Western Australia
Weekend of 25 and 26th October 2025.
Nine country gardens throughout the Ferguson Valley ……. Dardanup township, Ferguson, Henty, Wellington Forest, Wellington Mill, Crooked Brook. Contact Kim: 0447266885
Ferguson Valley Open Garden Trail was established in 2017 by a small group of avid gardeners located around the township of Dardanup. Explore and marvel at the beauty of the Ferguson Valley area within the Shire of Dardanup. All local businesses in the area are welcoming.
The featured gardens on the trail are diverse:- some new and emerging gardens and some well developed and settled into their landscapes.
Entry to these gardens is $5/person/garden with proceeds going back to gardeners and their chosen charities.
Busses and disability access – call each individual garden owner to discuss arrangements.
Public toilets are found throughout the area and marked on the map. Some venues have this facility. No dogs. In some instances farm properties may require shoe cleansing to maintain their biosecurity. A simple process – a footbath solution of sanitiser for you to use.
Garden Participants 2025
- Ferguson Valley Visitor Centre – 5 Ferguson Rd, Dardanup T: 97281551
- Lonicera – 679 Ferguson Road, Ferguson M: 0423650630
- Carlaminda Farm – 813 Ferguson Road, Ferguson M: 0422095870
- Hope Springs Farm – Lot 51 Eastern Rise, Henty M: 0418931115
- Arcadia – 86 Newmans Road, Wellington Forest – M: 0409086866
- Rascal’s Corner – 512 Wellington Mill Rd, Wellington Mill M: 0408931387
- Avalon – 463 Wellington Mill Road, Wellington Mill M: 0417837729
- Amaroo – Lot 116 Warburton Road, Crooked Brook M: 0457300309
- Stoneridge – 513 Crooked Brook Road, Crooked Brook M: 0418281201
Ferguson Valley Open Gardens
Weekend of 25 and 26 October 2025. Daily 10-4pm. $5/person/garden
1.FERGUSON VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE:
Morning/afternoon tea – sweet items, tea/coffee, orchards and plants . Horticulturist.
Providing maps and information on the garden trail plus info on the surrounding area of Dardanup.
The old school house has unique artisan gifts. The Visitor Centre also has a plant stall with potted cuttings and practical garden related items to tempt you. The SW Rose Society rose garden will be looking spectacular plus the Bunbury Orchid Society will be on hand offering orchid information and plants for sale.
Homemade unique garden gloves for sale plus coffee van and sweet treats stall too.
Ben Vrieling – horticulturist – will be on hand to offer lots of advice on all things garden related if need be.
NB: The Visitor Centre is a not for profit organisation. A gold coin donation would be appreciated.
2. LONICERA: Ebony and James with little Mabel and Ruby
Morning/afternoon tea – savoury and sweet treats, tea/coffee. Artist in Residence Diana Neggo.
A garden bursting with beauty, flavour, and life—a true treat for the senses! Over the past four years, this young family of four has lovingly transformed their property into a vibrant, sustainable haven. Every pocket of the garden has been carefully nurtured to be both productive and pollinator-friendly
Wander through the flourishing stone fruit and citrus orchards, and don’t miss the vegie garden—truly vegie beds of all dreams. Marvel at the rose archway, where 15 mature, blooming rose bushes welcome you with colour and fragrance, leading you to the ‘Taj Mahal’ of chook houses—a palace fit for feathered royalty.
And of course, say hello to Harry the donkey, slowly becoming a beloved local character and a favourite among visitors. Lonicera Garden is more than a garden—it’s a joyful, living expression of family, sustainability, and the magic of growing everything that brings you joy.
Diana Neggo is artist in residence over the weekend.
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3. CARLAMINDA: Helen and David Humphreys
Bee talks at 11am daily; bee products
Steeped in local history this working farm has been in the Humphreys’ family for over 40 years. Surrounded by the rolling hills of the Ferguson Valley, the 90-year-old homestead is framed by an English-style country garden with the main focus in October being the heritage roses. The orchard is home to over 100 different fruit trees and nearly 50 vines and bushes, including a large variety of tropical fruits.
The 70 acre property is a working beef cattle and bee farm with active beehives located away from the event areas. Don’t miss the bee talks by Helen. Walk the beautiful gardens, wander down to the highly productive orchard, bring a picnic, and take in the views while soaking-up the tranquillity.
Features: Bee talks: Sat: 11am Sun: 11am – group on the main lawn.
Facilities: Child-friendly. Toilet available. Proceeds to the Dardanup Bushfire Cadets
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4. HOPE SPRINGS FARM: Gillian and John Banks
Stunning views and a garden designed on three levels. Great vision and perspective in the building of this house. It is divided by limestone retaining walls and wide limestone stairs, low clipped hedges, lawns and ponds. The parterre and knot gardens are not to be missed. Changes to the original ideas within the parterre garden are in progress. Citrus and deciduous trees. Veggies, stone fruit and chickens are protected from hopping and flying predators with an enclosure. Hope Springs Farm is a unique property located in the breathtakingly beautiful Ferguson Valley’s rolling hills. Enjoy the beautiful gardens, views of vineyards and countryside which stretch all the way to the Indian Ocean. A garden worth visiting. There is a short walk required up to the house.
5. ARCADIA: Sally and Bowe Wilson
Morning/afternoon tea:-
Savoury & sweet items, tea/coffee provided by Royal Flying Doctor Service volunteers
A contemporary country farm garden with a strong Mediterranean influence.
Located in the Wellington National Park, the garden has exclusively ornamental trees of which there are over 300 with 50 varieties. With the trees beginning to take shape, both the granite outcrop and a generous dam called out for some love, it was time. The garden began by hugging the contours and settling the house into its surroundings.
Terraces have been used extensively to allow for water shedding and compensating for the steep site.
Farm found materials; rocks, gravel, logs and strainer posts, have proven efficient and effective additions.
Plane trees shade a gravel terrace. Rosemary hedges wrap around a collection of old roses. Plant selection has been ruthless, with only resilient species planted; grasses, rugosa roses, lavenders, succulents, olives, pencil pines and hedges are the key features.
We extend a warm welcome to all that take the time to find us!
: Plants for sale
: Accessible but sloping
: Child friendly with adult supervision ( granite outcrop and then water beyond the fence)
: Gate and food monies to Royal Flying Doctor Service.
6. RASCAL’S CORNER: Russell and Carolyn Harvey –
Morning/afternoon tea – savoury & sweet items, tea/coffee plus condiments, jewelry and knitwear .
Rascals Corner’s garden is a recently created garden within the new tasting pod area and in its infancy. Some historical sculptural pieces alongside new plantings make this a great place to stop off and have a wine or a coffee and snack and enjoy the garden space for a break in between other visits in the area. Hear about the re-wilding project kicking off in 2026 and put your brilliant idea in for the next phase of the garden development and win a prize.
Sample some of Janelle’s (@Yabberup Studios) renowned cakes and savouries as she returns with her eclectic mix of homewares, handmade clothing and garden inspired preserves.
Stalls with Francesca Baker & Michelle Gauntlett – showcasing jewellery, leaf dishes & spoons crafted using copper, silver & brass along with Chrissie Sefton featuring some colourful spring knits.
7. AVALON: Jane Field and Brad Reed
Morning/afternoon tea – savoury & sweet items, tea/coffee. Music, garden related stalls.
A place of mystique and legend and the garden represents both. The property was transformed from an apple orchard leaving 5acres of terraced areas full of mature and deciduous trees .
Come and recharge your senses whilst lazily wandering the gardens. Hear the birds, see the colours of camellia’s, azaleas, daisies and wisteria. Smell the natural perfume and taste the refreshments provided. The gardens are child friendly with lots to do . Put down a rug and bring a picnic and have fun ❤️
Morning/ afternoon teas – savoury items, cakes and slices. Tea/coffee
This property offers self catering accommodation and also view to consider as a wedding venue.
Saturday proceeds go to the Solaris Cancer Care Charity . Sunday proceeds go to Wellington Mill Community Assoc.
Stalls: Garden Jewels by Lois, Art by Denise Gillies and Lynne Mitchell plus Sue’s crazy sparkling upcycled flowers. Various buskers over the weekend organised by Bev. Didgerdoo playing by Peter.
8. AMAROO: Dianne and Wayne Webster
Over the 23 years since we transported an old weatherboard cottage onto our 17ha site, we began to create a 3.2ha garden. Rather than working to an overall plan, we allowed the natural contours of the block to guide our design and have created a plant person’s garden featuring an eclectic mix of Australian natives, exotics and tropical plants alongside many deciduous trees and shrubs.
To the left of the entry drive, we have created a small arboretum of trees, tropical plants, and a cluster of Wollemi pines. Claret and golden ashes are interplanted with natives and banksias along the long drive leading to the house, where a large specimen of the golden weeping cypress is located.
The body of water adjacent to the grassed area was created from a spring and is utilized to reticulate the property. A bush tucker garden, and hydrangea walk are amongst shrubs protected by the tree canopies.
Wander down by the creek and along the trails and listen to the birds that call this place home.
No food at this property.
9. STONERIDGE: Jill and Tom Cross
Morning/afternoon tea – savoury & sweet items, tea/coffee.
Tom and I purchased our property, a bare bush block, in 1985 . 3 years later we built our house.
Whilst raising our family we went about developing the garden.
Gardening is in our blood. My grandmother loved gardening and so did Tom’s mother and so does my mother.
The soil, sand over gravel, presented many challenges and we decided right from the start that everything grown had to be hardy and was only going to receive a certain amount of tlc due to us wanting to spend most of our time with our young family and a farm as well as full time employment for Tom – off the farm.
Our garden is grouped predominantly into native or exotic areas making for easy watering and maintenance.
Tom has built all the paths and walls from stone found on the property. The garden is forever changing with new plants replacing old and new landscaping plans developed.
We are lucky to have a lot of bush on our property which provides natural bush vistas beyond the immediate garden.
Morning/ afternoon teas – some savoury items plus cakes and slices.
