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Southern Highlands branch: Margie Stewart’s ‘Park Hill’ Garden
13 September @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST
Join us for a very special garden visit and afternoon tea at Park Hill in Moss Vale.
This is a garden full of treasures and it is important to note that the home, gardens and the hayshed are WSC Heritage listed. The garden you will visit is a wonderful rambling, old, original farmhouse garden of about 2-acres. You will walk up the central gravel path edged by bricks, leading to the front steps of the home. The semi-circular driveway is bordered by: Torulosa, Poplars, Rhododendrons and Cotinus, amongst other early plantings.
Free Event – Afternoon Tea Provided
Venue: 48 Narellan Rd, Moss Vale
Book: at Humanitix so we can prepare for a sumptuous afternoon tea!
If you think it might rain please bring a raincoat, umbrella and waterproof shoes.
Wear sturdy shoes for a visit to the gardens and the old hay shed. This shed is thought to pre-date the house, it is a tree trunk construction and still has the original hand operated chaff cutter along with original cow bails and ‘man’s room’ where the farm [hand] lived; his job to milk the cows, feed the chooks and generally care for the property.
The garden you will visit is a wonderful rambling, old, original farmhouse garden of about 2-acres. You will walk up the central gravel path edged by bricks, leading to the front steps of the home. The semi-circular driveway is bordered by; Torulosa, poplars, Rhododendrons and Cotinus amongst other early plantings.
This is a garden full of treasures and it is important to note that the home, gardens and hay shed are WSC Heritage listed.
On the Eastern side of the home, you will see a huge old English Oak, this was planted (from a promotional acorn) by Elizabeth Symonds mother, one of the many wonderful old trees at Park Hill.
Margie’s mother was a keen gardener, she extended the gardens in the 1970s; adding the house paddock (uphill and west of the house) to the garden, making a pond. The trees in this area were selected by Claude Crowe. Here you will see Parottia persica, golden Elms, Claret Ash, Chinese elm, weeping elm, golden weeping Cyprus and fruiting quince.
If you wander further, you will see Margie’s collection of; hens, ducks, geese and pheasants, and if this is not enough you can lean over the fence and have a chat with the Suffolk sheep.