Beamaris Garden Day Sunday 13th October
BEAUMARIS GARDENS – BOLD & BEAUTIFUL
This spring Family Life will be holding its annual and ever growing Open Garden Day on Sunday 13th October, with six bold & beautiful gardens in Beaumaris to be open to the public.
A captivating selection of gardens ranging from established native gardens, which have used many indigenous plants from the Bayside City Council Community Nursery, to new architecturally landscaped gardens will be on show, at the following Beaumaris locations:
5 Bellaire Court
6 Bellaire Court
451 Beach Road
2 Stayner Street (Devonshire Tea)
22 Lang Street
2 Point Avenue
13 Point Avenue (BBQ only)
5 Bellaire Court
Owned by a designer and restorer of 1960s Beaumaris houses, this predominately indigenous garden is a lovely complement to the beautifully renovated 1960s house. The creative, architectural use of local plants gives an impressive structure to the front garden and the central courtyard is a sunny home to pots of herbs and vegetables
6 Bellaire Court
This seemingly small front garden opens out to a delightfully large kite shaped rear and side garden. It has a serene, spacious atmosphere featuring an extensive lawn area, a variety of deciduous trees and a wisteria covered pergola and pool area. The wide herbaceous style border gardens have an eclectic mixture of plants offering seasonal variety.
451 Beach Road
Locally known as the Butterfly House this modern rendition of an original 1960s Beaumaris house is surrounded by a garden of indigenous plants. A clipped tea-tree fence provides protection from Beach Road and secluded setting for the spacious lawn and pool area. It features mature coast banksias which have been planted in the 60s if not before. This garden has interesting nooks including, at the back of the house, a tiny forest of Acacia stricta which is indigenous but locally rare.
2 Stayner Street (Devonshire Tea)
This garden has three beautiful mature coast banksias (Banksia integrifolia) along the front boundary and an interesting mix of natives, indigenous and exotics. A north boundary of tall bamboo screens the native private garden and pool from next door. This is a fairly new house which has been sensitively designed to fit with the Beaumaris landscape and evocatively echoes the Beaumaris houses of the 1960s. All living areas face north and an under croft makes the garden ideal for outdoor living whatever the weather.
22 Lang Street
This large garden owned by innovative garden designers harmoniously combines indigenous, native and exotic plants. There are many surprises and vistas to delight the eye from every point in the garden. The beautiful dry stone walls, quirky artificial grass mounds, clipped bushes and eye catching pots are of a 'cutting edge' design but blend effortlessly with the chook house, rabbit hutch, raised vegetable gardens and create a family friendly atmosphere.
2 Point Avenue
This old Beaumaris natural bush garden is a step back in time. The host and her husband built their house in 1949 and it is still lovingly attended to by her. Meandering pathways enfold the original cottage and the host’s pottery is sprinkled throughout the tea-tree, native and exotic plantings.
13 Point Avenue (BBQ only)
An ideal position for our BBQ on the day is this natural front garden setting.
In addition to these intriguing gardens, guests can enjoy live music provided by local school groups, informative exhibits from local nurseries and sponsors, activities for the children, courtesy transport from garden to garden in vintage cars and culinary delights from the BBQ and Devonshire tea stands.
“This year will be our 12th year and we are looking forward to another fantastic community day. We are once again extremely grateful to our garden hosts who have agreed to share their gardens with us for the day,” says Pauline Reynolds, Family Life Volunteer Open Garden Day Convenor.
Supported by major sponsors Citywide Service Solutions, Domo Furniture, Copper Rock, Bayside City Council and Bay Road Nursery, the event will also provide helpful conservation and water saving information.
The event is organised and run by a team of dedicated and hard-working volunteers who are once again planning a fantastic community day which can be enjoyed by the entire family.
Gardens are open between 11am and 5pm and the entry cost is $25 for an adult or $22 for concession to see all the gardens (and children are free). For further information please call Family Life on 8599 5433 or visit www.familylife.com.au.
The Family Life Open Garden Day is a community event. Money raised assists Family Life to deliver a broad range of services to vulnerable families and people at-risk, with the aim of transforming lives for stronger communities.
For further information please contact:
Asha Jansen
Community Relations Officer - Family Life
[email protected]
(03) 8599 5433