The Blue Mountains comes alive with colour and transforms into a new world in spring. Up here where the seasons are much more defined by the weather, we get to marvel at the beauty around us as the sun shines more brightly and spring unfolds.
Many private gardens are generously open to the public during this time, charging a small entry fee, often to fundraise for a worthy cause. If you missed viewing the beautiful gardens around Hazelbrook last weekend, you still have time as they are also open this coming weekend. Gardens in Yellow Rock and Winmalee open their gates as well this coming weekend while Leura has a week long garden Festival during the first week of October, culminating in the Leura Village Fair on October 8th-9th.
The early settlers of the Blue Mountains must have seen the similarities of the weather patterns here to their homes in England and covered their gardens and estates with all sorts of flowering trees, shrubs and bulbs making it feel like another world as you walk through the garden gates. This is especially evident in the long established gardens in the delightful village of Mt Wilson which are open for a number of weekends over the next few months.
Of course the The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden at Mt Tomah and Everglades at Leura have their doors open all year round and are wonderful places to visit.
To find out more about some of the open gardens here are a number of links with more information:
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