Spring Garden Trail 2025
Friday 31st October
Gardens open 9:30am – 4:00pm
Organising Group: Oasis Community Garden – Cheryl Rudd 0401 744 359
Garden Entry fees support: CAN Assist Glen Innes, The Oasis Community Garden and the garden owners.
Places to Visit in Glen Innes:
The Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre
Centennial Park – Australian Standing Stones, Skywalk, Crofter’s Cottage
The Super Strawberry
The Land of Beardies History House Museum
The Local Cafe
Gawura Gallery
Cocoaberry & Co Cafe and Ladies Fashion and Accessories
Karen & Allen Kent – “Windemere”, 58 Cramsie Cr, Glen Innes
We class our garden as informal, built on family inspiration, lots of old school materials and of course hard work and imagination. It has numerous mature trees, hedges, rock work, water and beautiful old buildings lovingly moved into place to create a relaxing feel. Covering an area of 3 acres makes it a fun place for kids to explore, lots of places for people to relax and take the time to reflect with an old time feel around a federation style home.
The centre piece is a farm dam with a fifties saddle hut settled among old fence posts, rock work and a jetty of old bridge timber running out onto the water. Part of this water feature is a creek with a waterfall at the top run by returned water from the dam. There are also lots of big boys toys to entertain the not so green fingers.
There will be live entertainment with wonderful local talents and our local coffee van for morning tea and light lunches.
Allen will be running a composting school for those interested.
Mike and Belinda Norton, ‘Rosecroft’, 105 Cramsie Crescent, Glen Innes
Located on the edge of Glen Innes in the beautiful northern NSW Highlands.
A magnificent residence (circa 1931), set in stunning, mature grounds and just minutes from the centre of town.
Approximately 19.8ha (49ac) of highly improved and productive basalt country.
“Rosecroft” was an original land grant to the McInnes family, of 49 acres in 1858, around the time that Glen Innes township was gazetted. Parish maps in 1886 & 1927 show the original property still owned by Finlay McInnes. The Digby family purchased the property and built the existing homestead in 1931.
The current custodians of this magnificent property have built upon previous renovations and improved the magnificent gardens and sheds.
Tim Hughes & Sal Molesworth – “Lilburn”, 663 Red Range Road, Glen Innes
A synopsis of Lilburn from an interview by Lynn Walker and Liz Chappell for Australian Garden History Society 12 May 2024.
“Tim Hughes and Sal Molesworth moved to Lilburn, originally an outstation for Rangers Valley Station, near Glen Innes in 2000. Lilburn was Tim’s family home and he recounts its rich colonial history (in an interview recording) . His g.g.g grandfather, Oswald Bloxsome was among the first European settlers in the district in 1838.
Tim and Sal took on the repair, restoration and reinterpretation of Lilburn’s garden with enthusiasm. They articulate their philosophy for the historic garden with selection of plants appropriate to the period of the garden’s establishment (1880-1920) and in keeping with the core architecture of the homestead.
They acknowledge the influence of other heritage gardens in the area such as Invergowrie near Armidale and Salisbury Court, Uralla. Tim and Sal have brought back structural, textured plants such as yucca, agave and succulents that had fallen out of favour and reinstated the central circular rose bed, now planted with the heritage variety Quatre Saisons.
They have rejuvenated privet and spirea hedges and removed invasive bamboo, preserving the original footprint of the garden layout. Lilburn first opened for Australia’s Open Garden Scheme in 2008 and has since welcomed several garden tours and charities.”
Oasis Community Garden, 70 Grey St, Glen Innes
Join us at the Oasis Community Garden; a welcoming, community-led space behind Oasis Church. Run by Coordinator Cheryl Rudd, the garden is a growing hub where anyone can come to learn about gardening in a cooler climate, families with small spaces can grow their own veggies, and everyone can enjoy a relaxing outdoor space. Workshops are held regularly on topics such as Herbal Teas, Plant-based Fertilisers and Weeds as Food.
The Oasis Garden is a true community effort, supported by the Oasis Church New England. Come and discover how you can get involved, share in the harvest, or help with upcoming foodie workshops.
