Highfield Gardens is the new garden created by David Kennedy of 'Clover Hill' garden in Katoomba. 'Highfields' has captured the attention of the horticultural world already being included in the new book by Claire Takacs 'Australian Dreamscapes' and featuring on the front cover. This large garden is still under construction. Stage one includes 'The Dry Garden' Prairie garden, Birch Grove, Rock garden/Water garden, The long border (AKA Barry Manilow border) and the single coloured borders.
| Saturday, 24 April 2021 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM | |
| Sunday, 25 April 2021 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
children under 16 free. Toilets available.
All children must be supervised by an adult at all times. Children love our garden and like running around on our grass paths. But please keep them in your sight, we have wild life that may not be that friendly! We have ponds in the gardens,we wish all to be safe.
We will be including activities for children soon..
Bus groups of over 25 people receive a guided tour included.
We have various packages available for groups.
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Warning: Water in the garden, Uneven surfaces |
Note: turn into Baaners Lane, travel for 2km approximately then turn right into John Grant Road,travel for 1 Km 'Highfields' is on the left. Parking is within the property. please refrain from parking on the road side.
| 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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The gardens are now just 6 years old. stone walls, ponds and rock garden have been made. thousands and thosands of plants have been planted to make this large garden.
Soil is silt with a clay underlay.Hot summers and very cold winters.
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The dry garden is at it's peak from early mid October till early December.
This part of the garden features plants from the drier parts of the world. Nepeta, Phlomis, Varbascums, Verbena, bulbs and many other unusual plants.
This has been our experiment in gardening in dry conditions.
This part of the garden is not watered so needs to stand on it's own!
We have many bulbs through this area which flower early in the season.
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The prairie garden is full of thousands of plants to make up this style of planting. Autumn colors are a feature in this part of the garden in April/May.
Many bulbs are under planted for early spring colour before the perennials start into growth..
The Birch Grove is full of rare bulbs like Galanthus and other bulbs. The red and yellow stems of Cornus siberica add interest in winter. Hellebores are a feature with Galanthus in mid/late winter. Some very fine plants are found in this area.
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The rock and water garden is split over two levels. There are two ponds a top and lower pond. many Peonies, maples, conifers and rare bulbs and alpine plants are found here.
many early flowering gems are found here.
Peonies are at there best in late mid to late October.
The long Border, AKA the Barry Manilow Border, is a garden border full of colour made up of annuals, bulbs, perennials, shrubs, roses and grasses to make a very colorful part of the garden.
This is an all season border. The Dahlias and Cannas take centre stage in late summer.
The roses and annuals are best in spring.
Dahlias and Canna's look best in Autumn
The single coloured borders are a experiment with colour.
We are using a main colour, eg. pink then adding a back up colour like plum.
We are experimenting with blue, red, orange, apricot, peach and yellow and of course plum!
we have now added bulbs to these areas for early colour.
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