Ten Years of Sharing SA’s Hidden Gardens
This spring, Open Gardens SA will celebrate ten years of sharing some of the most beautiful gardens across the state.
This non-profit organisation is run by a passionate group of green thumbs who love showing off South Australia’s amazing private gardens. They enlist budding expert garden owners who generously open their gates for a weekend, letting the community peek behind the fence and soak up the beauty of their creations. It’s a chance to appreciate all their hard work and maybe even learn some gardening tips!
In the last decade, 206,000 visitors have enjoyed seeing more than 400 gardens, events and festivals. Hundreds of garden owners have allowed the public to experience their private gardens, and teams of volunteers have staged workshops, theatre shows and garden festivals including the SA Landscape Festival and The OGSA Harvest Festival.
Some of the proceeds from the garden openings are donated to charities of the garden owners’ choice and thanks to their generosity as well as volunteers and visitors, Open Gardens SA has donated a whopping $154 million to benefit the community,
And to celebrate this milestone, these gardening gurus have launched a new website. The new and improved cyberspace is packed with a tonne of information and new features while remaining easy to use and navigate.
Open Gardens SA’s tenth season opens in August 2024, and another 40 gardens will open until autumn 2025.
For more information and to check out their new website, click here.
