OPEN GARDEN BRISBANE

Open Gardens Springtime in Montville is an opportunity to visit two of the best mature country gardens in Queensland, near the popular tourist town of Montville (Sunshine Coast Hinterland north of Brisbane).

When:  Saturday and Sunday , 1^st and 2^nd October 2016

              9 30 am to   4 pm both days

Admission:  $6 per person, to each garden with all funds going to the charities described below. Under 18 free. 

Street Parking. At least ½ of the gardens are disabled access. Most of “The Shambles” is accessible

Where and Why:

“The Shambles”, at 85 Western Avenue, Montville, is a collectors garden established over the last 25 years around a century old farmhouse. Highlights will include many spring flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs and orchids, and spectacular flowering trees. An extensive network of paths with no dead ends.

Refreshments available at The Plough Inn. Proceeds from the Open Garden benefit the Cittamani Hospice service on the Sunshine Coast   http://www.cittamanihospice.com.au . The Shambles has opened in support of many charities since 2001.

“Wongawilli”, at 19 Manley Drive, off Western Avenue, Montville, is another collectors garden commenced 16 years ago. Rowena, the garden's owner, describes having “phases of collecting plants" such as Magnolias, Wisterias, Brugmansias, Begonias and many more. A wide range of sub-tropical and temperate plants can be grown on the Range and are thriving in this garden. A difficult slope has been tamed with wide terraces and there are areas of woodland and revegetated gullies, a testament to the skill and horticultural knowledge of the owner. Proceeds from Wongawilli go to Fiji cyclone reconstruction relief.

“The Shambles” Web   http://www.montvillegarden.com

“The Shambles” Blog and Facebook   http://montvillegarden.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/montvillegarden

ABC  Gardening Australia http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

Youtube  https://youtu.be/MkT1vFZYP_o

Web references:  Queensland Tourism   http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

Thankyou for considering helping us to promote this Charity event

Dr Michael Simpson                                         5/9/2016

85 Western Avenue Montville

0458 429524

OPEN GARDENS SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

Open Gardens Springtime in Montville is an opportunity to visit two of the best mature country gardens in Queensland, near the popular tourist town of Montville.

When:  Saturday and Sunday , 1^st and 2^nd October 2016

              9 30 am to   4 pm both days

Admission:  $6 per person, to each garden with all funds going to the charities described below. Under 18 free. 

Street Parking. At least ½ of the gardens are disabled access. Most of “The Shambles” is accessible

Where and Why:

“The Shambles”, at 85 Western Avenue, Montville, is a collectors garden established over the last 25 years around a century old farmhouse. Highlights will include many spring flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs and orchids, and spectacular flowering trees. An extensive network of paths with no dead ends.

Refreshments available at The Plough Inn. Proceeds from the Open Garden benefit the Cittamani Hospice service on the Sunshine Coast   http://www.cittamanihospice.com.au . The Shambles has opened in support of many charities since 2001.

“Wongawilli”, at 19 Manley Drive, off Western Avenue, Montville, is another collectors garden commenced 16 years ago. Rowena, the garden's owner, describes having “phases of collecting plants" such as Magnolias, Wisterias, Brugmansias, Begonias and many more. A wide range of sub-tropical and temperate plants can be grown on the Range and are thriving in this garden. A difficult slope has been tamed with wide terraces and there are areas of woodland and revegetated gullies, a testament to the skill and horticultural knowledge of the owner. Proceeds from Wongawilli go to Fiji cyclone reconstruction relief.

“The Shambles” Web   http://www.montvillegarden.com

“The Shambles” Blog and Facebook   http://montvillegarden.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/montvillegarden

ABC  Gardening Australia http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

Youtube  https://youtu.be/MkT1vFZYP_o

Web references:  Queensland Tourism   http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

Thankyou for considering helping us to promote this Charity event

Dr Michael Simpson                                         5/9/2016

85 Western Avenue Montville

0458 429524

Come and Have a Sticky Beak at two Montville Gardens

October 1^st &2^nd   “The Shambles” 85 Western Ave Montville

                               & “Wongawilli”19 Manley Drive Montville

Montville has some bushy hedges that hide many gardens from view as you drive by. As a gardener there is often something intriguing about peaking over a fence or around a hedge to find an interesting plant or lush garden. This October you are invited in to see two mature gardens   and to explore the pathways, discover plants, get ideas and to just sit back and relax in. Each garden owner has nominated a worthy cause to fundraise for. Michael and Kyleigh at “The Shambles” have selected Cittamiani Hospice for their supportive work in palliative care in this area while Rowena at “Wongawilli” continues to raise funds for rebuilding work in Fiji.

Neither of these gardens have reticulated water so the plants used have proven themselves as hardy and resilient in times of low rainfall and flooding rains. Both gardens are private places that reflect the interests of the owners who will be on hand to answer questions over the weekend.  All sticky beaks welcome. 

OPEN GARDEN OCTOBER QUEENSLAND

OPEN GARDENS  ” SPRING TIME IN MONTVILLE”
SEE TWO OF THE BEST MATURE COUNTRY GARDENS IN QUEENSLAND
CLOSE TO THE POPULAR TOURIST VILLAGE OF MONTVILLE IN THE SCENIC BLACKALL RANGES . SUNSHINE COAST HINTERLAND

WE ARE OPENING “THE SHAMBLES”   85 Western Avenue
            &     “WONGAWILLI”  19 Manley Drive (Off Western Avenue)

Sat and Sun   1st and 2nd  OCTOBER   2016
Hours   9 30am to 4 pm,    Admission $6  to each garden

Proceeds from  “The Shambles” to benefit the Cittamani Hospice  Sunshine Coast.  Proceeds from “Wongawilli to Fiji reconstruction post Cyclone Winstone.

http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

Our Garden Featured on ABC TV ‘Gardening Australia” 6/6/2015 at 6 30pm   see ONLINE     http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

PICTURES OF OUR GARDEN ON YOUTUBE AT:   https://youtu.be/MkT1vFZYP_o

You may enjoy a copy of our book. "A Garden Forever" A History of "The Shambles"

OPEN GARDEN "THE SHAMBLES" 1ST 2ND OCTOBER, NEW PLANTINGS

Montvilles

Spring Gardens

2 established private Gardens

October 1 & 2, 2016

9.30am -4.00pm    $6.00 entry children free

THE  SHAMBLES                                                                                                                                85 Western Ave Montville 4560

Wongawilli                                                                                                                                             19 Manley DRIVE, MONTVILLE 4560

see   www.montvillegarden.com     http//:www.facebook.com/montvillegarden

http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

AND http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

NOW FOR OUR PLANTING ADDITIONS 

Abelia floribunda,     Semi-evergreen or evergreen medium shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5cm long.  Mexico         Central Shrub garden with the other collected Abelias

Weigela foliis purpueia         'Foliis Purpueis' is a small, spreading deciduous shrub with ovate, dull purplish-green leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped, rosy-pink flowers paler within      Stone Circle garden South East Corner with the other collected Weigelas

  

Forsythia viridissima, The flowers are produced in the early spring before the leaves, bright yellow with a deeply four-lobed flower, the petals joined only at the base. These become pendant in rainy weather thus shielding the reproductive parts.  The genus is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was royal head gardener and a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society     Embankment behind the Pool with newly collected Salvias   China

 

Fuchsia shrub “Shower of Stars”               East Border garden

Fuchsia shrub “Annabel”                            East Border garden

Fuchsia shrub “Carla Johnson”                    East Border garden

Fuchsia (white Shrub) from Rowenas garden         East Border garden

Fuchsia “Viona”                                        East Border garden

Fuchsia  “Marcia                                          East Border garden

Salvia “Blue Bird”     Blue                                    Poole Embankment

Salvia chamelaeagnea  (mauve and white) Afrikaanse salie. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope  Pool Embankment

Salvia cacaliifolia Blue Vine Sage Chiapas, Mexico, and in Guatemala and Honduras, at 1,500–2,500 m (4,921–8,202 ft) elevation. It has been available in the United Kingdom for many years, after being recognized by William Robinson in 1933 (Royal Blue)  Pool Embankment

Salvia “Cookie”  (Blue)               North West Corner garden

Salvia disermas  White, mauve and white  South Africa         North West Corner garden

Salvia flocculosa   Ecuadorian sage (Blue) The flowers, which seem to never stop blooming, are strongly marked with white bee lines. Ecuador  Pool Embankment

Salvia gesneriifolia  Red black bracts, It was named in honor of 15th century Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner Mexico  South East Corner Verandah gardren

Salvia microphylla  ‘Huntington Red’ is an evergreen plant, growing from 70cm to 1 meter and spreading from 60 to 75cm. It has a shrubby growth habit with many thin, but firm and upright stems. The striking dark coloured stems approach black in colour and show off the red flowers. The calyces are almost black          North West Corner garden

Salvia pratensis   ( Meadow sage Pink cultivar) perennial forming a basal clump 1 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges Europe West Asia  Pool Embankment garden

Salvia radula         white flowering Salvia radula is also called Scrappy African Sage and is native to the botanically rich mountain regions of South Africa and grows at elevations from 1300 to 1900 meters. South Africa  North west Corner Stone Circle

Salvia Buchananii “Wendys Wish”      Pool Embankment garden

Added  after 2^nd September

Tea Rose “The Shambles’ Rose  x 6   South Rose garden and Front path garden

Pyrostegia venusta syn. Pyrostegia ignea   Orange Trumpet vine. Flame vine is a rampant climber that carries cascades of bright orange tubular flowers. he plant from which the painting of P. venusta in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine was illustrated was collected in Brazil in 1815 by Admiral Sir John Beresford (Second Sea Lord and Conservative politician). The species was first described by John Miers in 1863 Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.  Northwest Cornet garden West Fence

Petrea volubis  Purple Wreath          Front Embankment/House sign

Rhododendron vireya “Dixie”  Yellow Tropical Rhododendron  Near Plough inn

Lobelia laxiflora Mexican lobelia, Narrow leaf shrub , orange and yellow flowers. It is also considered poisonous. The plant contains alkaloids and other toxic oils that can cause vomiting, diarrhea or other problems if consumed. Introduced to Britain in 1825.    Mexico, South, Central, and North America as far north as Arizona in the United States Central Lawn and border garden near pool fence

Euphorbia fulgens   Scarlet flowering, narrow leaves  In Mexico, they are often used as Christmas plants. They’re seen as more convenient than large conifers, and as they’re a local plant, they’re in plentiful supply. Mexico   North West Corner stone circle

Spiraea x bumada  Pink. Spiraea japonica is one of the parent plants of Spiraea x bumalda. Flowering semideciduous Spiraea China North west Corner garden

Westringea fruiticosa “ Wynyabbie Gem”         North west Corner garden

Anigozanthus hybrid “Bush Pearl”  red-pink flowering Kangaroo paw     North West Corner garden

Banksia Integrifolia Coastal Banksia               North West Rainforest garden

Grevillea glossadenia x venusta “Orange Marmalade”  North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea whiteana “Moonlight   North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea (G.Superb and G.Moonlight) “Flamingo”  Pink   North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea longistyla x venusta  “Firesprite” North West Corner garden/border

Hardenbergia violacea “Meema”  Purple flowering bushy groundcover  Western fence Fenced Rose garden

Hovea acutifolia ‘Ponted Leaved Hovea’  Purple flowering sub shrub. The genus name honours Anton Pantaleon Hove, a Polish plant collector. Eastern Australia North border near Plough inn

Metrosideros collina “Spingfire” native to French Polynesia and the Cook islands. The species was first formally described by botanist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in 1775. It was given the name Leptospermum collinum. Front Embankment/ House sign

Hibiscus roas-sinensis  “Snowflake”  Variegated red flowering Hibiscus  Criss cross garden

Also from Punnet , throughout, oncluding these locations

Brassica oleracea   Ornamental Kale           front path garden

Gaura lindheimeri   Butterfly Bush            North west Corner Garden

Statice perezii “Blue Seas”

Coreopis grandiflora                                  North west Corner

Dianthus

Primula malacoides                                   Stone bed, Central shrub garden

Viola x wittrockiana Pansy “Giant Butterflys”  Near Back stairs

Viola cornuta                                         Stone bed. Near back stairs

From seed:

Tropeolum majus  Nasturtium “Black Velvet”

Tropeolum majus  Nasturtium  “Jewel Cherry Rose”

Flowering Whites

It is always good to have white flowering plants in shady corners and the great thing about Michelia and Pieris shrubs is that you can get up close to examine the showy  flower forms..
The Michelia shrubs are looking gorgeous . It seems like they have finally reached a size when they can not be ignored. Michelia doltsopa, Michelia x hybrid"Bubbles" , Michelia x hybrid "Mixed up miss", Michelia x hybrid "Coco" amongst others are well worth growing in domestic gardens.
Another favourite right now is Pieris ryukyuensis "Temple Bells' . I know this plant grows well down south and I have seen it as quite a big tree. For us it has been slow but it likes the south east corner where it is fair shady and protected.New foliage on the plant is burgandy /red but I just love the chains of small white bells.

Happy gardening, Kyleigh

The Shambles and plant collecting, acquisitions keeps on keeping on

Plants added   The Shambles,   July 2016   

Strobilanthes flaccidifolius "The Shambles"

These acquisitions listed below are in fact potted up and waiting for spring. It hasn't been a bad winter. There has been intermittent rain and it's only just now dipping down in temperature

The following Fuchsia and Salvias are waiting along with Abelia floribunda, Weigela purpurea and Forsythia , all in pots for a chance in spring. God know where they will fit

  

Fuchsia shrub “Shower of Stars”

Fuchsia shrub “Annabel”

Fuchsia shrub “Carla Johnson”

Fuchsia (white Shrub) from Rowenas garden

Salvia “Blue Bird”     Blue

Salvia chamelaeagnea  (mauve and white) Afrikaanse salie. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope

Salvia cacaliifolia Blue Vine Sage Chiapas, Mexico, and in Guatemala and Honduras, at 1,500–2,500 m (4,921–8,202 ft) elevation. It has been available in the United Kingdom for many years, after being recognized by William Robinson in 1933 (Royal Blue)

Salvia “Cookie”  (Blue)

Salvia disermas  White, mauve and white  South Africa

Salvia flocculosa   Ecuadorian sage (Blue) The flowers, which seem to never stop blooming, are strongly marked with white bee lines. Ecuador

Salvia gesneriifolia  Red black bracts, It was named in honor of 15th century Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner Mexico

Salvia greggii  “Pumpkin”

Salvia microphylla  ‘Huntington Red’ is an evergreen plant, growing from 70cm to 1 meter and spreading from 60 to 75cm. It has a shrubby growth habit with many thin, but firm and upright stems. The striking dark coloured stems approach black in colour and show off the red flowers. The calyces are almost black

Salvia pratensis   ( Meadow sage Pink cultivar) perennial forming a basal clump 1 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges Europe West Asia

Salvia radula         white flowering Salvia radula is also called Scrappy African Sage and is native to the botanically rich mountain regions of South Africa and grows at elevations from 1300 to 1900 meters. South Africa