Events
Open Garden Event – Raising funds for Dogs SA/NT
- Date | Time
- Sat 12 November, 2022 10:00am to 4:30pm
- Location
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100 Aldgate Valley Road, Mylor SA, Australia
- Attendance
- $10
About the event
Working with Guide Dogs SA/NT, Open Gardens SA and The CWA, Guide Dogs supporters and Puppy Raisers, Roy and Fiona will be holding an open garden event on the 12th and 13th of November.
Entry fees are $10 for general public and $8 for certain concessions. Please bring cash as EFTPOS facilities are not always available.
Activities:
- Guide dogs will have a stall featuring our new Dogalogue products
- Stirling Country Women’s Association will offer teas
- Tupelo Grove will have plants for sale
Please note: this garden is not suitable for wheelchairs; it has a fenced pool and a creek.
Size: 0.5 ha; 1.3 acres
About the Garden:
The entrance to Roy and Fiona’s Mylor Country Garden is lovely – the setting is idyllic and from the long gravel driveway overhung with mature leafy trees there are scenic views of the rocky Aldgate Creek as it flows through the property. The 1860s stone cottage perched on the side of the hill is surrounded by a pretty country garden filled with old fashioned favourites.
In recent years the garden has been renovated with thought given to retaining the cottage garden ambiance while adding choice plants that enhance the established planting. Paths wind through beds of camellias, roses, iris, foxgloves, acanthus and aquilegias adding touches of colour to the green of the many trees in the garden. A Pierre de Ronsard rose climbs up the mellow stone wall of an old outbuilding, its gable-end the ideal spot for an espaliered quince.
The swimming pool is a recent addition and to ensure it blended with its surroundings, recycled or natural materials were used in the custom-built pool fence and the hardscaping. In this area, generous drifts of soft grasses add a more modern touch while complementing the old garden.
An undercover area makes an inviting space for entertaining and outdoor eating. Stone collected on the site was ‘dressed’ by a stone mason and used to create a façade for an old cold room, making a feature from what was previously mundane.
There are fruit trees and a vegetable garden with raised beds, and sculptures by Astra Electra Parker and Nicholas Uhlmann.
An enchanting country garden in a picturesque location.
For full details, visit: Current Garden Listing (opengardensa.org.au)
