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 HIGHLIGHTS – 12 & 13 SEPTEMBER
- SAT 11am-12pm POSY WORKSHOP
- SAT 1-2pm MUSIC IN TUNDARRA
- SUN 1-2pm MUSIC IN TUNDARRA
- SAT & SUN FRUGAL-LEA GARDEN – Honey, garden tools and pots sale
SECOND WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS – 19 & 20 SEPTEMBER
- SAT 11am-12pm POSY WORKSHOP
- SAT 1-2pm MUSIC IN TUNDARRA
- SUN 10-11am MUSIC IN TUNDARRA
- SUN 1-4pm WEAVING FROM WEEDS WORKSHOP
- SUN 10am-4pm HICCUP ART OPEN STUDIO (short walk from Binyang Garden)
- SAT & SUN 10am-2pm STORY GARDEN HUB at Hazelbrook Scout Hall
BOTH WEEKENDS
- Honey and succulents stall – Aldebaran Garden
- Plant stall – Totoro Garden
- Hiccup Art Colouring Station – Tundarra and Black House Green Garden
- HPS Plant Stall – Hazelbrook Scout Hall
- 11am-2pm Sausage Sizzle – Hazelbrook Scout Hall
WEAVING FROM WEEDS WITH ERIN HALL
LOCATION: HAZELBROOK SCOUTS HALL
Dates and Times
Sun 20 September 2026 1 – 4pm
Venue
Hazelbrook Scouts Hall, 70 Railway Parade, Hazelbrook NSW 2779
Cost
$75, includes all materials, small afternoon tea and Festival Pass
Spend the afternoon with artist Erin Hall in a relaxed, beginner-friendly session where you’ll learn simple techniques for shaping weed materials into baskets.
Along the way, you’ll be encouraged to experiment, slow down, connect with natural materials and take-home skills you can keep using in your own garden and creative practice.
Limited to 30 participants.
Materials and tools to use included. BYO gardening gloves.
Erin Hall has a background that began in floristry and evolved through large-scale event installations, environmental science and bush regeneration. She brings a rare mix of creativity, plant knowledge and hands-on making to her workshops. Her practice, Weaving from Weeds, transforms unwanted and invasive plant materials into beautiful woven forms, inviting people to see garden “waste” in a completely new way.
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POSY WORKSHOP WITH THE WILD CORRIDOR
LOCATION: BLACK HOUSE, GREEN GARDEN
Dates and Times
Sat 12 & 19 September 2024 11am – 12pm
Venue
Black House, Green Garden – 4 Park Road, Hazelbrook NSW
Cost
$75 per person, includes all materials, a ceramic vase and Festival Pass
An hour beginner’s workshop tailored to adults to learn how to make a native posy arrangement with floral designer Sarah Sheridan, garden owner of Black House, Green Garden. The class will cover flower arranging basics: from how to choose and source your flowers ethically and sustainably, to how to cut and prepare the stems for an arrangement. During the workshop you will get hands on experience on how to arrange your flowers in a vase using basic design elements and learn techniques to get the longest life out of your arrangement.
Each person will get to work on putting together a flower posy in a vase to take home with them at the end of the workshop. Everything you need is provided including flowers, a vase and secateurs.
Spaces limited to 8.
Sarah Sheridan is one of our Festival garden owners (Black House, Green Garden). She is the floral designer behind The Wild Corridor (@the.wild.corridor) and specialises in seasonal native flower arrangements and mini posies.
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A peek inside our greenhouse
HPS GREENHOUSE PLANT STALL
LOCATION: HAZELBROOK SCOUTS HALL
70 Railway Pde, Hazelbrook
Date and Times
During open times of Festival, both weekends
This year we have our popular plant stall returning at the Hazelbrook Scout Hall. Parent volunteers have been busily propagating hundreds of plants to sell and the kids have been getting their hands in the dirt this year as well. Alongside donations from several local businesses we will have the kids’ beautiful succulent arrangements and hand-painted pots as well as lots of plants propagated from the very gardens featured in the Festival.
Expect a large variety of flowers, veggies, herbs, native tubestock, popular perennials and more to take back home, at a very reasonable price. There is definitely something for every garden. All proceeds go towards achieving our Festival fundraising goal!
STORY GARDEN HUB
LOCATION: HAZELBROOK SCOUTS HALL
70 Railway Pde, Hazelbrook
Dates and Time
19 Sept Saturday 10am-2pm
20 Sept Sunday 10am-2pm
Cost Free
Program
10am-11am: Playdough table and colouring pages
11am-12pm: Book reading of “The Tiny Gardeners” and make wooden spoon garden markers
12pm-1pm: Book reading of “The Seeding that Didn’t Want to Grow” and decorate seed packs
1pm-2pm: Book reading of “Choose Your Own Veg” and make veggie collages
Take the kids over to Hazelbrook Scout Hall on the second Festival weekend to visit the Story Garden hub. They’ll get storytime, garden-themed craft activities and sensory play – all perfectly aimed for ages 3-10.
Remember that all Festival goers have a 50% discount voucher to buy pre-loved kids’ books at the hub or at Story Garden in Lawson. Check your ‘Important reminders’ email from Humanitix (1 week before 1st weekend of Festival).
ABOUT STORY GARDEN
Owned by authors Sharon Baldwin and Naomi Crew, Story Garden is a dedicated children’s bookshop based in Lawson and workshop space specialising in new and pre-loved books, toys and creative materials. It has grown from a shared love of children’s literacy, art and colour, coming together to create a welcoming place for families to spend time. With backgrounds in children’s books and creative workshops, Sharon and Naomi have laid strong roots for Story Garden to grow into something special.
MUSIC IN THE GARDENS – DUET
LOCATION: TUNDARRA GARDEN
Dates and Time
12 Sept Saturday 1-2pm
19 Sept Saturday 1-2pm
Cost Free with garden entry ticket
Two members from Blue Mountains String Quartet will be playing at Tundarra Garden.
Kate Hadders is a current parent at Hazelbrook Public School and the cellist of Blue Mountains String Quartet. Lucy Jankowski is the violinist and founder of Blue Mountains String Quartet.
MUSIC IN THE GARDENS – BLUE MOUNTAINS STRING TRIO
LOCATION: TUNDARRA GARDEN
Dates and Time
13 Sept Sunday 1-2pm
20 Sept Sunday 10-11am
Cost Free with garden entry ticket
Three members from Blue Mountains String Quartet will be playing at Tundarra Garden both Sundays of the Festival.
Violinist Lucy Jankowski is founder of the Blue Mountains String Quartet who has been deputy violinist in the UEA Symphony Orchestra, and a first violinist in Bristol Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra, Penrith Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus String Orchestra and the Blue Mountains Orchestra. Violinist Sonja Keller has played for Orana Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne. Cellist Kate Hadders was a member of the Darwin Youth Orchestra and Darwin Symphony Orchestra. Blue Mountains String Quartet often perform at special events around the Blue Mountains and can be hired for private functions. Find them on Instagram
HICCUP ART COLOURING STATION
LOCATION: TUNDARRA GARDEN AND BLACK HOUSE, GREEN 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 former Hazelbrook Public School parent, Jennie Deane, will be available for kids during the Festival. Kids are welcome to do some colouring in while visiting each of these gardens.
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 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.
Website :www.jenniedeane.com.au Facebook: HiccupArt Instagram: hiccupart
HAZELBROOK SCOUTS – SAUSAGE SIZZLE
LOCATION: HAZELBROOK SCOUTS HALL
70 Railway Pde, Hazelbrook
Date and Time
11am-2pm, both weekends
Our friends Hazelbrook Scouts will be hosting a sausage sizzle during Festival on the grounds of their Scouts Hall. It’ll be a quick (and delicious) option to grab a bite to eat in between garden visits – and proceeds go towards the Scouts too.