OPEN GARDEN BRISBANE THIS WEEKEND

VISIT SUBTROPICAL OPEN GARDENS IN SPRING.

HERITAGE ROSES FOR SALE

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

OPEN GARDEN THIS WEEKEND

HERITAGE ROSES FOR SALE THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING "MONTVILLE ROSE'
COME UP TO MONTVILLE 1st 2nd OCTOBER
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 , 1st and 2nd 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 Coasthttp://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 Australiahttp://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm
Youtube https://youtu.be/MkT1vFZYP_o
Web references: Queensland Tourism http://www.queensland.com/…/open-gardens-springtime-in-mont…
Thankyou for considering helping us to promote this Charity event
Dr Michael Simpson 5/9/2016
85 Western Avenue Montville
0458 429524

Open Gardens next weekend 1st &2nd October

Here we are discussing an important topic. It may well be about the open garden or one of our many garden conversation starters who knows?

After attending rehab “for the over committed and compulsive gardeners “ we constructed a 12 step program and Gardeners Anonymous support group for people who feel they are slipping into the mulch pile like us.

Anyway we got over it and have pledged to open the garden at “The Shambles” Montville to raise funds for The Cittamani Hospice which does amazing work supporting people in the palliative stages of their lives as well as their carers. The refreshments takings on the days are going to help Frontier services to support the mental health needs of people living in remote Australia.

That in itself is enough to encourage you to come along on the weekend with the added enjoyment of seeing the garden. The garden has been in our care for 25 years and has reached that slightly paunchy, blousey stage. It is a well-used garden where family and friends have gathered to have parties, for quiet chats and for musical interludes. Camp fire cooking ,playing hide and seek ,having treasure hunts and drawing or making clay sculptures are regular occurrences at “The Shambles”.

While you are in Montville head just down Western Avenue and take the next street to the right which is  Manley Drive and visit “Wongawilli “ a big beautiful garden growing on terraces facing Obi Valley views.

TRUMP your other weekend plans OPEN GARDENS SPRING TIME IN MONTVILLE.

TRUMP all the other plans for OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2016
"Make Your Weekend Great Again"
OPEN GARDENS SPRING TIME IN MONTVILLE.
9.30AM -4.00PM $6.00 ENTRY CHILDREN FREE
"THE SHAMBLES"" Kyleigh and Dr Michael Simpson, Ochre Montville
85 WESTERN AVE MONTVILLE 4560

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"WONGAWILLI"
19 MANLEY DRIVE, MONTVILLE 456O
Our garden Notes

Welcome to our garden at “The Shambles”
This garden has been developed over the last twenty four years around our century old farm house. There were a few shrubs and fruit trees, one large Camellia and our hedges planted by earlier gardeners.
We are collectors and conservers of charming traditional and often uncommon trees, shrubs, perennials and ornamental plants in as many varieties as we can.
There is no irrigation system here or prescribed rules by which we work. We are enthusiasts not experts and nature, not gardening fashion, is our influence. In our climate we continue to collect China and Tea roses, grown from cutting, species Camellias and favourite Japonicas and Sasanquas. Contrasted to these are the epiphytic orchids and many subtropical subshrubs under our collection of trees.
See our plant inventorys www.montvillegarden.com
http://montvillegarden.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/montvillegarden
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

FORGET ABOUT THIS GUY FOR A WHILE AT OUR OPEN GARDENS.

VISIT GARDENS IN SPRING. NEW PLANTS IN "THE SHAMBLES"

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

But the fun of gardening goes on

Plants added September 2016

Dampiera purpurea  Small perennial suckering herb that reaches 1 to 1.5 metres high and can spread to 2 metres across.  Purple flowers   Nr Trachelospermum arch/Araucaria walk Eastern Australia

Dodonea viscosa    Sticky Hop Bush  A species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia          North West Corner Garden (behind Chair)

Hardenbergia violacea (2)  syn. H. monophylla is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to Australia from Queensland to Tasmania.[1] It is known in Australia by the common names false sarsaparilla, purple coral pea, happy wanderer, native lilac and waraburra (which comes from the Kattang language).[2] Elsewhere it is also called vine lilac[3] or lilac vine.     Nr Trachelospermum arch/Araucaria walk  Eastern Australia

Hovea acutifolia  (5)   Pointed leaf Hovea   Wet forests and rainforest margins from south-east Queensland to the central cost of New South Wales. Genus names after Anton Hove, a botanical collector.    Criss Cross path Garden, Western Hydrangea walk under window, North West Corner Garden

Hovea longifolia  (5)    Round leaf Hovea This native pea develops into an upright, medium shrub. The leaves are linear to oblong, dark green above and paler beneath. In spring, bluish-purple flowers appear in clusters of two or three along the branchlets.            North West Corner Garden,  Araucaria walk  New South Wales Queensland

Lomandra longifolia  (2)  Spiny Mat Rush.  Perennial, rhizomatous herb. Leaves are glossy green, shiny, firm, flat. They can grow from 40cm up to 1m long and 8-12mm wide and are usually taller than the flowering stem. Leaf bases are broad with yellow, orange or brownish margins and the tips of the leaves are prominently toothed.         Near Back stairs, North West Corner Garden

Prostanthera ovalifolia  oval-leaf mintbush or purple mintbush, Flowers are mauve or a deep purple blue, occurring between August and November. Its native distribution is in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.    Rainforest garden near path

Prostanthera sieberi “Minty”    Small upright compact shrub. Full Sun to Part Shade    Tubular violet profuse spring early summer with mint fragrance.   Rainforest garden near path

Grevillea gaudichaudii x longifolia “Fanfare”  Prostrate grevillea with deeply lobed leaves with reddish new growth and burgundy toothbrush flowers in spring-summer                   Front Embankment Eastern end.  Eastern Australia

Why Open a Garden ?

There are a few reasons to put yourself “Out there” and open up that most private of space ,”your garden” to be  viewed by the public. Firstly there is a desire to share the garden with people who like gardens or are keen gardeners. It is also a way to pass on information about plants and to share views about maintenance and care of plants. It is also a way to support a Charity through gate and refreshment takings.

The gardens that will be opened in Montville on October 1^st &2^nd are abundantly full of plants both common and rare, exotic and native to the area. As there is only tank water in Montville the plants have to be resilient with many getting bucket watered in the initial stages and then left to fend for themselves. Michael and Kyleigh of “ The Shambles” have collections of roses and salvias and an interest in garden history that has seen every plant in the garden documented as to its origin and date obtained in Australia. The  plant explorers of the 19^th Century were responsible for many of the plants we see in our gardens as well as the crops and fruits we eat .  Rowena the owner of “Wongawilli” has spent a lot of time living in the tropics especially New Guinea and Fiji and has an interest in tropical and sub-tropical plants that can be seen growing superbly on here terraced land.

Just the act of sharing the gardens brings a wide range of people together and as gardeners we hope that people will take some inspiration home to their own gardens.

Farm life in Montville . 

'Citrus crops being subject to a wide range of insect pests and some plant diseases Harry Oakman recommended application of Lead Arsenate dust for the leaf eating insects and caterpillars, Nicotine spray for the Aphids and application of Lime Sulphur in Winter .' Gardening in Queensland  Harry Oakman , Jacaranda Press 1958

 

OPEN GARDENS 2016

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