John and Liz Baker’s delightful country garden at Old Graham, Hovells Creek will once again be open to the public on October 29 and 30.
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The garden was last opened in 2014 as part of the now closed national Open Garden scheme.
It proved so popular that the Bakers decided to open it themselves this year.
Established over the past 20 years from what was formerly a sheep paddock the one acre house garden includes David Austin roses, day lilies, an iris walk, a pond and bog garden, citrus and other specimen trees.
Echoing Edna Walling’s style the garden includes stone walls and edgings, a pergola, a sunken garden, a rustic arbour paved with convict bricks and a slab hut, with numerous sculptures.
It is designed to be minimum care, drought hardy and fire resistant as the Bakers do not live there all of the time.
The surrounding fifteen acre house paddock includes about 40 sculptures, including nine standing stones, a labyrinth, a sandstone folly and bridge.
The sculpture walk also takes in a large Bambi made of fibreglass and a larger than life beast made of driftwood.
The garden will be open between 10am and 4.30pm on each day and admission is $7, with a contribution being made to the Graham Bushfire Brigade.
Frogmore Community Hall will be catering morning and afternoon teas and lunches and home-made jams are for sale.
There are toilets on site.
The garden surrounds the Old Graham stone homestead which was originally a Cobb and Co inn, known as the Glenco Inn.
Purchased by the Bakers in 1992, the house has been fully restored and was recently listed by the National Trust as a heritage building.
Hovells Creek is 43km from Cowra via Darby Falls Road.
When:
Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30. 10am-4.30pm both days.
Where:
Old Graham, 3021 Frogmore Road, Hovells Creek.
Cost:
$7.
