully using species with glossy, dark green leaves.
Pillans Garden notes 2022 are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Christine's Garden
2022-11-05 10:00 - 2022-11-06 16:00 | Christine’s Garden, 48 Weathers Street, Gowrie, Canberra, ACT, 2904, Australia
It has been five years since this ever-popular large suburban garden with its amazing variety of plants has opened in Spring. 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. There will be plenty of plants for sale.
Christine’s Garden Notes 2022 are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Brain Cancer Foundation

Sarah's Garden
2022-11-05 10:00 - 2022-11-06 16:00 | Sarah’s Garden, 45 Middleton Circuit, Gowrie, Canberra, ACT, 2904, Australia
Living in Canberra’s winters and summers is made joyful and easy in this wonderful solar passive house and garden. The garden’s 40 year history is present in the old fruit trees, remnant pine trees, an old camellia, Alister Clark roses, and the curved pathways, steps, and rock structures. New courtyards, garden beds, steps and paths follow the original template. New plantings include local indigenous species wherever possible, annuals, pollinators, and seasonal vegetables, and a ‘guerrilla’ garden out into the urban ‘park’ planted with mainly local grassland species.
In addition to the open garden, there will be:

10 am-2 pm Sat and Sun – market stall selling garden themed gifts (electronic payment available and preferred) and tea and cake
11 am and 3 pm Sat and Sun – Solar passive house talk
2 pm Sat – Concert by ‘Wattas’

Sarah’s garden notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Grow the music

Triple Treat - Janet's Garden
2022-10-29 10:00 - 2022-10-30 16:00 | Janet’s Garden, 14 Young Street Barton, ACT, 2600, Australia
Around the corner from Tigminou is another heritage cottage. This traditional cottage garden surrounds one of Barton’s Federal Capital Commission homes, Type No 2, 1927. Feature includes many mature fruit trees, vegetable beds, traditional ornamentals and special floral interests including irises and peonies. A number of the ornamentals and fruit trees date back to the original gardens. Respecting the original plantings, the owners have been inspired by family visits to China and Japan to create a garden of beauty and harmony with both flowers and food production.
Janet’s garden notes are available.
Triple Treat mud map
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Special ticket prices apply to the Triple Treat gardens – $15.00 for all gardens.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Canberra Refugee support

Triple Treat - Kingston Organic Community Garden
2022-10-29 10:00 - 2022-10-30 16:00 | Kingston Organic Community Garden, 11 Currie Crescent, Kingston, 2604
The Kingston Organic Community Garden (KOCG) was established in 2008 with a grant from the Baptist Community Services, which was used to transform the disused tennis courts into a viable garden, with a shed, water supply, and garden beds. Today, the KOCG has over 60 members, cultivating more than 250 square meters of communal and private plots, drawing water from a 25,000 liter water tank. Working bees are held every few weeks to continue to improve the garden.
More information can be found on the KOCG web site.
Kingston Organic Community Garden notes are also available.
Triple Treat mud map
BOOKING:

Bookings are not required for this garden on its own.
Eventbrite bookings for the other Triple Treat gardens are required for all non-members except children.
Special ticket prices apply to the Triple Treat gardens – $15.00 for all gardens.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Triple Treat - Tigminou
2022-10-29 10:00 - 2022-10-30 16:00 | Tigminou, 9 Gipps Street, Barton, ACT, 2600
Tigminou (‘My home’ in South Moroccan Tachelhit Berber language) is a heritage house (1927 Federal Capital Commission home style no. 10) and garden inspired by countries the owner’s family call home: Morocco, France and Australia. Located in a heritage precinct in Barton, the streetscape features majestic trees. There is magnificent English oak at the rear of a ‘rescue garden’ featuring many familiar garden favourites – mostly unwanted and unloved plants migrated from neighbours and friends’ plots, saved from a certain death. Tigminou is an untamed work in progress.
Tigminou garden notes are available.
Triple Treat mud map
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
Special ticket prices apply to the Triple Treat gardens – $15.00 for all gardens.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

The Lions Club of Canberra Brindabella will provide refreshments.
Supported charity: Canberra Refugee support

Cook's Garden
2022-10-22 10:00 - 2022-10-23 16:00 | Cook’s Garden, 24 Fitzharding Street, Evatt, Canberra, ACT, 2617
Sloping garden with extensive plantings. Includes many peonies, camellias, tree ferns, and features a beautiful climbing rose (Pierre de Ronsard) at the front, and a pond and extensive vegetable garden in the rear. Down the shaded side, several more camellias and daphnes thrive.
Cook’s Garden Notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Family Health Support

Vasey Garden
2022-10-22 10:00 - 2022-10-23 16:00 | Vasey Garden, 46 Vasey Crescent, Campbell, Australian Capital Territory
This large garden on a steep north facing slope, is a treasury of over 500 species of flowering and non-flowering native trees, shrubs and groundcovers, presenting the range of colours and textures of our vegetation across Australia. The garden and its well-formed paths surround the listed 1961 modernist style home.
Vasey Garden Notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children. Where possible, depending on the restrictions in place, bookings will open one month prior to the opening.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Gini's Garden
2022-10-15 10:00 - 2022-10-16 16:00 | Gini’s Garden, 4 Tamar Street, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT, 2603
This pretty established cottage garden on an awkward sloping block has evolved over many years. In spring, the dogwoods are a picture; in the autumn deciduous trees and vines add colour. Year round interest is maintained through the variety of plantings, and your eyes are drawn to sculptures as you wend your way around the garden.
Gini’s Garden notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Palliative Care Australia

CANCELLED - Kathleen
2022-04-30 10:00 - 2022-05-01 16:00 | Kathleen, 21 Downey St, Karabar,, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620, Australia
The opening of this garden has unfortunately been cancelled.

G and J's Garden
2022-04-09 10:00 - 2022-04-10 16:00 | G and J’s Garden, 2 Raoul Place, Lyons, ACT, 2606, Australia
Set on a large sloping block with spectacular views this garden has been developed over more than 20 years. Initially designed as a formal garden of stone terraces and hedges of box and camelias, the garden is transitioning to a more relaxed style as the owners incorporate native plants into the mix. A paved area near a pond provides a pleasant place to sit and view a series of weeping cherries which burst into blossom in spring. In the autumn the garden is filled with colour from deciduous trees.
G and J’s Garden notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: Bravehearts

Garran Gem
2022-04-09 10:00 - 2022-04-10 16:00 | Garran Gem, 2 Richardson street, Garran, Canberra, ACT, 2605, Australia
Family, growth and peace.
Planting almost everything from tube stock, in around 10 years the owners have created a garden that is as private as possible, bird attracting, and most importantly family friendly for three growing boys to use and enjoy. Enclosed by an “awabuki viburnum” hedge, the garden includes pear trees, hebes, azaleas, crepe myrtles, lavenders, and many other ground covers and bird attracting shrubs as well as herbs for cooking. Garden statues, art, sitting areas, fire pit, stepping stones, and a hand painted feature wall by a local artist Jon Voir, entice the visitor to explore the grounds.
Garran Gem Garden Notes 3
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity: ReachOut Australia

Davenport Garden
2022-03-26 10:00 - 2022-03-27 16:00 | Davenport Garden, 31 Bainton Cres, Melba, ACT, 2615
The owners have established this large mature suburban garden over the last 25+ years. It is designed to provide colour and interest all year round. Natives and exotics combine to create a gardener’s garden. Entry is up a battleaxe driveway to a sloping ¼ hectare block which backs on to Mt Rogers Reserve in Melba. A large Yellow Box tree is a drawcard for many bird species living in the area. There are a number of bird baths, fountains and sculptures.
The owners will be delighted to discuss their garden, features, and systems with visitors.
Davenport Garden Notes are available.
BOOKING:

Eventbrite bookings are required for all non-members except children.
Members of Open Gardens Canberra are not required to book a ticket.
You can renew your membership and join Open Gardens Canberra on Join-It.

Supported charity:
FESR War Memorial Foundation Inc. (at the Australian War Memorial)

Mediterranean Garden
2022-03-26 10:00 - 2022-03-27 16:00 | Mediterranean Garden, 37 Molloy Crescent, Cook, ACT, 2614, Australia
Set well back from the street this garden combines a sustainable productive vegetable garden (with automated wicking beds and a very special chicken run) and a hedged cottage garden. The garden rooms include a lovely shaded front courtyard complete with pizza oven constructed by the owner, who has also painted several murals of the birds which frequent the garden.
Mediterranean Garden Notes
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Supported charity: St Johns Care
