Phil Dudman is a horticulturist, designer, writer and broadcaster. His recent book, ‘Down-to-Earth Garden Design’ characterizes Phil’s approach to gardening; easy, straight-forward, and never complicated. Phil is a seasoned traveller too, having travelled extensively across Australia, Europe and Asia in search of great sites, great food, great people and of course great gardens. Following short stints in architecture and business and a few years fronting a Sydney rock ‘n’ roll band, he finally succumbed to his true horticultural calling in his late 20’s. In the past 30 years, Phil has contributed to many of Australia’s leading gardening magazines, written three books for ABC Books and worked as a TV presenter on channel nine’s Garden Gurus. He is also the host of ABC Radio’s Good Gardening program. Phil is looking forward to meeting you.
VIEW ITINERARYDAY 1 Wednesday 9 October, 2024
Devonport
Tour members will meet at Launceston airport.
Please book or ask Travelrite International to book
a flight to arrive in Launceston no later than 2.30
pm. We will travel to visit Old Wesleydale, a peaceful
English-style garden abounding with hedges
and walls, a productive potager and lovely vistas.
Features include a walled garden, picking garden
and glasshouse, the terrace garden and a new
aviary building, ha-ha wall, lake walk and sculptured
elephant topiary. In the evening we will enjoy a
welcome dinner to meet Phil Dudman.
DAY 2 Thursday 10 October, 2024
Devonport
This morning we visit Table Cape Farm, which
specialises in growing tulips. They should be in full
flower at the time of our visit, creating a spectacular
show. In the afternoon we visit Emu Valley
Rhododendron Gardens. Its unique design makes it
one of Australia’s major rhododendron gardens.
DAY 3 Friday 11 October, 2024
Launceston
First we will visit Kaydale Lodge, a unique large
country garden spanning two hectares with
features such as woodland ponds, streams,
waterfalls, a pear walk, stonewalls, fritillaria
meadow, massed trilliums, a dry Zen garden and
more. We will enjoy a guided tour of the garden,
which has been designed and maintained by the
Crowden family, who are all keen gardeners. Their innovation and styles are reflected throughout
the garden. After free time for lunch in Ulverstone,
we continue with a visit to Derelie and Bob Cherry’s
garden. After 40 years of breeding and developing
plants for Paradise Plants, they moved to this
established garden in 2016 and set about restoring
and replanting the garden. The garden has over 700
rose bushes and numerous camellias and is now
coming into full glory with the newly created water
feature, which includes a waterlily and lotus garden.
DAY 4 Saturday 12 October, 2024
Launceston
Today we explore historic Woolmers Estate, one of
the most historically significant heritage properties
in Australia and home to the National Rose Garden
of Australia. Covering two hectares, the garden
provides visitors with a unique journey through the
evolution of the rose. The garden is home to all the
recognised rose types. We will also see the Heritage
Vegetable Garden which houses heirloom vegetables
and fruits, not commonly found today. We travel
nearby to visit the historic gardens of Brickendon,
one of Tasmania’s oldest farming properties. First
settled in 1825 by William Archer, it has been owned
and farmed by the same family for over 180 years.
DAY 5 Sunday 13 October, 2024
Launceston
We travel to Clarendon, one of Australia’s great
Georgian houses. It was completed in 1838 for
wealthy wool grower and merchant James Cox.
The house and gardens have been restored to their
original condition. We continue with a visit the glorious garden at Culzean. Many of the significant
trees of the over 150-year-old garden were planted
in the 1870’s. The one-and-a-half-hectare lake is the
centre piece of this spectacular garden. Phil will point
out the highlights of this wonderful garden.
DAY 6 Monday 14 October, 2024
Launceston
This morning we visit Panshanger, an elegant house
and garden in the Greek revival style. The long
entrance avenue and surrounding parkland are
heavily wooded. A finely worked nineteenth-century
iron gate opens to a flower garden full of roses. There
is a unique pigeon tower positioned to be seen from
the house terrace. In the afternoon we travel just out
of Launceston to visit Entally House, the first National
Trust house in Australia. Built in 1820 by Thomas
Reibey, the house has an elegant garden set in forty-five hectares.
DAY 7 Tuesday 15 October, 2024
Hobart
We travel to Hobart today, visiting Janette Good’s
garden. This gorgeous higher altitude garden has an
English garden feel.
DAY 8 Wednesday 16 October, 2024
Hobart
We will first visit Hannah Moloney’s
garden. Hannah is a popular presenter
on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia,
regular contributor to ABC Gardening
Australia magazine and author of
two books. She is also director of
Goodlife Permaculture, a business
that teaches sustainability, landscape design and community building. Set
on a very steep block, Hannah’s garden is a living
demonstration of the principals of sustainability. We
continue with a guided tour of picturesque Hobart
before visiting ‘The Patch’ at the Royal Tasmanian
Botanical Gardens, an inspiring example of an urban
community garden that was established in 1995.
We will see lots of beautiful spring flowers and
gorgeous new spring leaves on the mature trees in
the Botanical Garden. The afternoon will be free for
individual exploration, perhaps a visit to MONA or
the Tasmanian Art Gallery.
DAY 9 Thursday 17 October, 2024
Hobart
In the morning we visit Crawleighwood Garden.
This wonderful two-hectare garden is nestled in
the picturesque hills at Nicholls Rivulet near Cygnet
in the beautiful Huon Valley. The garden features
lush rhododendron woodland and rainforest with
myrtles, rare and unusual plants, a wide variety of
deciduous trees including maples, which will display
their spring leaves, meandering paths, stone walls
and a Gondwanan arboretum. In the afternoon, we
visit Inverawe Native Gardens, Tasmania’s largest
landscaped native garden. We will learn how this
once weedy patch of wasteland was transformed into
a delightful native garden that merges seamlessly
into the wider landscape.
DAY 10 Friday 18 October, 2024
Hobart
This morning we visit Susan McKinnon’s stunning
garden. A landscape gardener who loves herbaceous
perennials and grasses, we will enjoy her unique
style. In the afternoon we travel through the Huon
Valley to visit Eggs and Bacon Bay Cottage. The
charming cottage sits on 0.2 hectares on the edge
of the Huon River, a peaceful spot just up from Eggs
and Bacon Bay. Looking out across a magnificent sea
of colour, it is impossible to believe that there was no
garden here at all when Anne Le Ferve moved in just
before the Christmas of 2000. In the evening we will
enjoy a farewell dinner to say goodbye to Phil and
group members.
DAY 11 Saturday 19 October, 2024
Departure
This morning we visit Corinda, an enchanting inner-city garden positioned around a beautifully restored
Victorian house. A U-shaped walk of pleached linden
trees that have been under planted with clipped box
hedges, frames the garden. Flower-packed perennial
beds overflow with colour, under mature trees, one
of which is a 100-year-old magnolia tree. We continue
to the airport early afternoon and the tour concludes.
Please don’t book flights to depart before 2.00 pm.
| TWIN FARE PER PERSON | SINGLE FARE |
|---|---|
| $4,695 | $5,845 |
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“The whole tour was wonderful and the group was a good mix of personality. The gardens visited were interesting and varied.”
“Very enjoyable. Good mix of people in the group.”
