Discover forests and valleys, the gardens and heritage of the inland South West, Western Australia

Gardens are a feature of the region both in towns and on farms.

The Festival of Country Gardens has gardens open and excursions with a garden history flavour for Autumn Delights,
Friday 2 to Sunday 4 May, 2008.

Download a copy now to preview Autumn Delights.

See Events and Gardens for more information.

The Festival is now being planned for Spring.

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Enquiries: Contact, or call
(08) 9764 1111, or
1800 001 357.

Booklet cover of the programme for Festival of Country Gardens - Autumn Delights.
The programme is now available from:
The Lane Bookshop, Claremont; Garden Elegance, Subiaco;
Mandurah Visitor Centre; Aspenz, Bunbury and Margaret River; Bunbury Visitor Centre;
Busselton Mitre 10 and Visitor Centre;
In the Festival area the booklet will be at the Visitor Centres
in Balingup, Donnybrook, Bridgetown, Bridgetown Newsagency, in selected nurseries and shops and
at the Festival Centre at Nelsons of Bridgetown.

Check out Friends for places to stay and other services.


  
The area is about a three to three and a half hour drive south from Perth, the capital of Western Australia. See map.  

For Spring 2008

Gardens open and other garden-related activities make up the Festival of Country Gardens. For Spring the dates are:

Prelude: weekend 11, 12 October
Main Festival: Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30 Fri 31 October, Sat 1, Sun 2 November.
Reprise: Weekend, 15, 16 November


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Gardens open in Balingup, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown, Manjimup, Nannup.

Calling all gardeners!

If your garden presents well in Spring we encourage you to be in the Festival and help showcase the beautiful hinterland of the South West of WA.

We would love to hear from you.

Call 9764 1111 now!


Garden visitors enjoy the Holberry House garden at Nannup.

For Festival background click here.

 
WAtourist For useful information check out this site which has links to many activities across the South West.



The main Festival is an annual spring event with gardens open in October and through early and mid-November and the third weekend. A smaller Festival, Autumn Delights is held in autumn over the first weekend of May.
The Festivals highlight gardens of the countryside in the hinterland of the South West.There is a continental climate, less moderated by the sea than the coastal areas, and in which gardens and all things horticultural flourish. The countryside is noted for its steep slopes and winding valleys that provide picturesque backdrops to many of the towns and the gardens. Tall timbers grow here - both native and exotic. Orchards, vineyards and vegetable fields are prominent elements of the landscape.
Book your accommodation now! See Friends for ideas on where to stay.

Enquiries: (08) 9764 1111 or Freecall: 1800 001 357

Country gardens material on this website is published by Peta Townsing t/a Growing Country Gardens, PO Box 189, Balingup, WA 6253, Australia.
ABN 33 682 671 386.
Accommodation and other visitor information is published as a service to those businesses who have advertized in Festival of Country Gardens flyers and other publications produced by Blackwood Country Gardens Incorporated, Box 293, Bridgetown Western Australia, 6255.
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