Blue Mountains Life – August-September 2019

ardeners looking for inspiration or just wanting to experience
the beauty of spring in the world heritage listed Upper Blue
Mountains, will again be flocking to the annual Leura Gardens
Festival in October.
This year’s Festival, the 55th, is open from 9.30am to
4.30pm and will take place for six days over two long weekends:
Saturday, 5 October to Monday, 7 October and Friday, 11 October
toSunday,13 October.
The2019 Festival will feature 10 glorious spring gardens displaying a
feast of new growth, masses of flowers, gorgeous bulbs and an amazing
variety of cold-climate plants including wonderful deciduous trees which
will just be coming into their full glory.
With gardens at their very best in spring, the Festival has always been
a magnet for visitors seeking not only to enjoy the beauty that is on show,
but also seeking inspiration for their own gardens.
An all-gardens ticket costs $30 or $8 per individual garden. The all-
gardens ticket is valid over the six days of the Festival.
There is a wide range of garden types taking place this year, from the
majestic acres of Everglades and The Braes to the intimacy of several
smaller gardens, including the delightful St Annes and Hill of Grace.
The Braes is returning after a break and offers an extensive display of
trees and shrubs, some approaching 100 years old, and a rich diversity of
perennials and annuals. Also, a rose garden has been established as well
as an orchard with over 20 varieties of fruit and nut trees and thousands
of bulbs.
Other Festival attractions include the Music in the Gardens program
held on each of the six days, the popular Art Show featuring works
painted in the Festival Gardens, and a wide range of wonderful plants and
garden accessories at the Festival Plant Sales Centre. The Art Show and
the Plant Sales are open for nine days from Saturday, 5 October.
All Festival proceeds go to the Blue Mountains District ANZAC
MemorialHospitalandotherlocalhealth-relatedorganisations.

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Money raised helps to purchase equipment for the Blue Mountains District

ANZAC Memorial Hospital and other local health related organisations

All gardens ticket - $30

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Single garden ticket - $8

Festival bus - $10 per person - under 16 years free

Tickets are available at Leura Mall; Festival HQ, Fitzroy Street, Leura;

and at all gardens

For information: 0431 095 279 - http://www.leuragardensfestival.com.au

Email: [email protected]

• Beautiful Gardens • Spectacular Scenery
  
  
  • Music in the Gardens • Art Show
    
    
    • Our always popular Plant Sales
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

5-7and11-13October, 2019

9.30am - 4.30pm

Think Spring - Think Leura

Leura Gardens Festival

More details of this not-to-be-missed event for garden lovers are available

at http://www.leuragardensfestival.com.au or on 0431 095 279.

You can also follow the Festival on Facebook and Instagram.

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