After opening for 23 years this will be the last time Avondale will be open - don't miss the final opportunity to see this lovely garden.
Open October long weekend - all three days - please pay at the gate. (Note, cash only - EFTPOS facilities will not be available)
Avondale is an informal and relaxed country garden where each spring the blooms of thousands upon thousands of bulbs create a spectacular spring display. Requiring no summer water and perfectly suited to the local climatic conditions they have thrived and now each spring their foliage and flowers fill the garden and create splashes of colour on the grassy slope of the hill below. Like a living tapestry the merging drifts of deep red, pink, orange and white sparaxis contrast with the softer more muted tones of hundreds of perfumed cream, gold, and purple freesias.
Several pink azaleas and an old Rugosa rose are underplanted with masses of bluebells that have colonised and now appear as a sea of beautiful blue.
There are potted Cymbidium orchids under a huge silver birch and weather permitting, hopefully in the sundial garden a dozen clumps of the delicate frilly-edged ‘Lemon Lace’ tulips will be in flower and contrasting beautifully with the bluebells. Several ponds edged with mossy rocks and linked with little waterfalls are home to a large family of goldfish.
Rustic seats crafted from logs and slate are placed to enjoy views of the garden, the drifts of flowering bulbs on the slope below and further afield, the rolling hills and rural landscape.
A cheerful relaxed garden in which to enjoy Nature’s amazing spectacle of bulb colour and beauty.
Please refer to the Open Gardens SA website before visiting. See Current Garden Listing (opengardensa.org.au)
Please also see: Garden Protocol (opengardensa.org.au)
