Bendigo Open Gardens - Heathcote Open Gardens

Enjoy the Open Gardens at River Gardens Axedale.

Explore our open gardens each weekend from October to Mothers Day weekend in May. (Advertised weekends only).

From October to May each year River Gardens Axedale is a blaze of color and perfume. Visitors thrill at the sight of roses, salvias, lavender, cosmos, bearded iris and more.

River Gardens Axedale opens our gardens to the public periodically from October to May each year.

Next Open Gardens:

5th - 6th October, 2019
12th - 13th October, 2019
19th - 20th October, 2019
26th - 27th October, 2019
2nd - 5th November, 2019

Open 10:00am - Close 4:00pm

Rose Gardens are open most weekends during the months of October, November, December, January, March, April and to Mothers Day weekend in May.

Gardens Admission: Adults $8 - Children Free
Devonshire Tea: $7.50

Club and Coach Special: Admission + Devonshire Tea with bottomless cup of tea or coffee: $13

Note: Minimum of 20 visitors required for Club and Coach special deal. Club and Coaches welcome 7 days from October to May - Bookings are essential.

Bookings: 0418 621 648

Visit our garden plants page to see which plants are suited to the Axedale, Bendigo and Heathcote areas.

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Open Gardens Central Victoria

The Bendigo and Central Victoria region has some lovely private gardens which are opened to the public periodically throughout the year.

The Zonta Club of Bendigo regularly promotes open gardens as a fund-raiser. The village of Redesdale has an open gardens weekend in March along with their Bush Market. The thriving town of Castlemaine has a Festval of Gardens which sees gardens opened to the public from Castlemaine to Maldon and surrounds.

Heathcote and Wedderburn have also had open garden days.

Private gardens which are regularly open include Sally's Garden in Bendigo and Mica Grange in Sutton Grange.

The City of Greater Bendigo readily promotes their beautiful public gardens at Rosalind Park, the Botanic Gardens at White Hills and the Conservatory Gardens in Park Road. The Conservatory was built in 1897 and is said to be the last building of its type in a public park in Victoria.