Open garden leaflets

Buninyong botanic gardens

Bolobek, Mount Macedon

Chatsworth, near Hopkins River

Alton, Mt Macedon

Claremont, Newtown

Bickleigh Vale, Mooroolbark

Moranghurk, Lethbridge

Ercildoune

Chateau Tahbilk, Goulburn River

Beleura, Mornington


Buninyong botanic gardens

Buninyong Botanic Gardens, one of the oldest botanic gardens in Victoria, will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2010.

Buninyong botanic garden (PDF 140 KB)

Bolobek, Mount Macedon

Bolobek is in the English 20th century tradition of gardens of a modern, formal style

Bolobek (PDF 160 KB)

Chatsworth, near Hopkins River

The mansion is set in spacious landscaped gardens. Chatsworth House (PDF 161 KB) is intact and meticulously maintained.

Chatsworth (PDF 398 KB)

Alton, Mt Macedon

Alton was designed and constructed between 1874 and 1896 by Sir George Verdon as his hill-side retreat from the heat of summer.

Alton (PDF 164 KB)

Claremont, Newtown

Claremont’s rose garden dominates the west side of the house, and is a major feature of the garden.

Claremont (PDF 269 KB)

Bickleigh Vale, Mooroolbark

Bickleigh Vale is a landscaped village of about 10ha created in the 1920s by leading Australian landscape gardener Edna Walling.

Bickleigh Vale (PDF 516 KB)

Moranghurk, Lethbridge

Moranghurk is historically significant as one of the oldest pastoral properties in Victoria

Moranghurk (PDF 662 KB)

Ercildoune

The station diary notes that the gardens at Ercildoune were being laid out in 1842. These became the foundations of a grand and elaborate garden and parkland.

Ercildoune (PDF 409 KB)

Chateau Tahbilk, Goulburn River

By the mid 1870s Chateau Tahblik was amongst the largest and most successful wineries in Victoria’s growing wine industry.

Chateau Tahbilk (PDF 170 KB)

Beleura, Mornington

Situated on Beleura Hill between the Mornington Golf Course and the cliff-top, Beleura is an important part of the historic townscape of Mornington.

Beleura (PDF 100 KB)

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