Group visits can be booked all year excepting Winter. Our garden is ideal for family celebrations, wedding ceremonies and informal receptions, lunches and Devonshire/High Teas . We maintain the garden to exhibition standard from September until May. We have an extensive salvia collection, roses, bulbs, perennials, iris, peonies, dahlias, exotic and native trees and shrubs. Garden design utilises rock walls, archways, shaded retreats, art works and paths.

SEASONAL CHANGE

Autumn is the best time of year to see the salvia collection in full colour, deciduous shade trees in Autumn glory and flowering perennials and dahlias. There are over 200 different salvias at Birchwood with many flowering most the year.

Summer is the season of lush growth, vibrant contrasts and shaded spaces. Roses, liliums, daylilies, salvias, heleniums, rudbeckias and dahlias bloom throughout December to February. Distinct colour palette and structures bring individuality and interest to every section of the garden. Wisteria is planted on a new gazebo helping shrubs and perennials to make a pleasant space to linger in.

In Spring, tulips, daffodils, watsonias, iris, cliveas, salvias, and peonies provide a colourful display.  Flowering blossom trees and deciduous trees spring into bud providing colourful backgrounds. Peonies and bearded iris advance into spectacular displays in late October through November with roses and liliums in full bloom in November and December and early January.

Garden clubs, social clubs eg. car clubs, PROBIS or U3A groups, and families planning get togethers are all welcome. Please call us before your proposed visit. Parking is on the roadside. We utilise reputable caterers for our Informal Wedding Receptions and other larger events.

Rest Rooms: We have a porta-loo for the public’s use in the garden with infirm visitors welcome to use the house facilities that have rails. We advise that the garden’s terrain and path surfaces are unsuitable for wheel chairs and we suggest that visitors pushing a walker have a friend with them to help on the few steps that cannot be avoided. Pet dogs are not given entry. Registered Assistance dogs are welcome.

Entry to view the garden is $10 per Adult. Afternoon Tea or lunch is provided for visitors upon request with prices arranged personally.

You can also hire the garden for your Event; for example, baby shower. Price on application.