Tuesday 30 October 2012

Open Gardens – Part 2

Following on from yesterday’s post we headed out of town to Yetholme to visit the country gardens.  Yetholme is a bit cooler and damper than Bathurst, having an elevation of 1,100 metres above sea level.

Our first port of call was “Limberlost”. This established garden had lovely trees, which I am guessing are copper beech.

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Beautiful peonies were just coming into bloom.

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Isn’t this a lovely, comfortable looking home, nestled in amongst the trees.

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On our way back to the car we noticed this corral of interesting old iron bits and pieces and decided to take a closer look.

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I’m guessing it is possible an old mine shaft, as this was all a mining area.  Anyway, the fence is much nicer than safety tape.  By the way there were several little fish swimming around in the water.

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Next door is “Kurrajong Park”.

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There was an old cottage here, which has now been added onto so much that the original structure is no longer visible from the outside.

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Lovely gardens with a backdrop of old gum trees.

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I love this old relic on the way back to the car.

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Our third garden at Yetholme was “Hillandale”, a magnificent garden about a century old.

We followed a little stream as we entered the garden.

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  Which ends up in this dam.

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Looking back up towards the house.

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We returned to the house via the perennial border.

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The house is a simple 1920’s cottage.

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I’ve never seen rhododendrons like it anywhere else.

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Lots of peonies here as well, but only a few already flowering.

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Our final garden was “Tranquility”.  The owner is very creative with mosaics.

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It is a comfortable, rambling garden.

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A butterfly actually sat still long enough for a photo.

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And to finish off our day, I had to chuckle at this sign.  I think I need one.

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We had a really nice day together and all the gardens were a picture.  We now have to put the date in our diaries for next year.

2 comments:

Susan said...

I'm exhausted just looking at those beautiful gardens. Thanks for sharing your photos.

Ali Honey said...

Thanks for the photos of the lovely ( old ) gardens. What a delight. I never tire of looking at others well kept gardens. The dam is amazing - surely it must be getting the water from some other source than that piddling wee creek?
( makes me miss our lovely dam that got trashed by a landslide about 3 years ago )Water really adds anther element to gardens.