Upcoming Gardens

This garden’s owner has created a very personal outlook over the past eight years. She discovered recycling and made many garden items from bits she was given, found or discovered at the tip shop. Thanks to the internet she learnt how to build, fix, repair and create. Today her garden is home to an inspired collection of plants, stands and containers – and there’ll always be room for more!

Rural garden with a focus on edible plants and herbs and bromeliads, complete with a waterlily filled dam. The owners also grow scented tuberose flowers for local markets and will prepare some special drinks and traditional Asian food from their produce.

From a shaded rainforest retreat, this garden has undergone a transformation into a more light-filled space after Cyclone Marcus in March 2018 saw the demise of several large trees. Gingers are powering ahead, self-sown plants are thriving and the owners are loving their new-look garden!

Secluded rural block featuring native and exotic plantings. Birdlife and other rural critters abound. There will be guided tours of the block, and information and talks on native plant propagation from Top End Native Plants Society members, along with sales of local plants supplied by TENPS and Territory Native Plants nursery.

NOTE: Opening times are different for this Open Garden and will only be open on the Saturday, click find out more for times and program. Visit three community gardens in one day and see how these gardens grow food and community, each a little differently. Thanks to City of Darwin for supporting this event with a Community Grant and Tall Tale Audio for the technical production.

Ed’s Dried Fruit stall was a fixture at the Nightcliff Markets for nearly 20 years and now Ed is opening his garden to visitors. You’ll find bananas, paw paws, pineapples and jakfruit growing. Desert roses, begonias and bromeliads also feature along with chooks, fish ponds, vegetables and herbs. Birds, lizards, goannas and tree frogs abound.

A very special and private garden, full of interesting plants and unusual decorative items. Paved paths wind past fascinating corners and plant groupings. Look up, look down – there’s lots to see in this delightful space and always new sights to be found. Welcom-ing patios and decks on both sides of the house provide great garden viewpoints. Brilliant mosaics and decorative items are a feature in this perenially-popular garden.

A large 5 acre garden on Darwin’s northern urban outskirts. The current owners have cleared over 3 acres of coffee bush and replanted with natives, creating a low maintenance and waterwise garden. The top 2 acres of the block are planted with tropical plants. The block was used by the military in WW2 and paths, ponds and many features of interest abound. Friendly chickens and a peahen roam the 5 acres.

Mother's Day weekend - bring mum along to this one. Super stylish suburban garden expertly crafted on permaculture principles. This garden caters to all taste, from composting and worm farming to ornamental plants to the native garden and stingless bees. The owners can provide a wealth of personal knowledge on ways to get the most from your garden. Grab yourself a ticket in the raffle with $1200 worth of prizes up for grabs.  The first prize is a day fishing charter for two worth. Gate takings will raise funds for Harvest Corner Community Garden and the food and refreshments are being run by Palmerston Good Shephard Lutheran School. Plants will be for sale from one of our previous Open Garden Host Ester.  So grab a lovely bromeliad plant for mum too.

After this garden suffered considerable damage from Cyclone Marcus in 2018 the owners created a fresh tropical outdoor space in just two years. Lots of hard work, new garden beds, fertiliser, hand watering and a wonderful array of plants from local sellers and friends ensured their success, combined with local gardening knowledge.

This rural garden houses an impressive collection of plants, including desert roses, orchids, cactus, bromeliads and a variety of brilliant bougainvilleas that provide bursts of colour. Every turn brings another plant variety or ten.  Asian fruit trees are scattered amongst established trees, garden artworks hide in the foliage and some plants and trees are even used in homeopathy. This garden is fundraising for St Francis of Assisi Church. Admission is paid on entry at the garden - Cash or EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free Admission is paid on entry at the garden - Cash or EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free

Surrounded by units the owner has cleverly planted and landscaped this pocket-sized garden to create a funky, urban hideaway putting nearby neighbours out of sight. A series of intimate outdoor rooms are designed to be experienced from both inside, the renovated 70's duplex, as well as outside.Due to the small size of this garden a limit to visitors at any one time may mean there could be waiting periods (some shaded seating will be provided on the verge).  PAWS Darwin will be serving drinks. Admission is paid on entry at the garden - Cash or EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free

Watergardens, exotics and so much more.  This one is not to be missed.  The owners have built up not only an amazing nursery with waterlilies, lotus, water plants, bromeliads, air plants and exotics but an extensive garden of ornamental beds and ponds discovered by winding paths with surprises around every corner. Creative sculptures and garden art feature alongside an interesting reuse of water tanks with a couple of water-loving residents. Fundraising for Paws Darwin. Admission is paid on entry at the garden - Cash or EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free

An old school Tropical garden, hugging the slope on a large Stuart Park block.  Massive clumps of gingers and heliconias punctuate the space, bromeliads, caladiums, cordylines, palms, ferns, hibiscus......... if it grows in the tropics it is probably here.  A pool now transformed into a pond and so much more. Come and lose yourself in this cool shady garden. Fundraising for Wildcare. Admission is paid on entry at the garden - Cash or EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free

Over 30 years, this garden has transformed from a rural bush block into range of contoured established gardens. While some of the original cycad palms and tall natives have been retained, it now boasts an assortment of bromeliads, orchids, cactus, frangipani, desert roses and fruit trees. Wander through pathways that lead to somewhere different each turn - with eye catching rockeries, fish ponds and creeping arches dotted with statues. After years of battling spear grass, weeds, white ants, cyclones and bush kids it is still a work in progress.This host gardener’s charity to start the 2022 season is Environment Centre NT. In addition, there will be a huge range of NT native plants for sale from Territory Native Plants and the Top End Native Plant Society. COVID-19 rules apply as per NTG Health directions.Admission is paid on entry at the garden - EFTPOS (preferred) Adults $7, under 18's free