Kandos Gardens Fair Program
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Country Women’s Association Saturday 7 April Sunday 8 April Kandos Branch 10am–4pm: Eleven open gardens in and around Kandos, 10am–4pm: Eleven open gardens in and around Kandos, Rylstone, Running Stream and Ilford Rylstone, Running Stream and Ilford 10am: Welcome to Country at The Convent, Kandos 10am–11.30am: Satellite event at Lue – traditional (enter via the carpark off Dabee Road or Dangar Street, Chinese bonsai values and principles; demonstration and next to the Catholic church) talk by Phillipe Tot, Lingnan Penjing Academy, Lue. 11am: Fresh flower arranging – demonstration by Open Saturday & Sunday, 0404 157 822 Geraldene Nutting at Keewaydin, Running Stream 10.30am: Fermented foods for the gut and garden – talk by Gardens Fair 11am: Seed sourcing with Dennis Grimshaw at Pat’s Place, Christine Corner of Crave Natural at The Convent, Kandos Sat 7 & Sun 8 April 2018 Rylstone (also at 3pm Saturday and 11am & 3pm Sunday) (also at 3.30pm Sunday) 12midday: the Japanese artform Kokedama – 11am: Seed sourcing with Dennis Grimshaw at Pat’s Place, demonstration by Bonnie Farrell at Hazelgrove, Kandos Rylstone (also at 3pm Sunday) ... Every garden tells a story ... (also at 12midday Sunday) 11am: Maintaining and landscaping a country garden – 1.30pm: Dry flower arranging – demonstration by talk by special guest speaker Gay Stanton at Lara, Rylstone Visit eleven open gardens Geraldene Nutting at Redbank, Ilford 12midday: the Japanese artform Kokedama – in and around Kandos, Rylstone, demonstration by Bonnie Farrell at Hazelgrove, Kandos Running Stream and Ilford 2pm: Creating a garden artwork with succulents – demonstration by Bonnie Farrell at Hazelgrove, Kandos 12.30pm: Developing a micro business from your love of Saturday & Sunday 10am–4pm; (also at 2pm Sunday) gardening – talk by Christine Corner of Crave Natural at look for the red & orange flags 3pm: Seed sourcing with Dennis Grimshaw at Pat’s Place, The Convent, Kandos Guest speakers & demonstrations Rylstone (also at 11am & 3pm Sunday) 2pm: Creating a garden artwork with succulents – including Gay Stanton, landscape designer; 3pm: Maintaining and landscaping a country garden – demonstration by Bonnie Farrell at Hazelgrove, Kandos Christine Corner, Crave Natural ... & more talk by special guest speaker Gay Stanton at St Veda, Ilford 3pm: Seed sourcing with Dennis Grimshaw at Pat’s Place, Stalls, food & entertainment Rylstone Music and poetry including plants, produce, artwork, ceramics, 3.30pm: Fermented foods for the gut and garden – talk by garden books, food & refreshments, Throughout both days, throughout the gardens, there will Christine Corner of Crave Natural at The Convent, Kandos be performances and recitals: come and hear guitarist and exhibits, musical recitals ... & more songwriter Pete Foerster; harpist Gwenda Davies; Food and refreshments Tickets at the garden gates singer Diana Rawlinson: Harmonies in the Garden; Tea, coffee, light lunches and other food and refreshments $20 for all gardens or $5 per garden Kandos and Balmain ukelele groups; guitar duo John and Reg: Unplugged; Kandos High School band: the (including Devonshire teas) will be available from many of or buy tickets online at the gardens on Saturday and Sunday: please see the garden www.visitmudgeeregion.com.au Fruit Stickers; country and folk band: Bush Rock as well as poetry recitals by Gordon. For performance times see descriptions for details. or phone 02 6372 1020 www.kandosgardensfair.com or ask at the garden gates. Thank you to Ilford–Running Stream CWA, Rylstone CWA, (small booking fee applies) Kandos Museum, Rylstone Public School and Rylstone & This event is dedicated to June Keech – a tireless gardener and creative More information designer who loved to dig. She created and re-created many beautiful Kandos Volunteer Rescue Association, and to Deb Cooke, www.kandosgardensfair.com gardens and was a driving force behind the gardens fair. Although the Dave Standfield and the garden owners. www.facebook.com/KandosGardensFair idea of a garden competition was discarded many years ago, her garden was always the unofficial winner of the People’s Choice award. Thank you to the Kandos Gardens Fair BYLONG From Mudgee Lue From Newcastle and TONGBONG RD VALLEY WAY 2018 sponsors and supporters via Lue the Hunter via Bylong The Community Charity Shop Kandos; Mid-Western Regional To Panorama Court Council; Price’s Service Centre; Bowdens Silver; First National and Pinnacle ONGBONG RD T Swamp Road ONGBONG ST LUE ROAD T Real Estate Kandos Rylstone; Rylstone Kandos Business DABEE ST MILL ST & Tourism; Convent & Chapel Wool Shop; Shipman’s Real BYLONG Railway Estate; Rylstone Olive Press; Kandos IGA; Kandos–Rylstone VALLEY Station WAY CHLAN ST Showground CALDERWOOD RD MUDGEE ST MCLA Pharmacy; The Lollypop Shop; Reliance Bank; Lana’s From Mudgee via the See Pinnacle Swamp map CUDGEGONG ST Peppermint Grove Nursery Kandos; Mudgee Nursery; Castlereagh Highway COXS Lara CREEK Lithgow Nursery; The Globe Hotel; Franks’ Breakaway; Naked LOUEE ST ROAD COX ST Ache n Lady Wines; De Beaurepaire Wines; Shady Lady Hats; Kandos Back Acres Hotel; Cuts Colours n’ Curls … and the intrepid gardeners who Rylstone PIPER ST have generously opened their gardens in a very dry season … and Pat’s Place Cudgegong Pat’s CUDGEGONG NARRANGO River the many volunteers who have helped to stage the event, including ROAD Place ROAD LOUEE ST FITZ Rylstone and Ilford–Running Stream branches of CWA. MELON ST GERALD ST / NARRANGO RD BYLONG Hospital CUDGEGONG RD / CARWELL ST Coomber VALLEY About the Gardens Fair WAY MUDGEE ST This is the 5th biennial Kandos Gardens Fair – a not-for-profit event Hazelgrove The Convent COOMBER ST organised by CWA Kandos branch. Proceeds go to local charities and GLEN From Castlereagh ALICE Highway via Nirvana Kandos From organisations including the CWA. CASTLEREAGH ROAD Cudgegong Rd SHORT ST HIGHWAY Charbon Kandos BYLONG Raining ... cats & dogs COOPER Rylstone town map VALLEY WAY Raining? If it’s raining, bring your umbrella. DRIVE Rain or shine – please leave your pets at home. Clandulla To Rylstone Y WA & Mudgee Y Public toilets BYLONG ALLE Please use the public toilets in Kandos, Rylstone and at the Ilford VALLEY WAY Hazelgrove V ONG Golf course information bay. At the gardens, outside toilets are available at From Bathurst Ilford BYL via Sofala Railway line Redbank and Pat’s Place only. Swimming TARA Pool LOOP Golf Club ABEE RD MOUNT D Redbank VINCENT DUNN ST St Veda ROAD From LUE RD TARA FLEMING ST The Convent LOOP Castlereagh Highway WINDLES LN DANGAR ST Keewaydin Running Stream BYLONG BYLONG RODGERS ST Lara VALLEY QUES ST YES ST VALLEY JA WAY NO PINNA WAY ANGUS AVE MCDONALD ST CLE SWAMP RD Combamolang Mountain NGBONG RD Community Centre TO Ache n Railway BUCHANAN ST Back Acres COXS Station CREEK RD CASTLEREAGH Kandos WHITE ROCK RD PANORAMA HIGHWAY Museum CAMPBELL ST CT TONGBONG RD Pat’s Rylstone OOPER DR former Kandos Place township C cement works NARRANGO RD CUDGEGONG RD From Lithgow via the From BYLONG Castlereagh Highway Capertee Castlereagh VALLEY WAY Highway via Pinnacle Swamp map District map Clandulla Kandos town map OPEN GARDENS: The garden surrounding the house is an ornate cottage garden with whimsical elements, and will reward careful scrutiny. Follow paths, KANDOS wander, pause, smell and touch. Note the rich, fertile vegetable garden, Nirvana – place of happiness RUNNING STREAM the patio protecting rare plants, the various clematis climbing over structures. You will eventually come across Kaye’s 50 or so chooks, Julie & Barry Denton, 1588 Bylong Valley Way, Kandos Keewaydin – mainly Isa Browns and White Leghorns, and if you walk out into the Nirvana is on the outskirts of Kandos township, south-west of the a panoramic parkland paddock you will see the breeding pen. Can you identify the amazing avenue of poplars on Bylong Valley Way number of fruit trees including passionfruit, kiwi fruit, pomegranate, Rae & Guy Sim, 6121 Castlereagh Highway, Running Stream Julie and Barry began to establish their garden five years ago. As persimmon, Cox’s pippin apple, lime and blood orange as well as you walk down the drive you will see a young arboretum on either Travelling north-west towards Ilford on the Castlereagh Highway (from numerous citrus, stone and seed fruit? Capertee), Keewaydin’s driveway is 1.5km past the Foxwood Farm café side, which includes eucalypts, peppercorns, pines, deciduous and at Running Stream, on your left. Refreshments: Tea, coffee and Kaye’s ginger biscuits available ornamental fruit trees. Walk across the spillway and rock bed (which upon request was constructed to change a bog into a creek) and stroll around this Rae and Guy Sim built their house and began planting this sweeping Demonstrations: Dry floral arrangement by Geraldene Nutting large landscaped garden. You will discover many areas: a pine garden, nine-acre garden 12 years ago. Guy is the structural builder and Saturday 1.30pm cottage garden, acid-lovers, natives, fernery, courtyard, vegetable designer and you will see his handiwork in water courses, rock culverts, garden (with small worm farms, calcium collector and bird breakfast climbing frames, stonework, terraces and well-placed, eye-catching Market stalls: Honey Haven Garden Goods table), orchard and fruit garden. Though close to Kandos they have no sculptural pieces. Rae is the green-fingered artist, designing, planting St Veda – a garden in transition town services and had to ensure a good water supply. After putting in and nurturing a spectacular range of trees (deciduous, fruiting and two 22,000-litre tanks, they installed smaller tanks to collect water native) and bushes; as well as perennials, bulbs, succulents and annuals Margaret and Bruce Mayo, 899 Tara Loop Road, Ilford from every rooftop on the property. Two dams hold crayfish and 100 in pots, beds and paddocks. Their garden continues to evolve, relying Tara Loop Road, as the name suggests, has two entrances. Take the first silver perch. on spring water pumped up to two 22,500-litre tanks sitting near the entrance if coming from Sofala; the second entrance if coming from highway.