Autumn Garden Festival

Rokewood will be open for the Autumn Festival of Country Gardens on the weekend of 6-7 May. Come for a visit and you will be able to-

  • wander the garden and find the secret path

Secret path

  • find the “2 little blue wrens”

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  • examine and wonder at the construction of dry stone retaining walls constructed with excavated stones from the property
  • check out the heritage apple trees and taste a sliver of the “Rokewood” heritage apple
  • enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and home baked treats under the grape pergola, listen to the best in classical/gardening music from the CD player indoors, chat and share gardening stories with other visitors or leaf through the collection of gardening books on display
  • take your cup of tea/coffee and home baked treat to a quiet spot in the garden and listen and watch the birdsCup of tea

 

Anticipation of spring

It’s August now and planning for the Spring Festival of Country Gardens 2016 is well under way. 31 gardens will be shared withPrunus for website garden visitors during October and November

.Visit the Festival website to discover the many gardens and events planned.

The pruned roses are showing signs of new buds…hope they survive the parrots or any frost damage.