Melbourne’s Biggest ‘Designer’ Open Garden Weekend.

Unique opportunity to meet the designers in their gardens.

Ask questions, be inspired!

All proceeds donated to Charity!

The fifth sensational Rotary Garden DesignFest will take place on the weekend of November 17 and 18, 2012 exhibiting around 30 superbly designed gardens by some of Melbourne's most acclaimed garden designers.  Planning is already well underway for the event and this website will be updated as gardens are selected and details finalised.  In the meantime, please enjoy visiting this website which retains details from our very successful Garden DesignFest 2010.

Inspired by the success of Garden DesignFest, the Rotary Club of Newmarket NZ, in conjunction with the Garden Design Society of New Zealand, are holding the "Auckland Garden DesignFest" on Novemebr 19 and 20, 2011.  They will be showcasing 24 spectacular gardens in the Auckland NZ area.  Please support this event which is to provide much needed funds for three very worthwile children's charities. Find out more on their website at www.gardendesignfest.co.nz.

TICKET PURCHASE    more>>

Tickets will be available to provide you with access to all gardens over the weekend. Tickets will be available on location at the display gardens or via this website see the TICKETS tab.

THE GARDENS     more>>

All the gardens have been planned and delivered by professional garden designers around Melbourne who have sought their respective property owner’s permission to open the gardens for display to firstly help lift the awareness of Rotary’s selected charities and secondly raise much needed money. 

Designers and their staff will be on hand at their respective gardens to chat to the public - a great way to meet these talented professionals, discuss your design needs and obtain all the relevant information you may need to create or improve your garden.

PLANNING YOUR WEEKEND    more>>

If you are unfamiliar with the layout of Melbourne go here to see a listing of gardens by general area.

ADDED ATTRACTIONS    more>>

Don't miss out on these added attractions over the weekend.  

THE CHARITIES     more>>

The Patron of this festival is John Patrick, a well known media identity. Mr Patrick confirms that 100% of the net proceeds of the festival will go to the charities selected by the Rotary Club of Kew. He said “Rotary is all about service above self and there is no better way to serve for most of us than by providing much needed funds to help change people’s lives for the better”.

THE SPONSORS     more>>

Major Sponsor: We are very pleased to have ANSTON PAVING as our 2010 naming rights sponsor.

In addition, a multi-tiered sponsors program has been created to secure the help of the whole garden design industry: from the designers, the gardeners, the suppliers and generous, community spirited corporates.

If you are interested in joining this list of generous sponsors, please contact one of the people listed at the bottom of this page.

BUS TOUR     more>>

Join a friendly tour with like-minded plantaholics and take the stress out of finding these outstanding gardens on your own.

ROTARY CLUB OF KEW     more>>

The Rotary Club of Kew is the proud organiser once again of Garden DesignFest 2010. Its aim is to firstly raise very much needed funds for its selected charities; and secondly to encourage creative, bold, innovative, versatile, practical, and responsible gardening in our Australian gardens.

CONTACTS     more>>

Mike McFarlane, from the Rotary Club of Kew, is the Chairman for the 2012 edition of this worthwhile event; you can contact him on
 0418 317 418 or alternatively you can contact Jenny Wade on 0409 000 089 or John Patrick 03 9429 4855.

SUBSCRIBE

You can receive updates and notifications about Garden DesignFest simply by registering your name and email address (only). It's simple and you can cancel at anytime.  more>>