What a fantastic day we had yesterday for our bus trip. The sun was shining, a crisp breeze kept us alert (and wrapped up) and a lovely time was had by all, appreciating “The Shambles” garden and the many delights of Maleny and the surrounding countryside.
A big thank you to Kyleigh and Michael Simpson who kindly welcomed us and opened their beautiful garden for us to enjoy and take inspiration from. A big thank you also to Mavis and Faye for the organisation of the trip, all our helpers and food preparers, John our bus driver who kept us all safe and entertained, and to Trevallan Lifestyle centre for generously providing gift vouchers for our 6 lucky door prize winners.
Here are a few photos taken of the day – luckily I’m a better gardener than photographer!
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- Our first stop for the day – a delicious morning tea at Burpengary.
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- Tom giving me the hurry up! 😉
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- Roadside garden of ‘The Shambles’
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- Listening to Kyleigh and Michael Simpson welcome us to their garden and giving us a brief history of how the gardens came to be.
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- Lots of garden ‘rooms’ and hidden pathways
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- A lovely way to display bromeliads
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- This sign took my fancy 🙂
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- Interesting garden features everywhere
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- Admiring a cultivar or trying to decide what it is?
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- Another quaint ‘nookery’
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- look closely to see the statue hidden amongst the foliage
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- A lovely hideaway at the bottom of the garden
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- This sign gave us all a giggle!
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- Enjoying the bits and bobs inside the hideaway.
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- Inside the hideaway and feeling as if you’ve time travelled back to a long ago era.
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- Tom and Mavis Wakefield enjoying the garden.
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- Something to see, everywhere you look.
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- Thankfully, many of the plants were labelled to help us identify them
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- These red hot pokers were the show stopper of the day.
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- Two beauties… and the flowers weren’t bad either 😉
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- Lots of colour, overgrowing fences – a wonderful effect.
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- Lots of areas to sit and take in the garden
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- This stunner really stood out. Purple Berry, Callicarpa Bodinier
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- We stopped off at “The Garden Maleny” – a beautiful cafe and nursery with giftwares and a gallery
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- “The Garden Maleny”
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- Some lucky birds live here
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- The quaint and cottagey entrance to ‘The Garden Maleny’
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- Camellias in bloom
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- Enjoying lunch at Mary Cairncross park
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- A perfect lunch spot at Mary Cairncross park
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- The lookout at Mary Cairncross park – what a view!
