GARDEN VISITors

We have had many visitors to our garden, both individuals and groups. We especially welcome groups of gardeners

ANPS - Australian Native Plants Society

APS - Australian Plants Society

2004

16 April Garden group 20 people

5 October Garden Club and Horticultural Society Canberra 15 people

2005

14 January Orchid Society of Canberra, Committee, 20 people

11-12 November Open Gardens Australia, 300 people

2006

14 January, Orchid Society of Canberra, Committee, 20 people

9 April Orchid Society of Canberra, Coffee Club, 20 people

15 June, Garden Design Study Group, ANPS Canberra, 15 people

11-12 November Open Gardens Australia, 300 people

2007

17-18 March Open Gardens Australia, 300 people

2008

12 January Orchid Society of Canberra Committee, 20 people

6 May Inner Wheel Belconnen, 40 people

17 May ANPS Canberra, New Members, 30 people

30 August Open Gardens Australia launch, 400 people

15 October Third Canberra Garden Club, , 20 people

28 October Garden Group, 15 people

9 November American Tour, 15 people

23 November Garden Design Study Group, ANPS Canberra,, 20 people

29-30 November Open Gardens Australia

2009

10 January Orchid  Society of Canberra, Committee, 20 people

2010

16 January, Orchid Society of Canberra, Committee, 20 people

4 May Nimmitabel Garden Club, 12 people

5 October First Canberra Garden Club, 25 people

2011

15 January Orchid Society of Canberra, Committee, 20 people

15 February Second Canberra Garden Club, 20 people

3 May WIC Garden Circle, 15 people

12 May Third Canberra Garden Club and Braidwood Garden Club, 30 people

17 September Launch Open Gardens Australia SE NSW and ACT, 100 people

18 September Open Gardens Australia – John Carter plants for sale, over 1,000 visitors

2012

18 October  Hills District Iris group of New Zealanders – cake with fern – 20 people

31 October Cooma-Monaro Ladies Probus Club – 40 people

2013

17 February    Weston Creek Garden Club, 25 people

17 September   Garden Design Study Group and ANPS Canberra, 20 people

30 September ABC TV, Orchids

26-27 October Open Gardens Australia, 300 people

30 October Nowra APS group, 12 people

2014

9 April   Orange Garden Club, 20 people

29 October Yass TAFE, George Dashwood, wife and two students

 1-2 November AB Bishop(Melbourne) and Autumn(Sydney) to photograph and interview for Angus Stewart’s new book

 8 November  Inner Wheel Belconnen members for afternoon tea, 2-4pm, 55 people

 14 November Acacia Study Group, Bill and Sue Aitchison (Melbourne)

2015

16 February Garden Design Study Group, Diana and Brian Snape

3 March Garden History Society ACT, 40 people

 27 May Par and Helene Ahiberger, Swedish Ambassador

  26 September  Ross Tours, afternoon tea, 20 people

 16-20 November, ANPSA (Australian Native Plants Society, Australia wide) Conference, 200 people, Mon-Thurs pm, including 36 degree day, and Friday am

 28 November  Horticultural Society of Canberra, 20 people

2016

 16 February ANPS Canberra Daytime Activities Group, 20 people

 19 April Third Canberra Garden Club, 20 people

  20 September, Second Canberra Garden Club,  30 people

 24 September Ross Tours  , 15 people

 28 September Mt. Eliza Garden Club,  15 people

 4 October Angus Stewart, Gardening Australia,

15 October Garden History Society, 120 people

 24-25 October Gardening Australia filming, Costa and Simon  

 9 November Belconnen Garden Club  30 people

  10 November Braidwood Garden Club  12 people

2017

8-13 May Garden Design Study Group, Terra Australis garden, Lawrie Smith 

15 June  Cool Country Natives, 10 people

 3-4 July Angus Stewart, Gardening Australia, Terra Australia Garden,

29 August  National Arboretum, horticulturalists,

 3 September NSW National Trust, 100 people,

 5 September Janine McNamara (Guides, BGANZ) 

 6 October Gardens of Stone author

 18 October BGANZ  ( Botanical Gardens of Australia and New Zealand) 57 delegates

 3 November Nowra Garden group,  12 people

 20 December STEP, (Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park) volunteers, 20 people

2018

  14 February NSW  National Trust, house and garden, 5 people

 15 February Australian National Botanic Garden group, 14 people, 

 6 May NSW  National Trust, 380 people

 9 May Ambassador’s wives, 14 people

16 May Ambassador’s wives, 14 people

 2019

 29 September,  Ross Tours, 15 people

 12-13 October  Di Clarke, SE APS,  Our garden and TA  12 people

 24 October Commonwealth Club  40 people

 2020

 18 February ANPS Canberra DAGs, 20 people

 7 March  Kristine Gow and friend, Southern Highlands APS

 8 March Canberra International Festival of Music 110 people,

 4 and 8 November Genevieve Jacobs, Renaissance Tours, 20 and 10 people

 2021

 6 March  APS Southern Highlands, 20 people

 10 March Canberra Institute of Technology, Horticulture students, 20 people

 27 April  APS Goulburn, Annette Cave, 40 people

16 November ANPS Canberra DAGs, 25 people

 8 December, ANU Game Change Fund Donor Event

2022

 30 March ANU Sustainable Farming book launch  60 people

 20 April Third Canberra Garden Club 30 people

 14 June, Crew, Cool Country Natives, 15 people

 30 June Tegan (Cool Country Natives) and two crew for cuttings

 30 September Owen Bolitho and four horticulturalists from the Arboretum

 2023

7 October Friends ANBG

8 October Friends ANBG

14 October Horticultural Society of Canberra

2024

15 August    Cool Country Natives Nursery staff (10)

17 September   Second Canberra Garden Club (58)

12 October   Friends ANBG (20)

20 October  Friends ANBG (20)

7 November  DAGs and Southern Highlands APS

Press List for Garden

The Age Friday June 26, 2015 Andrea Bishop Bringing the outside indoors Special Report Melbourne Designs, p. 2.

Sunday Canberra Times August 31, 2014 Words, Vanessa Lam.  Photos: Jarmila Toderas. Garden Gets Stamp of Approval, p. 4.

Canberra Times Relax  August 24, 2014 Words, Susan Parsons.  Photos: Jarmila Toderas. Nature on Display, pp. 12-13. Also in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Ulladulla Beacon, etc. as ‘Walcott Garden receives the stamp of approval’.

Garden Drum December 15, 2013  Catherine Stewart, Walcott Garden

See Canberra Spring 2011  Garden Bliss, p. 6

The Chronicle Tuesday September 13 2011  Native Garden on Display to the Public, p.16

The Weekend Australian Weekend Aplus, September 17-18, 2011 Walcott Garden p.7

CityNews September 8-14, 2011  Garden Design That’s Just for the Birds Words; Kathryn Vukovljak, photos Silas Brown. pp. 32-33.

CityNews November 19-25, 2009. Photo by Silas Brown, p. 6.

Canberra Times Times2, p. 7, September 4, 2008 Gardens in all their Glory. Story and photos by Lyn Mills.

CityNews November 20-26, 2008   Natives Bloom in Red Hill Meadow, Megan Haggan visits an incredible garden in Red Hill, photos by Silas Brown.  p. 25

Canberra Times Relax Sunday November 23, 2008. Great Aussie Landscape, Julia Whyte, photos Karleen Williams, pp. 6-7.

Canberra’s Amazing Homes Friday November 7, 2008. Full of Charm in Large Oasis  Ewa Kretowicz. pp. 8-9

Canberra Times Relax Sunday March 30, 2008, pp.6-7. An Oasis Emerges, Ewa Kretowicz, Photos Graham Tidy.

Capital  Issue 24, September-October 2006. It’s for the Birds. Words Susan Parsons, photos Elizabeth Hawkes. pp. 88-93.

Canberra Times, Canberra’s Amazing Gardens, Friday December 9, 2005.