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This information is updated regularly. However from time to time due to circumstances beyond our control, last minute cancellations can occur.
Finding the Gardens
The most accurate way to find your way to the open gardens is by using the comprehensive information we provide in our Guide. Information in the Guide includes easy-to-follow directions for country gardens.
Using Google maps is another option. However, please note that we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information or any directions provided.
Information & Photos
Use the 'click here' link next to each garden name to find a description, list of facilities and photo of each garden.
You'll find an explanation of the icons used as well as some simple rules for visitors
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Please note that children under 18 are admitted free of charge
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Month |
Dates |
Garden |
Photo |
Address |
Hours |
Entrance |
| June 2013 |
22-23 |
Buddha's Bamboo
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Buddha's Bamboo
Bamboos can get a bad name for running wild and being hard to eradicate. But grow the right non-invasive species, and their unique appearance, rapid growth and contribution to your tropical garden ambience makes them perfect for gardens of any size. In this small working nursery, dozens of bamboo species grow in healthy and vigorous stands. The garden also features native cycads and sand palms which blend perfectly with bamboos in this peaceful rural setting.
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4423 Goode Road, Humpty Doo |
10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
| July 2013 |
13-14 |
Teresa's Tranquil Garden
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Teresa's Tranquil Garden
This compact garden absolutely brims with plants, offering beauty, interest and seclusion for the owner and a haven for birdlife. Lots of places to relax and enjoy garden views. The house is screened from the road by massed planting, a side dining terrace opens off the kitchen, and the back garden and pool enjoy an outlook over the adjacent creek reserve and natural bushland. A wonderful inspiration and source of ideas for those in homes on smaller blocks. Size is no barrier for keen gardeners!
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4 Latram Court, Gunn
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10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
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27-28 |
Edibleden
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Edibleden
An ordinary suburban block has been transformed into a thriving edible garden inspired by traditional South East Asian farming aesthetics and permaculture and organic principles - kitchen scraps feed the chooks whose manure is used to fertilise the garden that grows food for the people and the chooks! Legume nitrogen fixers are used as live mulch and there are several composting systems. Edible plants are used to their maximum in the kitchen - pumpkin stems, bamboo shoots, drumstick flowers - delicious ingredients for local and experimental recipes. Information on home-grown produce and locally made food will also be available.
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9 Gove Street, Alawa
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10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
August 2013 |
3-4 |
A Country Cottage Garden
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A Country Cottage Garden
Beautiful displays of colourful trees, shrubs and flowers, many of them unusual in the Top End, reflect this gardener's desire for a traditional cottage garden effect. Blooms range from deep red flowering passionfruit to plate-sized hibiscus and freely-blossoming roses. An inspirational garden tucked into a larger block invites visitors to stay and enjoy the ambience.
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1A Donnington Place, Howard Springs |
10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
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10-11 |
Walk The Talk
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Walk The Talk
This is a garden that tells a tale of family history, memories and dreams. Based around radiating paths, set with hand-made mosaic and embossed pavers, each paver tells a story, bears a motto, or carries a message. The paths are bordered by an array of colour-themed plantings, including cordylines, frangipanis, gingers, heliconias, hibiscus, grasses, groundcovers and natives. A delightful and very individual garden.
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330 Freds Pass Road, Humpty Doo |
10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
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17-18 |
Parkside
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Parkside
Plants fill every nook and cranny, high and low, to create a cool grass-free garden designed for relaxation. A riot of colourful shrubs, bromeliads, gingers and spathiphyllums screens the front, while the back has unusual palms and lush understorey plantings. Native trees and palms covered with orchids, ferns and bromeliads shade the outdoor rooms. A big surprise is the lush parkland at the back that is virtually part of this townhouse garden, that the Parkside garden owner has helped develop over many years.
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1/14 Queen St, Stuart Park |
10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
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24-25 |
The Mosaic House Garden
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The Mosaic House Garden
An extensive garden surrounds an elevated old style Darwin home, now converted to four self-contained apartments. The fortunate occupants share the garden, with its large spreading trees sheltering beds of ferns, bromeliads and shade-loving plants. Numerous seating and resting areas throughout the garden allow relaxed viewing of the many classical Balinese statues, gathered by the owners on their trips to the region. And everywhere are water containers and the trademark mosaic works of the artist owner - on pavers, table tops and as patio flooring.
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7 MacKillop Street, Parap |
10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
| September 2013 |
7-8 |
Maya's Garden
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Maya's Garden
Influenced by the owners' visits to South East Asia, this large and gently sloping suburban garden allows visitors to wander and admire tropical plantings designed for contrast, alignment and colour. Pots and statues add even more interest and creative boundary screening provides additional privacy. Beautiful bromeliads abound, along with orchids, gingers, birdsnest ferns, draceanas, anthuriums and a host of other tropical plants.
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11 Marchant Court, Malak
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10am-4.30pm |
$7.00 |
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