Open Garden in Drysdale this weekend – Lark Edge

On behalf of Open Gardens Australia, Lark Edge will be open to the public this Saturday November 22 and Sunday November 23, from 10.00 am – 4.30 pm.

Lark Edge is located at 2065 Portarlington Road, Drysdale.

Developed over some 25 years, Lark Edge is a mature country garden on the north face of the Bellarine Peninsula, part of a smallholding which includes a domestic scale vineyard, orchard and grazing paddocks for alpacas.  

It started as a project to plant trees and hardy shrubs to clothe what had been a potato farm.  One half of the 4.5 ha property is fairly level, the other falls away toward Corio Bay with views to the You Yangs.   

Within a framework of woodland areas - pines, casuarinas, eucalypts, acacias and other species - are flower and vegetable gardens, a vineyard, Mediterranean terraces, alpaca fields, shrubberies, collections of pot plants and open spaces of lawns and grasses.  

The varied plantings are linked in a series of winding pathways through both shady and sunny areas. 

Open Saturday and Sunday - 10am - 4.30pm

Address - 2065 Portarlington Road, Drysdale.

Devonshire teas (St James Drysdale catering team)

Plant stall  (Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens)

Entry fee $8  - All proceeds to charity

Off-road car-parking is available, no coaches.  

Enquiries: (03) 5253 3340

More details are on the Open Gardens Australia website: http://www.opengarden.org.au/regions/vic_calendar.html

Red Gums Open Garden Jan 22 and 23 in Drysdale

Red Gums at 30 Drakes Road in Drysdale is open this weekend - 22 and 23 January - from 10am to 4.30pm as part of the open garden scheme.

Red gums is a 2.5 hectare Australian native garden designed around a large stand of remnant red gums and a mature Moreton Bay fig.

About 6000 trees, shrubs and ground covers and 1000 grasses have been planted over the last 10 years.

Entry is $6 and under 18 is free - more information is available from Australia's Open Garden Scheme.