Open Gardens Australia

Open Garden Guide
The essential Guide for garden lovers

The Open Garden Scheme Guide is essential reading for all garden lovers Australia-wide.

The Guide lists an enticing collection of private gardens around the country with concise descriptions for each garden, many opening for the first time.

2013-2014 Guide
The 2013 -14 Guide will be published in early August. You can pre-order it now and it will be mailed to you on publication. The 2013-14 Guide costs just $19.00 including postage and handling (RRP $19.95).

More information on the Guide is available here

Order your Guide via our secure online order facility

Open Gardens iPhone and iPad App
Get the App!

The Open Gardens iPhone and iPad App lets you find all of the gardens and special events right around Australia.

Search by date, suburb, state, or you can even find the open gardens closest to wherever you happen to be with 'distance to me'.

The App gives you the full garden description, information about facilities - as well as directions to the garden and mapping on Google Maps.

There's a free version for you to try, and the full version costs just $9.49 for a full 12 months* of gardens. *Your subscription will run for 12 months, so if you purchase the app in August 2012 you'll have access to the gardens opening through until August 2013.

You'll receive the new seasons program on release in late July.

Have a look at some screenshots of the App here

To get the App go to the iTunes store here

Discount Tickets
Perfect for regular garden visitors

You don't need to book to visit our gardens - you simply turn up on the advertised dates and times. But discount tickets represent a considerable cost saving on the entry fee, and are also an ideal gift for garden lovers.

Packs of 5 or 10 discount tickets to Open Gardens Australia's gardens are now available.

Packs of 5 cost just $31.50 and save you 10%. Each ticket costs $6.30 and allows one entry to a fabulous $7 garden.

Packs of 10 give you a 15% saving. They cost just $59.50 making each entry to a $7.00 garden just $5.95.

More information is available here
Order via our secure online order facility

Open Garden Ladies Hats

Our very stylish hats will ensure that you're sun-smart as well as looking good when you're in the garden or out and about.

A very pretty sand colour, they're embroidered with the Open Garden logo in dark green.
The fabric is a high-quality knitted acrylic/polyester blend with an internal adjustable drawstring and of course they're fully washable so they'll look smart for years to come.

One size fits all

The hats are priced at just $30.00 which includes $7.00 postage and handling.

Order via our secure online order facility

Open Garden Canvas Hats

Our wonderful new canvas hat has been chosen to suit both men and women.

The neutral colour goes with everything and the stitched brim ensures it keeps its shape.

Embroidered with the Open Garden logo in dark green. The fabric is a high-quality, heavy-duty cotton. They come with an adjustable chin strap and of course they're fully washable so they'll look smart for years to come.

Available in two sizes: 59cm & 61cm. Please select size on order form.

The hats are priced at just $30.00 which includes $7.00 postage and handling.

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Garden Cards

A lovely selection of South Australian garden images. They are ideal as gifts or perfect for you to use yourself.

Printed onto a white high-quality blank gift card. They come complete with envelopes and are cellophane wrapped.

Packs of 6 assorted images.

You can view all of the images here

$10.00 for 6 cards
Price includes postage and handling.

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Out of the Scientist's Garden
A story of water and food
by Richard Stirzaker

Out of the Scientist's Garden is written for anyone who wants to understand food and water a little better - for those growing vegetables in a garden, food in a subsistence plot or crops on vast irrigated plains. It is for anyone interested in food, how it is grows and how the world feeds itself.

Although a practising scientist in the field of water and agriculture, Richard has written, in story form accessible to a wide audience, about the drama of how the world feeds itself. The book starts in his own fruit and vegetable garden, exploring the 'how and why' questions about the way things grow, before moving on to stories about soil, rivers, aquifers and irrigation. The book closes with a brief history of agriculture, how the world feeds itself today and how to think through some of the big conundrums of modern food production.

The book is full of information for gardeners on the challenge of growing food and feeding a family in the city and it covers plants, soil and rivers and the journey from hunter-gatherer to modern agriculture.

224 pages, softcover.

Priced at just $29.00 plus $10.00 postage and handling.

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Garden of a Lifetime
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at Cruden Farm
by Anne Latreille

Almost 80 years ago, Keith Murdoch gave his young bride a wedding present that would be of very special significance throughout the intervening years, a small grazing property on the outskirts of Melbourne. They called it Cruden Farm, and it was here that their family grew up and this now world-renowned garden evolved.

A born gardener, with a practical hands-on approach, an eye for beauty, and a passion for trees and flowers, Dame Elisabeth calls it her Garden of a Lifetime.

Written by noted journalist and author Anne Latreille, this lavishly colour-illustrated book traces the history of the garden's creation and guides the reader around its spectacular features, while entries for the months of the year give practical hints on upkeep.

Softcover copies are priced at just $60.00 including $10.00 postage and handling.

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