The Essential Guide for Garden Lovers
The Open Gardens Australia Guide is essential reading for all garden lovers Australia-wide.
The current Guide lists more than 500 gardens around the country with concise descriptions for each garden, many opening for the first time.
2011-12 GUIDE
The 2011-12 Guide is current up until June 2012
and is now reduced to just $14.00 (RRP $19.95) including postage & handling.
Order the Guide via our secure online order facility
SPECIAL GUIDE PACKAGE
Order our Special Guide Package and we'll send you the 2011-12 Guide now
and the 2012-13 Guide on publication in August
2012.
The 2012-13 Guide will be a special 25th Anniversary Edition.
The Guide Package costs just $32.00 (including postage & handling)
Order the Guide Package via our secure online order facility
2012-13 GUIDE
If you want just next season's Guide, you can pre-order our 2012-13 Guide now and it will be mailed to you on publication in August 2012.
The 2012-13 Guide costs just $19.00 including postage
and handling (RRP $19.95)
Order the 2012-13 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 2011-12 Guide features some stimulating and entertaining articles:
Northern Exposure
A personal profile of our fascinating Chair of Selectors in the Northern Territory. Dr Harvey Ottley originally hails from New Orleans. She's an authority on crocodiles and our northern flora, has been a finalist in the ABC's Gardener of the Year, and regularly opens her own garden, the 'Dog and Donkey' at Howard Springs
Open Season
Long-term OPen Gardens garden owner Ian Wintle of Queensland writes about the experiences, benefits and personal perspectives of opening his garden over a decade
Giving Back
Our CEO Richard Barley provides an overview of our Giving Program, with specific examples of some of the many garden projects in communities around Australia that have benefited from our grants
Green Therapy
The University of Melbourne's John Rayner writes on the features, elements and planting design of gardens as places of therapy and healing, and the trends in research of these valuable landscapes
Conserving Plant Diversity
A brief outline of the role and value of the Garden Plant Conservation Association of Australia (GPCAA)
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