PORT DOUGLAS OPEN GARDEN FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
24/06/2014
PORT DOUGLAS OPEN GARDEN FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
The garden will be open on 28th and 29th June from 10am to 4pm. This is a one and only event. Admission $7 per person. Children free Additional $10 per person for guided tour of the house (Master Builders Award). No children. Max 6 per tour, on the hour and half hour. Bookings 4099 6903 or on the day. ADDRESS; 9 Mirage Beachfront (Cocos Palm Close on Google maps), Port Douglas. Parking available
The garden was designed by John Sullivan and my brief to him was a native garden with dry elements as well as tropical. The garden has evolved since 2005. The results have been remarkable. The garden is featured in two publications: Contemporary Australian Garden Design by John Patrick and Jenny Wade – Port Douglas Garden pages 226-235; and Garden Voices by Anne Latreille – John Sullivan pages 184-185 (Port Douglas Garden 2005).
There are mature trees, understorey and ground covers. Plants include various grevilleas, callistemons, cycads including Macrozamia moorei over 2 metres tall, grass trees, various palm species, native hibiscus, Syzygium, bush tucker plants, native grasses, ferns including a King fern and many more.
