2010-2011 Guide – The Essential Guide for Garden Lovers
Australia's Open Garden Scheme Guide is essential reading for all garden lovers Australia-wide.
The new Guide lists more than 1,000 openings around the country with concise descriptions for each garden, many opening for the first time.
The Guide is published each August and is current until the following June.
The 2010-2011 Guide is available now. It costs $18.00 including postage
and handling.
(rrp $18.95).
Order the Guide via our secure online order facility
Indispensable Information
The Guide makes garden visiting a breeze.
Detailed descriptions of every garden, and map references to make getting there simple.
Clear symbols indicate whether teas and lunches are on sale, the availability of toilets, and whether the gardens are accessible for prams and wheelchairs.
The easy to use week-by-week calendar is a must for forward planning.
Complete indexes make it easy to find the garden which most suits your special interest.
And to further add to your garden visiting experience, there is a list of regularly open public and private gardens.
The Guide features five stimulating and entertaining articles:
The irrepressibly enthusiastic TV personality and gardener extraordinaire Jerry Coleby-Williams, who is passionate about sustainability and organic food growing
Kate Herd celebrating the artistic and cultural aspects of kitchen gardening
CSIRO scientist Richard Stirzaker, well known for his work on how we use water to grow food.
Richard's new book 'Out of the Scientist's Garden' is now also available for purchase from our shop
Kojonup Rose Maze: a rural Western Australian town's inspiring community project, at the heart of which is a rose maze featuring only cultivars raised by Australian breeders
And a profile on the Scheme's long-serving former CEO Neil Robertson, by respected gardening writer Sarah Guest
Get the Guide
Order the Guide via our secure online order facility
The Guide will also be available from newsagents and good bookshops from early August.
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Click here to see the cover
The cover features Hendrick's garden at Hugesdale in Melbourne.
Open: Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sept 2010.
A cleverly designed ornamental and productive garden, beautifully planted with a restricted but very effective palette of decorative plants.
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