Join the Garden Ramble Sat 26th October

GARDEN RAMBLE  2024

BARRABA CANCER PATIENTS FUND RAISING GROUP INC.

KINDLY SUPPORTED BY BARRABA ROTARY CLUB

SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2024, 10AM – 4PM

36 Alice Street: David and Helen Kelly. The garden is considered

to be a small town plot featuring shady trees such as Prunus, Gleditsia, Crab Apples and Pistacia trees. Garden beds are edged with Sedum, Box, Liriope and Grasses. It is underplanted with Salvias and Aspidistra. The Iceberg Roses, both Standard and Bush are a feature when in flower. The firepit serves as a great outdoor recreation area. Access to the back garden is by a gravel driveway. 

    ‘Andy’s Guest House’, 98 Queen Street: Andy and Gerda. The

entrance to the garden features two Forest Pansies, Weeping Elm, two native Hibiscus, with a variety of ground covers. Lavender graces one side of the entrance, Nandina Domestica the other. Through the gate, takes you past a raised herb garden and fish pond, leading into an open garden space, featuring Narrow-leafed Gum, Walnut, Olive, Pecan and Oak trees. The space, a popular venue for outdoor functions, is shared by Gerda, to the right, and Andy and Miro, to the left. The area features shrubs and flowers, a Fairy Garden under the Olive tree, pizza oven and fire pit. Beyond is Gerda’s weaving shed and vegetable garden, to the right, and at the back left, surrounding the chook house, is a fine collection of Eremophila.

‘Clarendon’, 267 Jump Up Road: Sinclair and Karen. Hughson. Just out of town, you are welcomed into the garden by established trees, a rock garden with Daisies, Standard Roses and other plants. Plenty of pots and treasures are scattered around. A stall of rustic homemade metal garden art will be on display and for sale to purchase. A rest room is available at the back of the home.

 ‘Kuvera’, 19 O'Regan Lane: Andrea and Chris Jeffery. Andrea purchased the property in 2005, when there were a couple of roses and some shrubs. As time passed the lawn was developed and expanded, while one garden bed turned into two, and now five! A fig tree and a peach tree existed in the orchard with apricot trees, nectarines, apple, orange, mandarin, pear, plum, olive, mulberry, cherry and last month a plumcot being planted. Chinese Elm have been planted out the front along the road. Garden boarders are rocks sourced from our properties. The garden is not planned in any way, just put it in and if it grows, great, if not then it was not meant to be there. There is old machinery scattered through the garden, water is from the bore on the property. A model railway is Chris' domain, it is an amazing room with detailed scenery and HO Scale trains. A must see on the day! Chris is a history buff and has a mini museum, displaying many old tools and things from yesteryear that will also be open on the day. Refreshments are available too, from ‘Polkadot’ coffee van.

‘Coolabah’, 2249 Burindi Road, Bill and Dot Hannaford.         

The garden started from scratch. It would be described as a semi-formal, with rustic elements. Clipped hedges provide different areas and Dianella Lomandra’s provide a less formal feel. Roses, Lavender, Iris ground covers, Succulents and Perennials provide colour and interest throughout the year. Trees and shrubs are grown throughout the garden – Crepe Myrtle, Ornamental Pear, Chinese Elm, and Escallonias, to name a few. Unfortunately, due to drought and a recent severe storm, some of these are only a few years old.              

“Cath Henry Gardens’, 53 Henry Street: Helen Hiscock. The late Ron & Helen have been gardening for around 69 years, during which they have entered their beloved garden in local competitions and often received prizes. Several wedding photographs have been taken in the beautiful setting over the years. The passing on of Ron recently, has Helen at 81 years of age, keeping active in the garden, as well as sharing her knowledge with anyone who has an interest in gardening. You will find Helen in the garden in the early morning and late afternoon, watering and nurturing all of her colourful plants. If you happen to drive past, give a wave to Helen, or if you are after gardening advise, she is more than happy to have a gardening chat.

‘Aberlady’: 173 Banoon Homestead Rd, Will and Stacey Sedgwick. Our rambling rural garden has evolved over the 20ish years we have been living here. Lucky enough to have had the previous occupants plant a beautiful English Oak, some Manchurian Pears, Japanese Elms and other trees, as well as establishing some garden beds. The garden has morphed with the everchanging climate, along with expanding over the years – the fences have been moved outwards! A mixture of Perennials, Roses and Shrub thickets exists, which the small birds love. Larger birds of course love the medium and larger trees. Hedges include English and Japanese Buxus, Abelia, White Japonica and Mays. There are a few rarer, old fashioned specimen plants scattered throughout the garden. Refreshments and a restroom are available.

                                                                                                                               Funds raised on the day will be donated onto some of the Australian Cancer related and Cancer research Organisations.  Please note that there are no EFTPOS facilities at any of the gardens. Bottled water will be available at all gardens for a gold coin donation.