Garden lovers, come be inspired

In its 34^th year, Alexandra & District Open Gardens are bringing you nine diverse gardens over the weekend of Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October. All gardens will be open between 10.00am – 4.00pm.

A focus this year is country gardens with seven located at Buxton, Taggerty, Acheron, Yarck and Thornton. Two town gardens will be in Alexandra, conveniently located next door to each other.

At each garden you will find additional interesting attractions. There will be coffee and food at some gardens, and sculptures, craft and plants on offer for sale. And for something different, at Buxton one of the gardens will have Pans on Fire performing on the Sunday at 11am and 1pm.

This year there are four gardens that will be open to the public for the first time. Two are located at Buxton, one at Taggerty and the other garden is at Acheron.

Three of these gardens are under ten years old, starting with virtually a paddock and with love, blood, sweat and tears, large gardens have been created.

Also included this year is a beautifully, designed garden by well known, Australian landscape architect and designer, Paul Bangay, at Attunga Gardens, Thornton. Over the last four years, extensive new gardens at this property have been designed and established.

Ways to the Future with a series of guest speakers in sustainability will be at Marian Rennie’s Open Garden at Acheron.

Visit www.alexandraopengardens.com.au for a map of all the gardens and detailed descriptions of what you can see at each one. There will be a few surprises waiting for you.

$5pp per individual garden or $40pp for an all-garden pass. Tickets are available on the weekend at each garden gate. Cash only as there is no card payment facilities. You can also purchase an all-gardens weekend pass through Trybooking. QR code is available on the event’s website.

Alexandra & District Open Gardens look forward to seeing you on the weekend at these gardens. Come ……be inspired!