Newstead

Newstead’s one-hectare garden grew because the lawn wasn’t big enough for a wedding marquee. So out came the fences, the driveway was shifted and a paddock was transformed into a series of connecting garden rooms. You’ll see a woodland garden of oak trees underplanted with pink and white flowering rhododendrons, azaleas and hostas. In the Pergola garden you’ll find the apricot ‘Crepuscule’ rose and white and blue clematis flowering overhead, while nandinas, hydrangeas and roses put on a show in the garden below. Over a dozen flowering cherry trees splash colourful blossom around the garden.

Enthusiasts of growing their own vegetables will be delighted by the extremely productive vegetable garden, feeding the family and friends with carrots, parsnips, beans, corn, leaks, onions, silver beet, tomatoes, lettuces and over 50 pumpkins last season. One pumpkin weighing 91.5kgs was the prize-winning pumpkin at the 2019 Hawarden Show. You’ll be torn between enjoying the decorative charm of the garden and envying the productive and prize-winning capacity of Newstead.