Great news! Gardivalia will open on Saturday, October 25 & Sunday, October 26.
Discover Gippsland’s most breathtaking gardens this Spring. Gardivalia’s garden trail is set to dazzle with blooming backyards, hidden green gems, and floral masterpieces waiting to be explored throughout Baw Baw Shire.
In North Trafalgar, a delightful two acre garden ‘Bellissimi Alberi’ will bring all your senses alive with forest pansies, birches, magnolias, azaleas, roses and more.
In Darnum you will find ‘Gumview’, an informal garden with many beautiful magnolias, camelias, maples, peonies, a clivia collection and many bulbs.
Explore two gardens in Willow Grove, ‘Lakeview’ and ‘Dot’s Garden’. View the beautiful views of Blue Rock Lake from ‘Lakeview’, its old machinery displayed, roses on trellises, camellias, the orchard, and over 70 deciduous trees.
‘Dot’s Garden’ started as a farm and now has 58 small garden beds and many wonderful and amazing sculptures. Willow trees, crepe myrtles, roses, ornamental cherries, flowering gums, elms, magnolias and more. Views look east to the mountains.
Across and up to Icy Creek you will find ‘Meander’, a seven and half acre garden showcasing rare trees and shrubs against a backdrop of large eucalypts and mountains. Meander through the kitchen garden, mixed borders and woodland paths.
On Sunday, it’s the last chance to visit ‘Tall Timbers’ in Piedmont, walk through an expansive garden of many acres in a natural bush setting, with additional plantings of many exotic trees and shrubs around the creeks, cascades and large ponds.
Visit the ‘Old Neerim Schoolhouse’ in Neerim established in 1902, with expansive gardens, abundant produce, and stunning views. Laurie Collins ‘Sculpture Garden’ at Jindivick has over 60 metal sculptures in an acre among garden beds and trees and a gallery.
Traveling towards Warragul, visit ‘My Ross’ at Brandy Creek. Pathways, rock walls, roses, border plantings and a small lake form the structure, with stunning north views to the Baw Baws. On Bloomfield Road visit ‘Carlisle’ & ‘Darley Grange’. ‘Carlisle’ is a colorful country garden with a number of unusual and cleverly made water features, vibrant roses and seasonal perennials. ‘Darley Grange’ specializes in 80 different stunning bearded irises and orchids and large Irish Strawberry trees.
In Drouin, visit ‘Lois’ Garden’. For those who want to know more about succulents this is for you. Full of succulents and cacti, low maintenance, no watering, no hassles.
In Copelands Rd, Warragul you can walk around ‘Wrens Wood’, a five acre garden with oaks, gums, maples, conifers, roses, buddlejas, rhododendrons, camellias, fruit and nut trees, a vegetable and berry garden, ferns, vines & orchids.
In Warragul, you will find ‘Rustic Charm’, ‘Fiona’s Garden’ & ‘Warragul Community Centre’. ‘Rustic Charm’ has a small backyard with rustic, eclectic ornaments, and a mixture of plants and trees. There will be crafts, arts and mosaics on display. ‘Fiona’s Garden’ has many garden rooms on one acre: a show garden, permaculture vegetable and orchard, Bee hives and berries. ‘Fiona’s Garden’ will have a compost making demo at 11am on August 25. ‘Warragul Community Garden’ grows produce, flowers, fruit and herbs with beehives, and has a cubby house.
Programs will be available throughout the Baw Baw Shire. For more information and photos please go to our website on www.gardivalia.com.au
