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Activities at the gardens• Pop-up café and nursery at Mona

• Landscape architect Michael Bligh talks “Good garden design” at 2pm at Mona each day

• Guided tours of Bedervale Homestead and its rare collection of National Trust listed furniture and contents. Tours on the hour, $10/tour (proceeds to owners)

• Guided tours of Wynlen House produce gardens. Tours on the hour each day, $3/tour (proceeds to owners)

• Wander several rooms of the homestead and the old gaol at Nithsdale

Please note• Entry to each garden is at a person’s own risk• No dogs permitted• There are uneven surfaces and steep slopes• Do not touch any animals (they may bite) • Do not touch fences (they may be electrified)• Look out for snakes and avoid walking through

long grass• Exercise caution around water features and

moving vehicles• Supervise children and others at risk of above

hazards at all times

ToiletsRyrie Park, main street next to the National Theatre, Bedervale, Tillararra, Nithsdale

maps BraidwoodOpen

25 and 26 November10am-4pm25 and 26 November 10am-4pm

6 amazing gardens$5/garden or $25 garden passUnder 18s free

* Maps not to scale

MONAKings Highway, Braidwood

Wandering among Mona’s grand gardens, stands of mature elms, oaks, cedars and poplars create dappled sunlight and the clipped box hedges and walled par terre garden leave no doubt that this is a formal garden of the black-tie variety.

A work in progress since 1837, Mona’s award winning gardens present postcard views in all directions. Operating again as a luxury accommodation business, standout features of the property include a picturesque lake, stone Palladian-style bridge, poplar walk and an elm wood underplanted with bluebells, daffodils and jonquils.

BEDERVALE1a Monkittee St, Braidwood

Dotted among the 2.8 hectares of gardens at historic Bedervale are impressive sculptures created by the sister of owner Sonia Horan. This modernist touch provides a counterpoint to the historic colonial homestead and outbuildings that were built by convict ship captain John Coghill after he purchased the land for 1400 pounds in 1822.

The homestead is listed as a building of historical significance by the Heritage Council and its rare historic furniture and contents, including a collection of Coghill family portraits, are owned by The National Trust of Australia.

NITHSDALE1081 Wallaces Gap Rd, Ballalaba

The Scottish free settlers, the Wallace family, bought and established the 485-hectare property in 1833 and named it Nithsdale after the Nith Valley in their homeland.

The impressive late Georgian colonial-style homestead was built using convict bricks fired at the nearby Brick Kiln Creek and completed in 1839. When the Clarke gang ruled the Braidwood area at the height of the gold rush, this property played an integral part in the bushrangers’ eventual capture.

The current owners see themselves as custodians of the historic farm and have spent the past 25 years preserving and restoring its parklike gardens and rambling homestead, which they’ve filled with antiques and rare objects after a lifetime of collecting.

TILLARARRA637 Harolds Cross Road, Harolds Cross

Teresa Lindwall and husband Jim bought their Harolds Cross property in 1980 and by 1983 their home was completed and the garden well on the way to being established. This is a garden created with love for a family that is now grown but which grandchildren now get to enjoy.

Teresa opted for a layout that incorporates a network of pathways that promote meandering and which take advantage of the property’s incredible country views over grazing land and distant mountains.

There’s rhododendrons, camellias, roses, maples, crabapples, golden ash, smoke bush, weeping cherries, sycamore, a Canadian redwood and an impressive oak tree grown from an acorn collected from the Goulburn park 30 years ago.

SOLUS STREET14 Solus St, Braidwood

Thirteen years ago, Cheryl Raper’s two-acre property was little more than a sheep paddock and a collection of weeds. Today it is a lush and manicured oasis of lawn and colourful garden beds, tucked away behind her and husband Don’s impressive pre-1900s home on the sweeping bend into Braidwood from Canberra.

Out front, a towering English oak stands guard, a stately specimen that at 120 years old is listed on the Register of Australia’s Biggest Trees. Step out the back of the house and the first thing you hear is the burbling of Monkittee Creek which runs through the rear of the property.

WYNLEN HOUSE92 Monkittee St, Braidwood

Visiting Wynlen House SlowFood Farm is like stepping back several generations, to a time when most families used every inch of their plots to produce fresh food.

Throw around any catchword of modern vegetable gardening – organics, biodynamics, permaculture, companion planting, sustainability – and you’ll see it all at play in the 1.5 acre small farm.

Owners Bronwyn and Helen, who have both given up their day jobs to garden full-time, also raise geese, chickens, pigs, turkeys and lambs for the table.

* First aid is available at each garden gate