Get the most out of your visit to our gardens while you’re here!
Take part in a workshop or two, watch a live classical music performance, buy some new plants for your garden, or let the kids unwind with some colouring-in and have a picnic…
FIRST WEEKEND – 14 & 15 SEPTEMBER
- Suncatcher Mosaics Workshop (7-12 year olds) on 14 Sept
- Hiccup Art Colouring Station
- Election BBQ and Cake Stall on 14 Sept
- Plant Stalls
- Fuchsia and jam stall
SECOND WEEKEND – 21-22 SEPTEMBER
- Suncatcher Mosaics Workshop (7-12 year olds)
- Drop-in weaving workshop for all ages
- Adult weaving workshop
- Bach in the garden
- Hiccup Art colouring station
- Plant Stalls
- Fuchsia and jam stall
- Woodford Academy Open Day
SUNCATCHER MOSAICS WORKSHOP (7-12 yo kids) WITH ERIN HALL
LOCATION: HAZELBROOK SCOUTS HALL
Dates and Times
Sat 14 September 2024
11am – 12pm
Sat 21 September 2024
2pm – 3pm
Venue
Hazelbrook Scouts Hall, 70 Railway Parade, Hazelbrook NSW 2779
Cost
$20 per child, morning tea/afternoon tea included.
Come and make a mosaic suncatcher for your garden with Woodford artist Erin Hall! Choose between a shape or a long mosaic piece that you can hang in a tree at home.
Open to 7 – 12 year olds. Spaces limited to 8.
All glass is precut and no previous mosaic experience is necessary.
Please note: Parents will be required to stay nearby on the grounds of Hazelbrook Scouts Hall. There will be plant stalls and a sausage sizzle on location throughout the Festival.
Erin Hall is a local mosaic artist, professional and Hazelbrook Public School parent. She has been working with Mosaics for 10 years and in that time, she has trained locally with Caitlin from Hepworth Studios. She has studied internationally via Mosaics Arts Online and attended many symposiums on Mosaics. She has a Certificate 3 in Design Fundamentals and a Certificate 4 in Workplace Training and Assessment that she has used in her working life as a Sustainable Living Educator. Erin has a Working with Children’s Check, current first aid training and experience with neurodiversity. Erin teaches children’s mosaic classes at Springwood Community Arts Centre and mosaic classes for adults at Hepword Studios at the Woodford Academy.
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WEAVING WORKSHOP WITH BECKY CHATFIELD
LOCATION: TUNDURRA GARDEN
Dates and Times
Sat 21 September 2024
2pm – 4pm
Venue
Tundurra Garden, 15 Dawes Av, Linden
Cost
$50 per person
A 2 hour beginner’s workshop tailored to adults to learn the beautiful traditional art of weaving a necklace or earrings taught by Kamilaroi woman Becky Chatfield.
Spaces limited to 8.
Tickets go towards supporting Hazelbrook Public School.
Becky Chatfield is a Kamilaroi woman living on Darug and Gundungurra land. She works as a Field Officer for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and is passionate about upholding cultural practices that have been passed down for generations.
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Election BBQ and Cake Stall
LOCATION: Hazelbrook Public School
Date and Time:
14 Sept 2024
9am-3pm
Hazelbrook Public School is an official voting centre for 14 September Election Day. Hazelbrook Public School P&C will be holding a traditional Election Day BBQ offering up democracy sausages (& bacon & eggs) as well as lots of sweet treats baked and donated by the school community. All proceeds go back to the Hazelbrook Public School P&C to invest in projects for the students at the school.
HICCUP ART COLOURING STATION
LOCATION: Tundurra Garden
Date and Times
During open times of Festival, both weekends
Cost
FREE with garden entry ticket
A table with “Hiccup Art” colouring sheets designed by local Blue Mountains artist and Hazelbrook Public School parent, Jennie Deane, will be available for kids during the Festival. Kids are welcome to do some colouring in and enter their sheet in to the Hiccup Art colouring competition to win a school holiday workshop voucher with Jennie at her studio in Hazelbrook.
Jennie Deane is a Blue Mountains based artist (and a Hazelbrook Public School parent). Inspired by her beautiful surroundings, Jennie’s most recent body of work is exploring lookouts and landscapes. In her latest book ‘LOOKOUT’ Jennie works with pen and watercolour as well as experimenting with a broad range of mediums. As well as creating herself, Jennie also teaches classes and workshops to encourage others to start their own artistic adventure.
DROP-IN BRACELET MAKING SESSION WITH BECKY CHATFIELD
LOCATION: TUNDURRA GARDEN
Dates and Times
Sat 21 September 2024
10am-12pm
Venue
Tundurra Garden, 15 Dawes Av, Linden
Cost
Gold coin donation
Come along to a bracelet-making session with Kamilaroi woman Becky Chatfield at Tundurra Garden. This is a drop-in session that welcomes everyone of all ages, for a gold coin donation that supports Hazelbrook Public School. Come and go, spend as little or as long as you like, weaving with Becky while you’re at the garden.
Becky Chatfield is a Kamilaroi woman living on Darug and Gundungurra land. She works as a Field Officer for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and is passionate about upholding cultural practices that have been passed down for generations.
Photo credit: Sebastian Thaw
BACH IN THE GARDEN
LOCATION: Tundurra Garden
Date and Times
Sat 21 Sept
11-11.45am
Sun 22 Sept
12-12.45pm
Cost
FREE with garden entry ticket
Join Hazelbrook Public School parents Kate and Martijn Hadders as they bring Bach to the gardens on the second weekend of Festival.
Kate Hadders plays cello in the Blue Mountains String Quartet, and Martijn Hadders teaches guitar and performs regularly for community groups around Sydney.
PLANT STALLS
LOCATION: Hazelbrook Scout Hall grounds
Date and Times
During open times of Festival, both weekends
Plants have been generously donated by gardeners within the school community and Oasis Horticulture in support of achieving our Festival fundraising goal. There will be a wide range of seedlings available to choose from at very reasonable prices. Come along to see what you can get for your home garden this Spring.
Fuchsia & Jam Stall
LOCATION: 92 Railway Pde, Hazelbrook
Date and Time:
During open times of Festival, both weekends
A variety of established fuchsias and homemade jams made from the fruits in the garden available for sale.
Woodford Academy Open Day
LOCATION: 90-92 Great Western Hwy, Woodford
Date and Time:
21 Sept 2024
10am-4pm
Don’t leave the mountains without visiting Woodford Academy‘s Open Day on your way back to Sydney. It’s the oldest complex of colonial buildings in the Blue Mountains, with a multi-layered history stretching back to the 1830s. The Open Day currently also features the work of Artist in Residence, Eloise Maree Crossman. The Central Blue Mountains Garden Club will have a courtyard stall offering information and advice and their volunteer run cafe will be open with a mouth-watering selection of cakes and coffee.
TIP: Access Woodford Academy through Woodford Ave, off Great Western Highway. Park on Vale Rd for access to the building.