If you’re going to be around Sydney this September, then be sure to bring the Australian Garden Show Sydney to your list of must-sees. This garden-food-lifestyle celebration will play host to a number of Australian star garden experts, chefs, entomologists — and, needless to say, the public, who will get to indulge all the senses in this inaugural event.
Info: September 5 to 8, 2013. Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia. Tickets are $35 to $45 through Ticketek.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
A sweeping coastal avenue will connect 16 display gardens, such as September Sky,that is unveiledby gardeners Tom Harfleet along with Andrew Fisher Tomlin. It will function as the show’s centerpiece garden.
To commemorate Gallipoli’s centenary in 2015 (a commemoration of this bitter eight-month campaign that helped forge Australia as a young nation), award-winning landscape designer Jim Fogarty will present The Last to Leave, a Gallipoli-inspired garden.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
Other garden creations will include the work of event curator Myles Baldwin; Brendan Moar, by the LifeStyle station’s Dry Spell Gardening along with the History channel’s forthcoming Coast Australia; along with Charlie Albone, by the LifeStyle station’s Selling Houses Australia.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
Australian Garden Show Sydney
More than 100 exhibitors will include garden and nursery associations, and there will be a huge number of gardening create and information stalls. An interactive kids’ section, operated by Twigz, promises to help keep the little ones amused.
You are able to catch talks from global vertical garden guru Patrick Blanc (revealed), Aussie garden legends Angus Stewart and Graham Ross, along with the “Gourmet Farmer,” Matthew Evans.
The interactive and educational talks are contained in the price of a daily entry ticket and run for an hour, such as a 15-minute Q&A. These sessions enable the public to associate with a number of the world’s top gardening, lifestyle and culinary experts in a broad program covering everything from advanced gardening to unusual culinary presentations.
Photo courtesy of Pascal Héni
Australian Garden Show Sydney
Celebrity chef Kylie Kwong and entomologist Skye Blackburn will also produce a selection of recipes comprising edible insects, such as crickets and dried earthworms, during their conversation, as part of the occasion’s “Seeds of Wisdom” lecture series.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
By night the gardens will take on a whole new form as mild installations created by architect and House Rules judge Joe Snell illuminate the displays. Majestic lighting will flooding the grounds with effects made by Anthony Bastic, event director in the Australian Garden Show Sydney and director of a mild festival named Vivid.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
World-class garden displays, a vibrant floral pavilion, various bars, ample places to indulge in fine cuisine and magnificent visual installations will period 7 acres in Sydney’s Centennial Park for your four-day event.
Australian Garden Show Sydney
Visitors will discover new gardening experiences at Australian author and TV personality Indira Naidoo’s Kitchen Garden. They’ll be able to build their cherry partitions or water plants with pedal-powered sprinklers. Guests are also invited to drift through tomato archways and learn how to use even the smallest spaces for pop-up edible gardens.
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