Upcoming Gardens

A magical country garden with a large 45-year old oasis rainforest, complete with a majestic banyan (Ficus virens) and many exotic palms and cycads, sits in the centre of a flower and mangoesteen hobby farm. A wide variety of heliconias and gingers, along with many fruit trees, offers plenty of space for visiting children to explore. Two water features add to the ambiance and create a welcome place to sit and relax.

Delightful suburban garden featuring a variety of established tropical trees, shrubs and flowers set in manicured lawns. Great garden outlook from the cool sitting area under the elevated house.

Three separate gardens open on Mothers Day weekend. One in the delightful Batchelor township, and two enjoying rural views and spacious gardens on the township fringes. The Batchelor Markets will be held on Sunday from 8am to 1pm on the Batchelor Oval in conjunction with a Sports Expo sponsored by Coomalie Community Government Council.

Practically an orchard growing citrus and tropical fruit trees, this garden has been beautifully and thoughtfully landscaped over 16 years. NT natives fill in the gaps and reduce water usage. Chooks roam freely, there are ponds for frogs, an outdoor shower and a shady basketball court. A must see for all age groups.

Stunning range of thriving potted plants, shade-loving – aglaonemas, bat plants, desert roses and heaps more. The owner will give desert rose grafting demonstrations during the weekend and is happy to share many useful hints on growing these desirable and popular plants.

This garden spills out on to the nature strip and the adjacent park with massed plantings of flowering and foliage shrubs, perennials and ground covers. Under the elevated house, shade-loving plants – ferns, begonias, spathiphyllums and many more – thrive in beds and baskets, and provide a tropical view for the owners’ very special cats in their comfortable cages.

Brilliant Darwin garden offering a private and cool ambience wonderfully shielded from its busy street corner location. A great range of thriving tropical plants occupies every space, high and low, in the ground, in pots, baskets and on trees.

Welcoming suburban garden named for the owner’s mother. Features a selection of colourful tropical exotics as well as an intriguing range of cacti, food plants and herbs and spices including cardamom, bananas, pawpaws and the latest plant – a cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao).

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!