OPEN SATURDAY 10-4

&

SUNDAY 10-2

 

Laurel and Winston Parish are, in my view, curators. I’ve visited their place many times, shared a cup of tea with Laurel as we talk gardens & plants, and what always strikes me is how inviting their place is. As you approach along the road, the paddocks are pleasantly tidy (this is a non-farm woman speaking here) and when we’ve walked along “their” river, I’ve seen how well-cared-for it is – natural beauty but free of the usual rubbishy flood debris. Well, Laurel’s garden is similarly curated: regularly tended, fed, mulched and watered as necessary, it offers a happy meeting of nature’s beauty and Laurel’s artistry. (Mind you, I’m sure I saw some plants quaking in their boots when Laurel approached with the snippers one day…) 

There are two large perennial borders in the front, one sunny, one shady and a lovely swathe of lawn between where flowering pears, crab-apple, cape chestnut and several other trees grow. The borders are crowded with colour and variety, and it pays to look closely for some of the smaller gems.

In the sunny garden, alstroemerias, euphorbias, dianthus, salvias and rosemary, to name just a few, make a beautiful show. Loropetalum and dombeya spread their purple and white display, each in its season, and angels' trumpets 

You will also de interested in the "understorey" - the garden under the veranda, where ferns, begonias, "jade magic" and many other tender green delicacies thrive in their own mini-ecosystem.

 Off to the side is Winston’s edible garden, producing onions, tomatoes, the best potatoes I’ve ever tasted and, of course, other vegetable delights. There are other aspects of the garden but I don’t want to give everything away here, so come and see for yourselves….

 

Please park on the roadside and walk in.

Entry $5

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