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Bronte House

Locality: Bronte, New South Wales, Australia

Address: 470 Bronte Rd, Bronte 2024 Bronte, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.brontehouse.com

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25.01.2022 Rain and heat are friends of the garden, and given that this year has been a wet one, The Bronte House Garden has thrived. The amazing growth from the Salvias, Tree Dahlias and purple Crinums in the Carriageway borders, are a triumph of form and texture.... Benefiting from the humid climate, the sub-tropic Lovers Walk at Bronte house is virtually a jungle in which to get lost. Rare Costa Rican Cane Palms surrounded by masses of Ctenanthe, Shell Gingers and Clivia are a treat, and the Bromeliad collection with cups full of water is more typical of gardens well north of the Sydney Basin. A short walk from the beautiful Bronte Beach, the house is the only example of early Victorian architecture in Sydney that faces the ocean and not the harbours shipping lane. Bronte House is only open a few days each year, giving garden enthusiasts and local residents an opportunity to wander through a modern interpretation of a Victorian garden surrounding a 19th century gothic cottage. In the mid 1880s, Mrs Georgina Lowe, a skilled water - colour artist, botanist and gardener, was originally responsible for landscaping the grounds with native and exotic plants and designing picturesque walks. Today the current lessees maintain the house and garden. Bronte House gardener Carla Pettitt will be available to answer gardening questions and to give horticultural advice. Adults $8, Families (2 Adults x 2 Children) $18, Concession $4 Children under 4 Free. For further information please contact Phillip Whitton Mobile 0488 101 292 Email : [email protected] See more

18.01.2022 I think it was in 2002 when Cressida came into the garden to paint a series on Bronte House. Along with this wood block of the Clivia, she also painted the succulent garden and an arrangement of flowers I collected throughout the garden. It was pretty cool!

16.01.2022 Look what we have in flower

14.01.2022 Succulent Garden

12.01.2022 A reminder to perennial gardeners in Sydney............ Its time to cut back your plants for the winter. Every year Bronte House generates 20 cubic metres of green waste just from the clippings out of the perennial borders and the Eastern Terrace.

11.01.2022 Thankyou to everyone that came to open day last weekend, the weather turned it on and the garden looked great. Our next open day will be in spring after our yearly cut back and well keep you informed to the date as the weather warms up. All the best... Myles

10.01.2022 BRONTE HOUSE OPEN DAYS SATURDAY September 22nd and SUNDAY September 23rd 10am to 4pm The magnificent garden at Bronte House will be open for viewing on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of September just as the garden is bursting into life for spring.... Perennial gardens like Bronte House are cut down each year in winter, a method of gardening that can find its roots in Jacobean England within the great gardens of Capability Brown. Cutting back the gardens of Bronte House is a mammoth yearly task, and takes two weeks, four staff and a whopping twenty metres of compost to bring the garden under control. This open day expect to see fresh growth throughout all gardens, flowering roses, salvia and poppies. Our bank of over ten thousand Clivia will be a sea of orange, and the succulent collection is in full flight. The often forgotten flowering plant of the garden succulents are some of the best late winter early spring blooms, putting bright oranges, reds and yellows into an often overly green landscape. Bronte House is only open a few days each year, giving garden enthusiasts and locals an opportunity to wander through a modern interpretation of a Victorian garden surrounding a 19th century gothic cottage. In the mid 1800s, Mrs. Georgina Lowe, a skilled watercolour artist, botanist and gardener, was originally responsible for landscaping the grounds with native and exotic plants and designing picturesque walks. Today the house and garden is maintained by Matt and Clare Handbury. A short walk from the beautiful Bronte Beach, the house is the only example of early Victorian architecture facing the ocean in Sydney. Bronte House designer Myles Baldwin and newly appointed gardener Carla Pettit will be on hand to answer horticultural questions and to give information about the garden design and development. Signed copies of Myles Baldwins popular garden books, Period Gardens: Landscapes for Houses with History and Rural Australian Gardens will be for sale at the door for a special Open day price. Media enquiries, call Phillip on 0488 101 292 or email [email protected]

09.01.2022 Surely the most popular plant of the weekend, the " Hippeastrum papilio" at Bronte House is planted in clumps throughout the Agapanthus border on the eastern terrace, and although vastly different to an Agapanthus in flower, the foliage is virtually indistinguishable and hence is a bit of a surprise to anyone expecting a common old Agie

08.01.2022 Full Flower Summer 2012

07.01.2022 Bronte House, view from Bronte Beach, by Georgiana Lowe, c. 1845-1849.

07.01.2022 The garden was looking fantastic this April.....

06.01.2022 Bronte Beach 1904

05.01.2022 Lewis acquired land in what was to become the beachside suburb of Bronte, and started work on the sandstone bungalow which became Bronte House. The house was originally built with the intention of housing his family but Lewis was forced to sell mid-construction during the 1840s recession. Below are some of the archievments of Lewis, many of which are regarded as the best examples of colnial architecture, and are still standing today.

02.01.2022 A light shower today, just enough to push along the perennials............ then a lovely 26 degrees for the weekend. Great open day weather!