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*** OPEN DURING SUMMER ***
We are will open to the public on November 13 and November 27 and then every Sunday from 10am - 3pm until 18 December.
We will update our January opening times soon.
Private tours for groups (min 10 people) can be arranged, including a garden tour with morning or afternoon tea served.. Please contact us via enquiries@merribee.com.au for more details on our charges and to confirm available dates.
Seniors & Local residents: $10 (postcodes of 2540 and 2541)
Children between ages 5-15: $5.
Children under the age of 5 are free.
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Warning: Water in the garden |
Note: from Sydney 2.5 hours: south on the A1/M1 Princes Hwy, past Wollongong, Albion Park, Kiama, Berry and Bomaderry, cross the Shoalhaven River, past the helicopter, turn next left into Moss St, to Terara & Numbaa Continue 6.6 km. Parking available for 60 cars. Also available for buses.
| Summer avg. Max: | 26°C | Winter avg. Min: | 8°C | |
| Avg Frost Days: | 0 | |||
| Annual Rainfall avg: | 1152mm. | Summer avg. | 332mm. | |
| No. of rainy days: | 51 | Winter avg. | 238mm. | |
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Established in 1850 - A Short History.
Merribee's kaleidoscope of a garden features 2km of pathways that weave through some of the most diverse plantings of trees, shrubs and plants in Australia.
The botanical rooms of this 19th-century estate ...
There are in excess of 1200 rose bushes at Merribee with approximately 125 different Species and Cultivars represented.
The Heritage Rose Garden traces the evolution of the rose from Ancient and Medieval times through hybridisation with Chinese and other species roses. It has beautiful examples of Gallicas, Damascs, Rugosas, Noisettes, Portlands, Bourbons, Tea roses, to name a few.
There are also picking-rose paddocks and a formal rose garden. You can purchase bunches of roses and other flowers on the property.
There are in excess of 10,000 boxwood bushes planted throughout Merribee's gardens. This picture shows one of the smaller gardens, the Formal Parterre Garden. You are able to wander through numerous formal garden rooms, several different Rose Gardens, the hedged Potager Garden, the Secret Garden, the Cottage Garden, Crepe Myrtle Walk, the Edible Garden, the Lavender Paddock, the White Garden, Bunya Bunya Copse, into the Whimsical Garden, filled with topiary of animals and different shapes, the hydrangea gardens, the flower picking paddocks, down the formal alleys, along 2km of gravel paths, and finish up at the adjoining hedging, topiary and rose nursery.
The grounds display an embarrassment of earthly riches - the fragrances waft from every nook and cranny, the birdlife is as vibrant as the garden's rainbow palette and the edible fruits range from mango, guava and apple to pomegranate, banana and an abundance of citrus. The estate is also home to beehives that yield the sweetest Merribee honey.
Being on the flats of the Shoalhaven River, all our gardens are on even, accessible ground. You are able to stroll easily from garden room to garden room - and take in the different seasonal blooms and foliage. One can feel one is in Oxfordshire here in the Formal Rose Garden, and then in Verona, in The Italian garden with the tall pencil pines, before, joining the pleached Oaks and Elms and feeling faintly Parisian whilst sipping coffee!
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