Visiting the stunning heritage Everglades House & Gardens | Garden Design | Gardening Australia

Costa explores a garden on 5 hectares of Dharug and Gundungurra land in the World Heritage-Listed Blue Mountains. Subscribe 🔔 ab.co/GA-subscribe
Owner: National Trust NSW
Head Gardener: Simon Cooper
Location: Dharug and Gundungurra Country, in Leura, NSW
Climate Zone: Cool Temperate
Garden established: 1930s.
Style: Exotic and native gardens in a steep hills setting with terraced levels.
Key Features:
At about 1,000m above sea level the climate is always cooler than Sydney and the coast, so it supports many old-world cold climate plants. There are seasonal displays of cherry blossom, tulips and autumn colour.
The garden was designed by Paul Sorenson in the 1930s and it’s the best-known of the hundreds he designed.
It was built as a weekend retreat for Belgian entrepreneur Henri Van de Velde.
There are many beautifully crafted stone walls, stunning views, and interesting mature trees.
There is a natural watercourse on the site with a waterfall flowing into a pool that was created by damming the waterway with a huge 40-tonne rock that looks like it’s always been there.
There is an alpine area, some lovely walking paths, a reflection pool and a naturalistic area with maples alongside a meandering stream that Sorensen created after being inspired by Japanese garden designs.
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[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Wow….stunning…….so beautiful, all the detailed parts……

[@PlantBasedFolk]

Can’t wait to visit!

[@jamiecampbell4666]

That alpine area does remind me of my home in England

[@Aquinilia]

It's like the fairy tale garden so beautiful 😮❤

[@AdaptiveGardener]

Very nice!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌

[@Leekle2ManE]

I've been watching Gardening Australia for years now, pretty much one year shorter than Costa's been the host. And offsetting all tips and advice by six months since I live in subtropical Florida, US. So you can imagine my excitement when I read the Everglades title, my mild disappointment when I see the garden looks nothing like the Everglades and my amusement while I am laughing at the idea of slopes in the Everglades!

[@JustOneKnight]

😊👍🙏

[@chrisb2743]

Would love to have a huge land like this and create my own garden and have chickens and few animals in