Heritage VIC

Open garden leaflets

(last modified 15/10/2009 10:28 AM)

Buninyong botanic gardens

Buninyong Botanic Gardens, one of the oldest botanic gardens in Victoria, will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2010.

Bolobek, Mount Macedon

Bolobek is in the English 20th century tradition of gardens of a modern, formal style

Chatsworth, near Hopkins River

The mansion is set in spacious landscaped gardens. Chatsworth House is intact and meticulously maintained.

Alton, Mt Macedon

Alton was designed and constructed between 1874 and 1896 by Sir George Verdon as his hill-side retreat from the heat of summer.

Claremont, Newtown

Claremont’s rose garden dominates the west side of the house, and is a major feature of the garden.

Bickleigh Vale, Mooroolbark

Bickleigh Vale is a landscaped village of about 10ha created in the 1920s by leading Australian landscape gardener Edna Walling.

Moranghurk, Lethbridge

Moranghurk is historically significant as one of the oldest pastoral properties in Victoria

Ercildoune

The station diary notes that the gardens at Ercildoune were being laid out in 1842. These became the foundations of a grand and elaborate garden and parkland.

Chateau Tahbilk, Goulburn River

By the mid 1870s Chateau Tahblik was amongst the largest and most successful wineries in Victoria’s growing wine industry.

Beleura, Mornington

Situated on Beleura Hill between the Mornington Golf Course and the cliff-top, Beleura is an important part of the historic townscape of Mornington.