Club member, Suzanne Hume spoke about the various gardens she visited en route to Canberra in January 2022. A slideshow of all the places she visited accompanied her presentation.
At Albury, Yindymarra Sculpture Gardens featured contemporary aboriginal sculptures among mature gum trees and Tarcutta Gardens, established and maintained by the Tarcutta Garden Club, had interesting sculptures made from recycled metal among crepe myrtles.
In Canberra, gardens visited were the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, Anzac Parade, the National Arboretum, Calthorpe House, Blundell’s Cottage, Lanyon Homestead and the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
The National Arboretum has vast groves of conifers and Cotinus Grace ‘smoke bush’ and the National Bonsai Collection.
The Australian National Botanic Gardens has plantings relating to Rainforest Gully, Rock Gardens Red Centre Garden, Sydney Region, Paperbark Gardens, Banksia Garden and Mallee Shrublands.
On the journey home, Suzanne visited Harden Murrumburrah (silo art), Victory Memorial Gardens-Wagga Wagga, Milbrulong (water tower art), Lockhart (water tower art), Devenish (silo art) and Goorambat (silo art).
The final places visited were Lake Mokoan, Winton Wetlands with water tank art, sculptures and tree art with the dead trees giving a surreal landscape and Benalla Botanical gardens.
Locations for Gardens on Road Trip to Canberra Jan 2022
1. Australian Botanic Gardens, Shepparton
2. Shepparton Art Museum
3. Yindymarra sculpture walk, Albury and wonga wetlands
4. Information centre and Railway station, Albury
5. Ten Mile creekGardens, Holbrook
6. Tarcutta with gardens established and tended byTarcutta Garden Club
7. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia sculpture garden by Lake Burley Griffin
8. Aboriginal Art sculpture Garden, National portrait Gallery
9. National Arboretum, Canberra, including Dairy Farmers Hill, Discovery Garden and Gallery of Gardens
10. Bonsai Collection, National Arboretum
11. Calthorpe's House, Red Hill, Canberra 1927
12. National Museum of Australia including Garden of Australian Dreams
13. Parliament House, Canberra completed 1988
14. Blundell's Cottage Canberra 1860
15. Lanyon Homestead ACT 1850s
16. Anzac Parade leading to Australian War Memorial
17. Mt Ainslie looking down to War Memorial, lake, Old and New Parliament Houses
18. Australian National Botanic gardens: Rain forest Gully, Rock Gardens, Red Centre Garden, Sydney Region, Paperbark gardens, Banksia Garden, Mallee Shrublands
19. Harden Murrumburrah Silo Art
20. Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga
21. Milbrulong Water Tower Art
22. Lockhart Water Tower Art
23. Devenish Silo Art
24. Goorambat Silo Art
25. Lake Mokoan, Winton Wetlands and water tank art, tree art
26. Benalla Botanical Gardens
