Open Gardens Canberra

An Enchanted Garden
2024-05-04 10:00 - 2024-05-05 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | An Enchanted Garden, 4 Paull Place, Kambah, ACT, 2902, Australia
Adults and children alike will be enchanted by this delightful garden. The owner, a successful potter and mosaicker, as well as a skilled gardener, has created a garden with surprises and beauty at every turn. This no-lawn and waterwise garden, which has evolved over more than twenty years, combines both natives and exotics to pleasing effect.
Demonstrations of basketry and string bag making on Saturday between 2pm and 4pm.
Enchanted Garden Notes 2024 are available.

No dogs please.
Narrow paths make this garden unsuitable for prams. Good vistas of the garden, mosaics and sculptures are possible for wheelchair users approaching the garden through the garage.
Public toilet in park cnr Drakeford & O’Halloran.
PARKING: Please park on McKillop (or other nearby) Street. Drop off and pick up only outside of house.
Supported charity: St Vincent de Paul

My Place
2024-09-28 10:00 - 2024-09-29 16:00 | My Place, 44 Brookman Street, Torrens, ACT, 2617, Australia
In the front garden a varied display of well-maintained spring flowering shrubs frame a broad 180 degree view which includes Isaacs Ridge, Black Mountain and Mt Taylor. Over time the owner has established and shaped the beds and shrubs which include a range of azaleas, a large flowering crab apple, a special rose and other roses and a stunning weeping cherry. The back garden comprises a very large cobblestone paved open space area framed by a wisteria covered pergola next to the house. The garden is surrounded and sheltered by a broad, informal hedge of photinias and many different types of pittosporums, with tall shrubs and small trees on the property perimeter which provide privacy and windbreaks. Other features of this ‘peoples’ garden include two large Chinese Pistachio trees, various potted annuals and camellias, a small water feature, a couple of bird baths and a clear direct view west to Mt Taylor. A screened off production and service area includes a large productive vegetable garden including raspberry and asparagus beds, herbs and composting facilities.
My Place Garden Notes

Dogs not permitted.
The nearest public toilets to My Place are at Southlands Mawson.
Supported charity: The Hospital Research Foundation Group Parkinson’s

Cuumbeun
2024-09-28 10:00 - 2024-09-29 16:00 | Cuumbeun, 24 Severne St, Greenleigh, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620, Australia
Over forty years the owners have created a spectacular natural landscaped native garden around the house and maintained the remainder of the two-hectare block as an open dry native eucalypt forest. The plantings are predominantly local species, and many are threatened. A nursery of propagated plants and a worm farm are of special interest. Cleared meandering paths enable access to the garden and the bushland.
Propagation demonstrations at 11am and 2pm.
The garden is not wheelchair accessible, but there is disabled parking for 2 vehicles on site.
CUUMBEUN Garden Notes SPRING 2024

Supported charity: Home in Queanbeyan

My Therapy
2024-10-05 10:00 - 2024-10-06 16:00 | My Therapy, 13 Geerilong Gardens, Reid, ACT, 2612
The visitor’s first experience is the street scape of large trees and the broad front bed of native shrubs and
groundcovers on a dry creek line on this large corner block. Visitors may inspect an enclosed Japanese style formal garden at the front of the 1930s house which was renovated around 1970.
Circling the house, visitors will discover a very large wisteria, planted in 1970s covering an entertainment area and large water features. The contrasting back garden is a large central grassed area, with shrubs and trees providing privacy and shade on the margins. Features here include a huge Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia, a large Olive tree, mixed shrub/groundcover beds, production beds, water tanks and composting area.

My Therapy Garden Notes

Supported charity: Australian Conservation Foundation

Hillside
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-10-13 16:00 | Hillside, 49 Sullivan Cres., Wanniassa, ACT, 2903
Visitors will enjoy garden beds jam-packed with an enormous range of native and exotic shrubs happily blended together, many of them rare or unusual. The fan-shaped 1,200 sq metre hillside block slopes steeply south and offers expansive views of the Tuggeranong Valley and ranges beyond. The slope lends itself to terracing and interesting use of its varying levels, with meandering pathways, stairs, stone retaining walls and a bubbling pond. The owners have spent over 30 years modifying and extending the original 1980 garden, converting all lawns into plant beds along the way. Their aim is to have something interesting happening year round, although mid-spring is definitely one of the peak times, featuring Correas, Rhododendrons, Cliveas, Emu Bushes, Alyogynes, true Geraniums and an enormous Grass Tree – to name but a few. A feast for any plant lover!
We will have for sale many plants from our garden, raised from cuttings and seedlings. Cash only.
We hope you enjoy the unusual plants and be inspired to try some yourselves.

Supported Charity: Medecins Sans Frontieres
Hillside 2024 Garden Notes

Notes:
There is plenty of parking on the road. Access to prams is limited. Access to wheelchairs is limited to the front areas only. The closest toilets are at Erindale Shopping Centre, 4 mins away. There is a small pond with a sleeper bridge. There are a few fairly steep, 5-7 step flights of steps. Ramp alternatives are usually available.

BeaverLea
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-10-13 16:00 | BeaverLea, 19 Astelia St, Rivett, Canberra, ACT, 2611, Australia
This cottage style garden started in March 2013 with the installation of a three-tiered fountain in front of the outdoor room, and the garden proceeded from there. There are three loosely divided rooms from the entry, a European style area which moves into a large lawn area, surrounded by crepe myrtles and two raised vegetable gardens. Around the side of the house, through an enclosed courtyard one enters the front garden facing the oval. All the plantings come from an eclectic taste of flowers and trees which the owner could not resist and indulged herself on whimsical impulse. The owner considers the front her “Arboreal Cathedral” which, more or less, came with the house.
BeaverLea and the adjacent garden Narrawong will open together on the same $10 ticket.

Beaverlea Garden-Notes
Supported Charity: Sharing Places

Narrawong
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-10-13 16:00 | Narrawong, 17 Astelia St, Rivett, Canberra, ACT, 2611, Australia
Narrawong is a mix of formal and cottage garden styles. It has been designed to make the most of a small area, after the existing garden was almost completely removed when the house was renovated and extended twelve years ago. There are repeat plantings of camellias, osmanthas, magnolias, jasmine, rosemary, lavender and a pittostrum hedge. There is a variety of cottage plants including some unusual perennials. Azaleas and rhododendrons provide a splash of colour in Spring. Large mature tree provides a backdrop with Nimmitabel stone walls encircling garden beds and lawns.
Narrawong and the adjacent garden BeaverLea will open together on the same $10 ticket.

Narrawong Garden Notes

Refreshments will be available from the Brindabella Lions Club.

Fairview
2024-10-26 10:00 - 2024-10-27 16:00 | Fairview, 71 Euree Street, Reid, ACT, 2612
Fairview is a professionally landscaped garden planned by its qualified horticulturalist and landscape architect owner to complement and highlight the 1927 heritage cottage. There are water features and a varied and intriguing range of garden rooms with layers and textures created by the plants, many featuring art installations and sculptures, including Japanese elements. The heritage cottage will also be opened to garden visitors, allowing views to each of the outside garden rooms.
The heritage house and the general location in Reid is a further drawcard and many visitors may like to take the opportunity to walk around the area.
Fairview Garden Notes

Notes: There is plenty of parking in the street and opposite at the oval. There are seats. Public toilets are located nearby at the oval (check opening hours). There is a circular route with a step. Accessibility issues can be addressed by progressing along the path to the step and returning the same way. There is a lap pool and a pond.

Dhulwa
2024-11-23 10:00 - 2024-11-24 16:00 | Dhulwa, 5 Boyce Place, Chifley, ACT, 2606, Australia
Visitors’ first experience is a front garden of mature banksias, wattles and other native shrubs, which nicely merge with the neighbouring garden and attract a number of native birds including gang gang and yellow tailed cockatoos and nesting wattle birds. The stonework lined paths takes one on a journey around the house through a series of quiet sanctuaries including a meditation garden. These are immersed in the shade of large Melia, Pear and ash trees and surrounded with planted beds with many shrubs and groundcovers including Correas, Hakeas, Poas, Xanthorrhoea and lomandras and a selection of Japanese maples.
There are opportunities to quietly relax and to take in the gardens, the poultry run on the margin, art pieces and the adjacent Mount Taylor Nature Reserve.
We’ve chosen to support OzHarvest for our Open Garden fundraising. OzHarvest collects quality, excess food from supermarkets, retailers and corporate kitchens and other commercial outlets and delivers to charitable agencies, feeding vulnerable people across Australia. You can support our fundraising by paying your entry fee, buying a cup of fresh lemonade, or donating to participate in our raffle guessing game: How many pieces of plastic and junk did we find in our mulch this year?” Getting close could win you a $100 Cool Country Natives gift voucher!

Supported charity: Oz Harvest

Teachers' Rest
2024-11-23 10:00 - 2024-11-24 16:00 | Teacher’s Rest, Palmerston, ACT, 2913, Australia
The key to this cottage style garden which surrounds the house, is the large number and variety of roses on beds, walls and trellises. The rose displays are complemented with a wide selection of perennial beds, shrubs and small trees such as maples, magnolias, ginghos and crepe myrtles, most of which have been planted in the last five years.
The garden frames the back deck, the shelter and hidden courtyards, which all provide comfort and vantage points and hold pieces of art. There is also a surprising variety of fruit and vegetables and service area scattered throughout the rear garden.
The garden owner will be offering homemade jam and art work for sale – including greeting cards, bookmarks and paintings (framed and unframed). Cash is preferred for smaller items but digital payment will be available.
Teachers’ Rest Garden Notes 2024

Supported charity: TBC

Cook Community Garden
2025-03-29 10:00 - 2025-03-30 14:00 | Cook Community Garden, Bindubi St, Cook, ACT, 2614
The Cook Community Garden, established in 2001, is situated at the southern end of Bindubi St. The 5000sqm garden is leased by Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc from the ACT Government. Currently the garden has 46 very active gardeners of all ages and backgrounds working 55 allotment style plots ranging in size between 50 and 15sqm. The garden is always on the lookout for keen gardeners to join and embrace organic growing principles, especially the younger generation. There is an off street carpark adjacent to the garden. The nearest toilets are located at Cook shops. Entry is free.
Program of activities, both Saturday and Sunday:
10.30am: Getting started with Beekeeping
11.00am: Garden Tour featuring Q & A with selected gardeners showcasing their garden plots. Topics include growing dahlias, success with cucumbers, starting a garden, growing artichokes, no dig gardening and gardening the COGS way.
11.30am –1.00pm: Sausage Sizzle (gold coin donation).
Note: this garden is open 10am – 2pm. Look out for the Open Gardens signs.

Whitlam Climate-Wise Garden
2025-03-29 10:00 - 2025-03-30 16:00 | Whitlam Climate-Wise Garden, 3 Klaus Moje St, Whitlam, ACT, 2611
With hot summers and cold winters, Canberra’s seasonal conditions affect how plants grow. Gardens also need to be resilient as climate change brings more extreme weather events. Choosing the right plants for Canberra’s climate and soil is key to building a climate-wise garden that will thrive now and into the future. Suburban Land Agency’s (SLA) Innovation Precinct in Whitlam has a thriving climate-wise garden, planted in 2022 and showcasing resilient garden design. The garden has been designed with its natural context in mind- supporting local plants and wildlife while thriving in the local weather conditions across all four seasons. The garden was designed by Place Logic as part of SLA’s Innovation Precinct, a place for demonstrating sustainable homes and gardens to inspire more sustainable living. The plants chosen for the garden were selected from the SLA’s Climate Wise Garden Designs booklet, a key resource for residents in new suburbs and available to visitors on the day for free.
Over the weekend pop in to explore the garden and talk to people who work with the garden, visit the Whitlam Community Garden nearby and enjoy coffee and live music at the adjacent Heartbeat Café (open 8.30am to 3pm). There is a large carpark in front of the café. Entry is free.
Program Highlights
10am-12pm both days: chat with site gardener Mike Nicholls about the garden. He will lead two half-hour tours commencing at 10.30am and 11.30am.
1pm-3pm both days: live music at the Heartbeat Café: Saturday features Will & Annie and Sunday a gypsy jazz group, Black Owl Quartet.

Tea Gardens
2025-04-12 10:00 - 2025-04-13 16:00 | Tea Gardens, 10 Yirawala St, Ngunnawal, ACT, 2913
Tea Gardens Homestead, dating back to the 1860s, is one of Canberra’s oldest residential homes, located on a peaceful half acre block, overlooking the 4th hole of Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club. Since 2021 the garden has been completely transformed from a steep sloping block suffering from drought and overgrown with periwinkle, to a beautiful blend of cottage, native, traditional and productive styles. It perfectly complements the homestead’s historic charm. ‘The Vineyard’ was established in July 2024. The front garden development has been ongoing since the property was purchased in 2020. They are highlights of this truly inspiring garden.
There will be a sausage sizzle for lunch and scones for afternoon tea, along with games for children.
Notes: The nearest public toilets are at Casey shopping centre, 1.9km away. There are a lot of stairs at the back section of the garden, but the garden can be viewed from the top.
NOTE: On Sunday the 13 April there will be a number of road closures in and around the City Centre and its tributary roads. This is due to the Canberra Marathon. Please find a map of the road closures and alternate routes here.
Garden Notes

Supported charity: Children’s Cancer Institute

Merryway
2025-04-12 10:00 - 2025-04-13 16:00 | Merryway, 51 Euree St, Reid, ACT, 2612
Located at the centre of Reid, this well-established garden is enclosed by a curved camellia ‘Yuletide’ hedge. Behind it is a lawn area with leafy borders featuring a variety of maples. In the back garden a formal area near the house features hedges and clipped balls, along with fruit and flowering trees and a small vegetable garden. Autumn brings scarlet tones to the large vine-coloured pergola while in a secluded corner an enormous old fig tree stands proud. At the rear the garden takes on a wilder aspect with bulbs and groundcovers sheltering beneath birch trees. Over time the garden has been adapted to change with family needs, maturing plants and the climate.
Notes: Street parking is available. The nearest toilets are at Campbell shops or in the city. A plant sale will be held by First Canberra Garden Club. It is largely accessible to prams. Wheelchair access is limited but it is suitable for walking frames.
NOTE: On Sunday the 13 April there will be a number of road closures in and around the City Centre and its tributary roads. This is due to the Canberra Marathon. Please find a map of the road closures and alternate routes here.
Merryway Garden Notes
Merryway Plant List

Supported Charity – St John’s Care, Reid

Woodbury Garden
2025-05-03 10:00 - 2025-05-04 16:00 | Woodbury Garden, 1048 Old Cooma Rd, Googong, NSW, 2620
A garden not to be missed. Set in rolling countryside, this beautifully designed and maintained 40 year old garden comprises sweeping beds of interesting and unusual Australian native plants and trees, including Gymea Lily, Angophora, banksias, kangaroo paws, grafted Grevilleas, Lomatias, unusual Hakeas and so much more. You will also find an exotic plant section, extensive rock retaining banks, a dam, ponds with fountains, and an attractive bog garden with a winding wooden walkway and massed with pretty native violet. Productive garden buffs will also enjoy an amazing fully-enclosed orchard full of berries and espaliered fruit trees, a separate large set of raised rabbit-resistant vegetable beds and a sheltered circular garden for cut flowers, roses and citrus. Refreshments and food will be available and there are places to sit and relax if you want to bring your own picnic. There is also a toilet on site.
Directions:
From Queanbeyan travel south 11km on Old Cooma Rd. The property is on the right just past corner of Fernleigh Drive.
From Canberra go south on Monaro Hwy, left at Old Cooma Road and travel north 10 km towards Googong. Property is on the left just before the corner of Fernleigh Drive.
Parking: There are parking spaces at the house for people with disabilities. There is plenty of parking in the paddock and verges. Signs will be displayed.
Plant Sale: There will be plants for sale
Woodbury Garden Notes and Map

Charity: CWA Queanbeyan

The Burrow
2025-09-27 10:00 - 2025-09-28 16:00 | The Burrow, 40 Chubb Street, Latham, ACT, 2615, Australia
The Burrow has been curated over the last five years by garden and design enthusiasts, Tim and Phoebe. The gardens include meandering levels, ponds and creek, outdoor rooms for gathering and entertaining, secluded pockets to retreat and regenerate, extensive play opportunities for children, a productive garden and integrated fruit trees, all included on a typical suburban block. The plant palette is diverse and has developed as a response to the intense Canberra seasons and to assist with thermal comfort in the renovated home. The ex-govie home has been redesigned to be a pavilion within a garden, rather than creating a garden on the fringes of a house. In spring a grand wisteria arbour links to seasonal gardens, the crab apple and fruit trees are in bloom, and there are bulbs, herbs, annuals and vegetables.
Notes

Parking is in the street.
The nearest toilets are at the Kippax shops.
Devonshire tea will be available
There will home made soup and a BBQ for lunch
Talks by the owners at 11am and 12:30pm:

11:00am: Crafting a garden for ecology, supporting a home and production.
12:30pm: Creating a garden for children to encourage outdoor exploration.

There will be a scavenger hunt for children
Access is possible from the rear path (from the reserve) for prams, wheelchairs and walkers. This will allow viewing to at least 50% of the garden.

Supported Charity: Hands Across Canberra
Garden Notes

Louise and Ian's Garden
2025-10-04 10:00 - 2025-10-05 16:00 | Louise and Ian’s Garden, 35 Wongoola Close, O'Connor, ACT, 2602, Australia
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 as you move from the sloping front garden through the recently renovated middle level and then out to the lower section. This redesign of the garden is a celebration of colour and form, where an artful mix of plant species, mostly non-natives, create a striking and harmonious landscape.
Every corner of this garden tells a story. Personal touches are woven through the space, making it more than just a garden—it’s a living gallery of memories. A lush green wall lines the driveway, guiding visitors toward themed garden spaces bursting with seasonal colour. A rose-covered arch invites you into the orchard and vegetable garden. The garden also provides a habitat for the diverse bird life and insects. A joy to provide and experience throughout the seasons.
Highlights not to be missed include a tranquil sandstone water feature, a trellis-clad wall, and several whimsical topiaries—one in the shape of a Labrador, sure to delight and inspire donations to Guide Dogs Australia, the chosen charity for this event. Expect a canine visitor.
Whether you’re a keen gardener, an admirer of design, or simply looking for a peaceful day out, Louise and Ian’s garden offers beauty, inspiration, and heart.
Supported Charity: Guide Dogs
Notes

There is parking in Wongoola Close, plus parking in Dryandra St. There is an uphill walking track between 146 and 148 Dryandra St to Wongoola Close.
The closest toilets are at O’Connor shops.
Tea, coffee and dog shaped biscuits will be available.
This event will be attended by Vespa, a black labrador and Guide Dog ambassador.
Partial access is available to prams and wheelchairs, but not in the orchard, there are stairs.
There is a small carved rock fountain.

Garden Notes

Cockle Street Garden
2025-10-04 10:00 - 2025-10-05 16:00 | Cockle Street Garden, 46 Cockle Street, O'Connor, ACT, 2602, Australia
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 block is large with plenty of room for the natives that were planted partly to encourage native birds – keep an eye out for the pardalote mound around the back. The back yard, also lawn-free, is where brick paths thread their way through a thriving citrus collection, past beds of natives sheltering under a huge bottlebrush, to a large area filled with potted herbs, veggie beds, fruit trees, an experimental hedge of feijoas and hazelnuts and four tanks holding over 24,000 L of water. Then on the north side of the house visitors will find another native plant area featuring sculptures and a large deck, all sheltered by a mature White Cedar tree. Here you’ll find refreshments being served in what is a perfect spot to relax, enjoy the bird life and reflect on what you’ve seen.
Notes:

Street parking is reasonable.
The nearest toilets are at O’Connor shops.
The Lions Club will provide light refreshments.
The garden is mostly accessible to prams and wheelchairs.
There is a pond and a few low steps.

Supported charity: ACT Conservation Council
Garden Notes

The Traveller's Garden
2025-10-11 10:00 - 2025-10-12 16:00 | The Traveller’s Garden, 23 Camfield Place, Florey, ACT, 2615, Australia
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, ensures that the garden remains green throughout the year. Tucked away in a back corner is a surprisingly effective edible patch, with seasonal veg, herbs and even some fruit trees. This garden may be short on space but is brimming with inspiring design and planting ideas!
Notes

Street parking only.
The closest toilets are at Florey shops.
There will be a sale of handmade pots plus plants.
Most of the garden is accessible to prams and walking frames.
There are a few steps near the pond.

This garden will open with Jinka Falls on the same ticket. The visitor entry fee to the two gardens is just $10.00. Tickets can be purchased at either garden.
Garden Notes

Jinka Falls
2025-10-11 10:00 - 2025-10-12 16:00 | Jinka Falls, 16 Jinka Street, Hawker, ACT, 2614, Australia
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 lush ferneries. The second is a productive kitchen garden growing vegetables, berries, flowers, and with a small orchard. This garden demonstrates that, even as our cities become denser there is always room to plant for beauty, bounty and biodiversity.
Notes:

Parking is on the street, alternatively there is a carpark 500m away at Hawker shops.
Toilets are located at Hawker shops.
There will be baked treats, tea and coffee.
Plant sale.
There are a few steps.
There is a pond.

This garden will open with The Traveller’s Garden on the same ticket. The visitor entry fee to the two gardens is just $10.00. Tickets can be purchased at either garden.
Supported charity: Mount Rogers Primary School

Garden Notes

G and J's Garden
2025-10-25 10:00 - 2025-10-26 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 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 house contains a water feature and provides a pleasant seating area. Previously opened in autumn 2022 this popular garden will now re-open to showcase spring flowering plants and a newly developed productive garden.
Notes:

There is plenty of street parking.
The closest toilets are at Chifley shops.
Tea and coffee will be available
There is a small water feature in the front yard.
There are a few low steps, the block is sloping.
Given the time of year, there is a possibility of snakes.

Supported charity: Dementia Australia

Garden Notes

Hidden Lake
2025-11-01 10:00 - 2025-11-02 16:00 | Hidden Lake, 95 Morrison Road, Bywong, NSW, 2620, Australia
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 few native trees, some weeping willows and very few trees and shrubs in the house garden. A large island has been constructed and is now fully vegetated with trees and shrubs.
The house garden consists of a mix of natives and exotic plants with some sculptural elements, a large deck, an aviary, an arbour, a fire pit and several water features and ponds, all with a commanding view of the lake. There are flower and rock gardens throughout with large hedges bordering the garden. A short walk from the house will take you to a large vegetable garden, orchard and chicken runs.
The lake is circumnavigated by a meandering path which provides many delightful areas to enjoy a picnic and the lovely vistas of the lake, house and farm.
Notes

Directions – use Google Maps, not GPS. From the Federal Hwy, take Macs Reef Rd. At the T-intersection turn left into Bungendore Rd. After 1km turn right on to Morrison Rd. Hidden Lake is 1km on the left. It is 11kms from Bungendore to the Morrison Rd turnoff. Please note, there is 1km of dirt road to their driveway.
Parking is available in the on the left just after the entrance gate. Disabled parking is near the house.
Tea and coffee, cakes and home made preserves will be provided by the Bungendore CWA.
A sausage sizzle will be provided by Wildcare.
There will be a stall

Garden Notes
Supported charity – Wildcare

Tanglewood
2025-11-01 10:00 - 2025-11-02 16:00 | Tanglewood, 109 McDonnell Drive, Bungendore, NSW, 2621, Australia
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

The Healing Garden
2025-11-08 10:00 - 2025-11-09 16:00 | The Healing Garden, 20 Badimara Street, Waramanga, ACT, 2611, Australia
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 murals by artist Nastia Gladushchenko add soul and colour, reflecting the lush greenery and biodiversity. More than a garden, it’s a space of rehabilitation and growth for its owners. Join us for our Open Garden event and feel the peaceful, inspiring spaces of the Healing Garden.
Supported charity: Karinya House
Notes

On street parking
The closest toilets are at Chifley shops.
The Brindabella Lions Club will provide food and refreshments.
It is accessible to prams, but it is a steeply sloping block.
There are 3 ponds.

Garden Notes
Garden Plan

The Naturalistic Garden
2025-11-22 10:00 - 2025-11-23 16:00 | The Naturalistic Garden, 33 Hackett Gardens, Turner, ACT, 2612, Australia
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 North American prairies, and many that like poor soil! The garden comes to life in spring and then there are flowers, bees and birds until winter sends the garden to sleep. While the choice of plants has been influenced by Mediterranean and naturalistic garden designers, it is an eclectic and busy mix where plants freely and joyfully intermingle.
Supported Charity: Birdlife Australia
Notes

Parking available in the street.
The nearest toilets are at O’Connor shops
The garden is accessible to prams.
Most of the garden is accessible to wheelchairs.
There is a pond.

Garden Notes

The Charnwood Community Garden
2026-02-28 10:00 - 16:00 | The Charnwood Comunity Garden, Off Lhotsky St, Charnwood, ACT, 2615, Australia
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.
Please note: This is a one day event only. Entry free – donations welcome.
Notes:
There is an off-street carpark adjacent to the garden and toilets are just outside the rear gate of the garden.
11.00am: Garden Tour featuring Q & A with selected gardeners showcasing their garden plots. Topics include growing dahlias, success with cucumbers, starting a garden, growing artichokes, no dig gardening and gardening the COGS way.
Seed Savers Stall.
Tea/coffee and cakes etc will be available all day, rain, hail or shine.
There will also be available a plant, produce goods stall.
11.30am –1.30pm: Sausage Sizzle plus Curry and Rice dishes will be available for sale.
We have a covered area for protection if required.

Canberra City Care Harvest Garden
2026-02-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Canberra City Care, 20 Cartwright St, Charnwood, ACT, 2615, Australia
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. Canberra City Care is part of Canberra circular economy through its use of major supermarkets’ excess fruit and vegetables, refurbishment of computers and sale of pre-loved clothing and goods.
Please note: This is a one day event only. Entry is free to all -donations welcome.
Notes

Cafe Catch up and ReRunsOp Shop will be open.
Carpark and street parking at 20 Cartwright St Charnwood. Two minutes drive from Charnwood COGS Garden.
Toilets available at Canberra City Care.
Barbeque and drinks will be available.
Paths have a thick mulch and are narrow in places and not suitable for wheelchairs but may be OK for walking frames.

Talks on Saturday 28 February 2026 :

10.30 Garden overview and management principles
11.30 Organic compost practices – worm farming and Bokashi tea
12.30 Garden overview and management principles
1.30 Hydroponics system
2.30 Garden overview and management principles
3.30 Organic compost practices and hydroponics

New Hope
2026-03-21 10:00 - 2026-03-22 16:00 | New Hope, 6 Glover Drive,, Yass, NSW, 2582, Australia
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.
NOTE: This garden has some steep slopes, steps, and uneven paths, so take care.
Directions:
From Canberra – Drive on Barton Hwy/A25 towards Yass. Take the exit to Yass Valley Way then at the roundabout take the second exit and drive Yass Valley Way 3.6km, then turn right onto Glover Drive. Garden is on the left side of the road.
2026-Garden-Notes-New Hope Yass

The Living Block
2026-03-28 10:00 - 2026-03-29 16:00 | The Living Block, 85 Costello Circuit, Calwell, ACT, 2905, Australia
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.
Fruit lovers will delight in the extensive orchard of more than 20 fruit trees, alongside a greenhouse and a richly planted berry collection, a flourishing herb garden and productive veggie patch. Friendly chickens complete this backyard ecosystem.
Flower enthusiasts will find year-round colour from maples, hydrangeas, asters, zinnias, dahlias, fuchsias, hellebores and more, interwoven to create a lush, cottage-style display. Families can enjoy the welcoming kid’s playground and the many seating areas scattered throughout the garden.
Nearest toilets – Calwell service station and shops – 300m away
The Living Block Garden Notes

Christine's Garden
2026-04-11 10:00 - 2026-04-12 16:00 | Christine’s Garden, 48 Weathers Street, Gowrie, ACT, 2904, Australia
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 trees provide Autumn colour. Refreshments will be available, and there will be plenty of plants for sale.
Garden Notes – Christine’s Garden 2026
Charity supported: Cure Brain Cancer foundation
