Think Spring Think Leura Two Festival Weekends in 2018 29, 30 Sept. & 1 Oct. 5, 6 & 7 Oct. leuragardensfestival.com.au "Committed to Excellence" PTY LTD ϬϰϬϰϴϳϯϯϱϭ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽǁĂŶĚnjĞŶůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ Leura Gardens Fes val Inc. PO Box 7131, Leura NSW 2780 Tel: 0431 095 279 www.leuragardensfes val.com.au leuragardensfes [email protected] Contents President’s welcome 4 Special thanks 5 Important informa on 6 Music in the Gardens 8 Fes val plant sales 11 Other local events 12 Gardens locality map 24/25 Garden descrip ons: Garden No 1 – Rustlings 14 • Garden No 2 – Seasons 16 • Garden No 3 – Waldorf Resort 18 Garden No 4 – DeadEnd House 20 • Garden No 5 – Fairmont Resort 22 Garden No 6 – Hill of Grace 26 Garden No 7 – Ewanrigg 28 • Garden No 8 – Fairways 30 • Garden No 9 – Glenshiel 32 Garden No 10 – Everglades 34 History of Leura Gardens Fes val 36 Midweek ac vi es 38 Local health related organisa ons 40 Leura Gardens Fes val Outpa ents Centre at Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital 42 • These gardens can be at least par ally accessed by wheelchair. Please note that there is no charge for people confi ned to wheelchairs. 3 Message from the President Welcome to the 54th Leura Gardens Fes val Welcome to the 54th Leura Gardens The Art Show and the Plant Sales will be Fes val and thank you for coming and open for 9 days from 29 September to 7 helping us celebrate 54 years of Spring in October. the beau ful Upper Blue Mountains. Since its incep on, the Fes val has raised The fi rst Leura Gardens Fes val was held in around $2.9M to purchase equipment 1965 (see History page 36) and since then for the Blue Mountains District ANZAC the Fes val has grown to be one of the Memorial Hospital and other local health- Mountain’s most loved events, a rac ng related organisa ons, making our hospital visitors from Australia and overseas. one of the best equipped of its size in NSW (refer page 36 for more informa on). A er 35 years of successfully opening the Fes val for 9 days and an ever-increasing The Leura Gardens Fes val Commi ee number of Fes val visitors, we decided members work relessly and I thank them it was me to review the format and this for their dedicated hard work; and, most year the Fes val will be held over two long importantly, I thank our garden owners, weekends, allowing the gardens and the whose generosity in preparing and opening garden owners to have a well-earned mini their gardens makes the Fes val possible. break. Many thanks, too, to our wonderful This year there are 10 beau ful gardens on volunteers. Every year more than 400 local show including new and returning gardens people give their me and energy to ensure and a selec on of favourites that keep our visitors are well looked a er and that our visitors coming back year a er year. the Fes val is a success. Nothing would be The gardens off er a wide range of styles possible without them. and sizes to provide food for thought and We thank you for coming and hope you inspira on for all gardeners. enjoy your me with us at this year’s Other Fes val a rac ons include the Music Fes val. May the weather gods be kind to in the Gardens program held each Fes val us again as they were last year! day in the beau ful gardens of the Waldorf Brooke Broughton Leura Gardens Resort, the ever-popular Art President Show presented by the Society of Mountain Ar sts and featuring work created in the Acknowledgement to Country gardens during the Fes val, plus our not- The Leura Gardens Fes val acknowledges to-be-missed Fes val Plant Sales Centre, the tradi onal owners and custodians of which this year will off er an even greater country and their con nuing connec on to range of plants and garden accessories for land culture and community. We pay our you to take home. respects to elders past and present. 4 Special thanks We would like to sincerely thank the following for their wonderful support of this year’s Fes val. This year’s major sponsors, without whom the Fes val could not be such a success, are: Bendigo Bank, Katoomba; Katoomba RSL; McGrath, Wentworth Falls/Leura; Scenic World, Katoomba; Waldorf Leura Gardens Resort in associa on with Blue Mountains Interna onal Hotel Management School at Torrens University. And thanks to Vi oria Coff ee for their very generous dona on. Photographs courtesy of Julie Mar n Photography, Jodie McConaghy Photography and the garden owners. Crea ve design and produc on: PGH Publica ons, Wentworth Falls. Prin ng: Benne s Prin ng, Katoomba. Leura Gardens Fes val at a Glance Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed'day Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 29 Sept 30 Sept 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct All All All Three Three Three All All All gardens gardens gardens gardens gardens gardens gardens gardens gardens open open open open open open open open open Also Also Also Everglades Everglades Everglades Also Also Also open: open: open: Waldorf Waldorf Waldorf open: open: open: Music Music Music Fairmont Fairmont Fairmont Music Music Music in the in the in the Also Also Also in the in the in the Gardens Gardens Gardens open: open: open: Gardens Gardens Gardens Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Show Show Show Show Show Show Show Show Show Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales 5 Important Informa on The 2018 Leura Gardens Fes val runs Transport between gardens: over two Fes val long weekends: The Fes val bus service runs between September 29 and 30 and October 1 all gardens approximately every 30 and Friday October 5 to 7, inclusive. minutes, with the cost for an all-day The gardens are open from 9:30am to cket being $10. The fi rst bus leaves 4:30 pm on each of the 6 Fes val days. Leura Sta on at 9.30am each day and the last bus departs the sta on at Ticket costs: 4.30pm. Timetables for each scheduled All gardens cket: $25 per person. bus stop are available in each garden. This cket is valid for the dura on of the Fes val. School children are free. Important message for all visitors: Single garden cket: $8 per person per The Leura Gardens Fes val Commi ee garden. and the Fes val garden owners have taken all reasonable precau ons to Tickets are available at every garden make the gardens safe for visitors. gate (except gardens 3 and 5), at HQ However, despite all eff orts, there (loca on indicated by the red star on are possible inherent dangers in all map pages 24-25), and at our stand gardens, including paths, steps, walls, near Leura Sta on. borders and other garden features that Group tours: may present hazards. All groups should check in at HQ. We would ask that when climbing, Garden prices are as above with free descending or crossing any part of a entry to Coach Captain and Tour Leader. garden, you act only within the limits Credit and debit card facili es: of your fi tness and take par cular care Visa and Mastercard are available at to prevent tripping, slipping, falling, three loca ons: Fes val HQ, Leura Mall striking or colliding with objects in the opposite the Sta on and at the Plant fes val gardens. Sales Centre. Please always ask about stroller access Ge ng to Leura: as some gardens are not stroller- Trains for Leura depart from Central friendly. Sta on. For full details of metables Children must at all mes be please contact Transport NSW on 131 accompanied by and under the 500 or visit transportnsw.info. supervision of an adult. If you are driving, please see the Dogs and other animals are not instruc ons on the map. permi ed in any garden. Garden visitors must stay on the paths at all mes and must not enter areas marked “out of bounds”. 6 7 Music in the Gardens 2018 The Music in the Gardens performances Classical to Cel c to Popular. All of are held on each of the six Fes val his arrangements are his own and days and entry is by way of a gold coin his engaging personality makes him dona on. popular with audiences wherever he All performances will take place in the plays. He o en teams up with other grounds of the Waldorf Leura Gardens ar sts and for the Fes val, he is joined Resort, 20-28 Fitzroy Street Leura by Simon Wa s on violin. or under cover in the event of wet Saturday, October 6: weather. Sydney Mandolin Orchestra Performances commence at 1.00pm. Appearing for the fi rst me at the Saturday, September 29: Fes val, the Sydney Mandolin Orchestra The Heathens Choir of Blackheath is an ensemble that regularly performs This is the third year that this marvellous in and around Sydney. Established in choir has supported the Fes val. They 1932, it is Australia’s oldest mandolin sing a wide range of popular and not so orchestra and is dedicated to keeping well-known pieces. Many of the choir alive the tradi on of mandolin music in members are also volunteers at our Sydney.