Wild meadows is a Romantic naturalistic garden filled with Roses, lilies and summer perennials. There's a shady woodland garden filled with exotic Maples and colourful ground covers. Long stretching Perennial borders and meadows. Vegetable garden and a Fruit orchard. Design by horticultureist Stephen Vella who had previously worked at both Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mt Tomah. This garden Is truly a must see garden and has featured on Better Homes and Garden
December | Saturday 14 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
January | Saturday 18 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
February | Saturday 15 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
March | Saturday 15 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
April | Saturday 19 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
May | Saturday 17 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
June | Saturday 14 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
Garden club bookings, Bus groups welcom. Please email stephenvella70@gmail.com
Thanks Stephen Vella
Warning: Water in the garden |
Note: Parking available in front of the barn, overflow parking on the street.
Summer avg. Max: | 24°C | Winter avg. Min: | 2°C | |
Avg Frost Days: | 57 | |||
Annual Rainfall avg: | 1120mm. | Summer avg. | 361mm. | |
No. of rainy days: | 51 | Winter avg. | 199mm. |
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We are now selling plants that are unique to Wild Meadows. Specialising in Perennials and Ornamenntal grasses most are rare and hard to obtain.
Plants start at $9 to $15.
Seed packets of perennials at $5.
Great quality and value for money..
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Spring is a mixture of fresh greens and color from bulbs and herbaceous plantings that awaken from winters rest.In a matter of weeks these displays come and go and are followed by others to make the garden that more interesting. Here Siberian Iris and purple Hesperis intermingle with other and dominate the meadows.
The herbaceous displays reach their peak in December and the color and aromatic smells carry through the garden. The garden is buzzing literally with bees and butterflies looking for nectar where Lilliums,Salvias,Monarda, Agastache and Dahlias to mention a few take center stage.
The meadow displays various flower forms, color and heights in January. With Veronicastrum, Echinacea, Monarda, and Dahlias its a calming color scheme and a delight to see.
There's plenty of Autumn interest in this garden. The Crab apples, Maples, and Pears display changing colors in their leaves to reds, oranges and yellows. Berries hang on Viburnums and Callicarpa in red and purple. The dwarf conifers of Picea and Abies are very structural and give green backing to herbaceous plantings that stands tall with displays of Asters fluffy seed heads, russet tones in Sedums and Miscanthus, Veronicastrums tall spikes, Monarda with their tight seed heads and this carries the display through to winter. The small bird life particularly Blue wrens are very noticeable as they feed on seeds and berries and any bugs
It truly is a sight to see snow falling in the valley of Hartley. This garden looks beautiful in the snow. The garden structure truley shows and the herbaceous meadows are designed and held back from cutting down for this one off natural wonder of snow fall. The picture shows a Cornus (dogwood) tracery with remnants of Miscanthus and Eupatorium seedheads holding the powder snow.
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