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25.01.2022 Windspiel, 2 Parkgate Place, Upper Sturt is opening to the public on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November 2020, 10am to 4:30pm. Entry $8, under 18 free entry, some concessions available.

25.01.2022 It's mid-spring and we are loving opening gardens for you to enjoy! On the weekend of the 31 October and 1 November 2020, we have two more lovely gardens opening to the public. Ashgrove Iris Garden, 53-55 Torrens Valley Road (cnr Randell Terrace/Albert Street), Gumeracha is opening for it's 21st year. Ashgrove is a well established garden with in excess of 900 named varieties of Iris. The garden also has mature trees; a small woodland area; over 200 roses in formal rose bed...s; formal ponds with fountains, a tiny Summer-house, and so much more! Windspiel, at 2 Parkgate Place, Upper Sturt, is a lovely garden created on a challenging site - beautifully crafted stone walls have been cleverly used to transform the sloping hillside into a series of terraces linked with a crisscrossing network of paths and steps. The garden uses organic gardening practices and is designed to be child friendly. General Entry Cost $8. Children under 18 free, Open Gardens SA MEMBERS $6, Commonwealth Government Concession Card Holders $6 (Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card). See more

25.01.2022 Ashgrove Iris Garden, 53-55 Torrens Valley Road (cnr Randell Terrace/Albert Street), Gumeracha is open on the 31 October and 1 November 2020. Ashgrove Iris Garden is a well established garden with in excess of 900 named varieties of Iris. The garden also has mature trees; a small woodland area; over 200 roses in formal rose beds; formal ponds with fountains, a tiny Summer-house, and so much more!

25.01.2022 After the fabulous weather this past weekend, are you ready to plan your next open garden visit? Open Gardens SA is opening two gardens to visit this coming weekend Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October 2020 Alta Mira - 1 Alta Mira Crescent, Belair, and Berkeley Vale, 30 Sturt Valley Road, Stirling. Alta Mira is a much-loved family garden with emphasis on water harvesting and productive gardening. Every area of the garden has been carefully considered, with the owners creating... micro climates and grouping plants accordingly. This is a productive garden without sacrificing the attraction of flowering plants a garden for all seasons, full of good ideas. Berkeley Vale is an old historic garden once part of very large and impressive neighbouring property. Walling etc., was built by stonemasons given work after being laid off railway line construction jobs in depression of 1870s). A pretty, rambling garden with many very old and interesting trees - Dogwood trees, maple grove, old trees and shrubs. The gardens open from 10am until 4.30pm, Saturday and Sunday. General Entry Cost - $8 Children under 18 FREE. Open Gardens SA MEMBERS - $6. Commonwealth Government Concession Card Holders - $6 (Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card). No concession for Seniors Card holders. Please visit our webpage for all the details https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season See more

25.01.2022 The weekend is fast approaching and Open Gardens SA has two fabulous gardens for you to visit - the garden owners have been working hard to prepare for these open days - come and visit on the 31 October - 1 November 2020 to see the fruits of their labour! Ashgrove Iris Garden, 53-55 Torrens Valley Road (cnr Randell Terrace/Albert Street), Gumeracha is a well established garden with in excess of 900 named varieties of Iris - but the garden has so much more to enjoy in addition... to beautiful iris. Windspiel, at 2 Parkgate Place, Upper Sturt, has beautifully crafted stone walls that have been cleverly used to transform the sloping hillside into a series of terraces linked with a crisscrossing network of paths and steps. The garden uses organic gardening practices and is designed to be child friendly. General Entry Cost $8. Children under 18 free, Open Gardens SA MEMBERS $6, Commonwealth Government Concession Card Holders $6 (Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card). Visit our web site for all the details: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season See more

24.01.2022 Welcome to our next virtual garden visit, this week to Stangate House. Owned by the National Trust of South Australia, Stangate House and Garden, located in 3 Edgeware Road, Aldgate, in the Adelaide Hills, is an historic property and has been beautifully and lovingly maintained. This unique property, surrounded by picturesque and extensive Camellia gardens, is not one of the gardens opened by Open Gardens SA, however, it is opened by the Camellia Society to the public dur...Continue reading

24.01.2022 OPEN GARDEN TO VISIT AT MT GAMBIER EAST ON THE 14th AND 15th NOVEMBER 2020 SHERIFFMUIR, 166 Hawkins Road, Mt Gambier East (Cnr Wireless Rd East and Hawkins Rd), opening to the public on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2020, 10am to 4:30pm. Sheriffmuir is a beautiful romantic country garden with two acres of English style gardens and another acre of dry garden planted with Australian natives. Full details available on our website: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

23.01.2022 Sharing something a little different this time. With all the difficulties and stress in the world at the moment, perhaps we could all appreciate a gift fairy....flowers, fruit, veggies, plant cuttings would all be welcome gifts. Another way to brighten a strangers day!

21.01.2022 A mid week tour of June Blake's garden in Ireland. So much colour in this summer garden! "The very best gardens intrigue and restore us, and so it is with June Blake's garden which is a rare fusion of inspired design and painterly planting. Situated in the townland of Tinode in west Wicklow, and spread over three rural acres, it wraps itself around Junes home, a handsome Victorian farm-stewards cottage surrounded by a huddle of austerely beautiful, granite-stone farm buildings."

21.01.2022 Mid week, enjoying beautiful spring weather, and time to enjoy another peek into an English garden. This week we have Sarah Raven sharing her love of Hydrangeas.

20.01.2022 Today is the 1st of September - officially the first day of Spring and also Wattle Day in Australia. On 1 September 1988, Golden Wattle was declared officially as Australias national floral emblem. Although wattle was associated with Australia from very early days, its significance increased around the time of Federation. The first celebration of Wattle Day was held on 1 September 1910 in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

20.01.2022 Its almost the weekend following another week of rather wet, cold weather....so its time for another beautiful virtual garden visit! Unfortunately this garden is not open to visit in person, but we hope you enjoy this virtual visit. Heatherby, located in the Adelaide Hills, last opened to the public through Open Gardens SA in 2016. Heatherby, originally owned by the Birks family from the early 1890s, is sited to overlook a near level two acres of land. Heatherbys majesti...c old trees tower over and create a leafy green setting for the charming white weatherboard cottage that was once the childhood home of renowned nursery man, Quentin Wollaston of Raywood Nursery. Many of the trees are rare and unusual and were planted by the Wollaston family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Species include a heritage listed weeping elm, oaks, maples, lindens, magnolias, conifers and the beautiful claret ash, Fraxinus Raywoodii. (Tullie Wollaston planted the first ever of the now popular claret ash trees as a chance seedling at his Bridgewater property). The gravel drive is edged with the pretty pink Bonica roses, cerise pink Princess Maude azaleas and a formal box hedge. In front of the house beds of hydrangeas open onto the central oval lawn and from here a walkway leads to a formal seating area enclosed by a circular hedge. Nearby a rocky waterfall trickles into an informal pond, its edges softened with an assortment of plants including a profusion of dainty seaside daisy. Shade provided by the canopy of tall trees creates the perfect microclimate for Daphne Eternal Fragrance, hydrangeas, camellias, rhododendrons, fuchsias, arthropodiums, clivia, gardenias, azaleas and hellebores. Children love to explore the wild woods that are beyond the formal gardens and tennis court and with the railway line at the bottom of the garden, there are ideal vantage points for train spotting! A delightful, cool and shady Hills garden. See more

19.01.2022 Our next special event is fast approaching - and making a booking today will secure your ticket! Open Gardens SA is hosting an Indoor Plant Afternoon on Sunday October 25, 2020. Indoor plants are fabulous for decorating your home and are great for the calming ambiance they can provide. Kirrily Hurst from Suci Potted Plants in Goodwood will explore the world of potted plants. She will be assisted by well-known gardening identity David Hurst. Participants will learn about ch...oosing the right plants and containers for the home or office, and the care and maintenance of indoor plants. Pots and plants will be available for sale. Wine and cheese will be provided. Cost: $50 per person. This event is Limited to 20 people - please visit our website for further details and to book your tickets! https://www.opengardensa.org.au/.../141-indoor-plant... See more

19.01.2022 A weekend of lovely weather - the sun has been shining at last, even if the morning was a bit chilly! And its time for another virtual garden visit - Fifty Shades of Green. Regrettably this garden is NOT open to visit in person. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit. Fifty shades of Green by name and fifty shades of green by nature! This garden last opened to the public in December 2019. This garden, completely hidden from view by a tall olive hedge, has ye...ar-round interest thanks to the original work of well-known garden designer Virginia Kennett. A series of garden rooms on the gently sloping site lead up to the house, which is set off by multi-level decking and a mature array of sculptural succulents. The garden features a well thought out selection of tough Mediterranean climate plants both Australian natives and exotics chosen for their shape, the texture and colour of their foliage and their low water requirements. The planting shows that often species considered commonplace can look quite outstanding when well-placed and given sufficient space. Mature bougainvillea and hibiscus create accents of strong colour while by contrast, ground hugging Dymondia with delicate white edges to its leaves, makes an intricate green patchwork between slate pavers in another of the garden rooms. A dramatic and arresting feature is the strongly sculptural seating which frames the fire pit as you enter the garden. To the rear is a courtyard, which though compact, has interesting plantings of agave and dracaena. A tiny private garden can be glimpsed through a gate. The pool area benefits from an excellent borrowed landscape including a dense Viburnum tinus hedge. A contemporary garden with strong bones and interesting architectural plant selection. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well.

19.01.2022 Time is running out to book your tickets to our Indoor Plant Afternoon, on this coming Sunday 25 October, 2020! Kirrily Hurst from Suci Potted Plants in Goodwood will explore the world of potted plants. She will be assisted by well-known gardening identity David Hurst. Kirrily and David will talk about choosing the right plants and containers for your home or office, and the care and maintenance of indoor plants. Pots and plants will be available for sale. Wine and cheese wi...ll be provided. Cost: $50 per person. This event is Limited to 20 people - please visit our website for further details and to book your tickets! https://www.opengardensa.org.au/.../141-indoor-plant... See more

19.01.2022 Its mid week and the next few days are expected to be wet and cold, and we thought you might enjoy seeing these stunning early summer photos of another beautiful garden in Ireland.

19.01.2022 Looking for a garden related crafting project? Check out these clever ideas!

19.01.2022 The Chestnuts, 46 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West, opens to the public on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, Some concessions available, Under 18 free entry.

19.01.2022 A Wednesday morning garden share to start the day. Stunning photos of a beautiful garden in Ireland. We hope you have a lovely day!

18.01.2022 Casuarina, 52 Sheoak Road, Mylor, will be open to the public on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, some concessions available, under 18 free entry. Casuarina is an inspiring, hardy and drought tolerant garden created over more than two decades by its artistic owner. Bold sculptures and installations made from stone, fallen branches and other materials gathered on the property have been carefully placed to provide focal points in an otherwise informal garden which sits peacefully in its rural surroundings. Please visit our webpage for full details: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/

17.01.2022 Are you ready for another virtual garden visit? This week we visit Beaumont House and Gardens, and if you enjoy this virtual visit, you can also visit these gardens in person. On SUNDAY 27th September 2020, the beautiful gardens at Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Road, Beaumont, are being opened to the public by the National Trust of SA. The garden will be open from 10am to 4pm. Entry is $8 and some concessions are available. Refreshments will not be available to purchase on sit...e, however visitors are welcome to bring along a picnic. Although this garden opening is not hosted by Open Gardens SA this time, we hope you will visit and enjoy this amazing garden. The garden at Beaumont House provides a fascinating glimpse into colonial life in SA. Beaumont House was originally built for the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, Augustus Short, and his family who lived there from 1851 until they moved to Bishops Court in 1857. He named it Claremont and chose the location because of the views and cooler climate. His early plan shows garden to the west, north and east of the house. He is recorded as planting fruit trees and olives, and early sketches show shrubs and succulents under native trees bordering a driveway. The property was donated to the National Trust in 1969 and is managed and maintained by the Trust. Beaumont House became the Trusts state headquarters in 2009 and since that time a dedicated group of volunteer gardeners, led by horticultural consultant Merilyn Kuchel have worked hard to rejuvenate the gardens. Old outbuildings and an aviary have been restored and a fountain installed. The Olive Grove is being rejuvenated and in 2017, for the first time since 1962, olives were harvested and oil produced. Much progress has been made in the garden in the past ten years, despite continuing problems with the pump and watering system. A group of around 15 volunteer gardeners, who help out most Wednesday mornings have assisted with an enormous amount of weeding, mulching, planting and garden maintenance. On the eastern boundary, crpe myrtles have been planted, and a variety of tough shrubs to screen the road. To the west, native callitris have been planted to hide a house and fence. In the large bed north of the house, crab apples, daturas, murrayas, solanums and hibiscus have been added. A herb garden has been established, behind which there are three young almonds and a quince tree. In the NW corner a stone pine, 3 grey box gums and other local natives donated by Burnside Council have been planted. We hope you enjoy this virtual visit and also take some time to visit the garden in person on Sunday 27th September. See more

17.01.2022 Beautiful garden located in Western Australia. We love these stunning photographs.

17.01.2022 Open Gardens SA is hosting a special event, an Indoor Plant Afternoon, on Sunday October 25, 2020. Kirrily Hurst from Suci Potted Plants in Goodwood will explore the world of potted plants. She will be assisted by well-known gardening identity David Hurst. Kirrily and David will talk about choosing the right plants and containers for your home or office, and the care and maintenance of indoor plants. Pots and plants will be available for sale. Wine and cheese will be provide...d. Cost: $50 per person. This event is Limited to 20 people - please visit our website for further details and to book your tickets! https://www.opengardensa.org.au//141-indoor-plant-afternoon See more

17.01.2022 A quick mid week visit to a very resourceful ladys garden in France!

17.01.2022 Are you ready for another "virtual" garden visit? Welcome to Seaview. Regrettably this garden is Not open to visit in person at this time of the year as we take a break over winter. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit provided for your pleasure, in anticipation of a spring opening! Seaview, located in the Adelaide Hills, last opened to the public for the first time through Open Gardens SA in Autumn 2016, which is when most of these photographs were taken. T...he gardens of Seaview are expansive, beautifully planted and very well maintained. Century old trees, mostly oaks, shelter the garden and are under planted with camellias and other flowering shrubs, perennials, bulbs and annuals. In one corner an ancient Bunya Bunya (Auracaria bidwillii) towers over the garden. Formally trained hedges conserve the historic aspects of the 19th century main garden and provide a strong contrast to the natural plant forms which dominate the landscape. Further away from the house a vegetable garden produces many edibles for the kitchen including raspberries and strawberries, and an orchard produces apples, pears, stone fruit and citrus. More recently a valley garden has been formed around a newly constructed dam and extends up the side of the valley to the garden boundary. This takes the form of a woodland garden and is planted with a rich diversity of trees particularly those that produce brilliant autumn colour. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is Not open for you to visit in person at this time of year. See more

17.01.2022 A weedy Adelaide Hills property has been transformed into a lovely landscape and you can see it for yourself with Open Gardens SA this weekend, 31 October - 1 November 2020. Windspiel Garden, 2 Parkgate Place, Upper Sturt, was featured in SA Life magazine earlier this year - enjoy this link to the story about this lovely garden! (And thank you SA Life for sharing this story). https://salife.com.au/gardens/new-roots-in-windspiel-garden/

16.01.2022 Open Gardens SA has three gardens open for you to visit this weekend, the 24 and 25 October, 2020. Two are in Crafers West, just walking distance apart, and one is in Coffin Bay! The Chestnuts is at 46 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West, and Seaview is at 32 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West. These gardens are both large, beautiful, old established Hills gardens. Fiddlestix, is on the Eyre Peninsula at 58 Holly Rise, Coffin Bay, approx., 37 km west of Port Lincoln. Fiddlestix is filled with quirky collectables, found objects and mosaics .. as well as plants! Please visit our webpage for all the details, https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

16.01.2022 Drouin, 12 Mossop Court, Littlehampton, is open to the public this weekend from 10am to 4.30pm both days, 7 and 8 November. A beautiful garden - don't miss this opportunity to visit!

16.01.2022 Gardens can provide great habitat for birds...so why not enjoy the birds in your backyard and participate in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count! Follow the link to find out more, it should be both interesting and lots of fun!

16.01.2022 Congratulations Trevor! Trevor Nottle is a valued member of the Open Gardens SA management committee, and regularly provides articles for our quarterly Newsletter! Well deserved recognition for his contribution and ongoing support for the gardening industry.

15.01.2022 Seaview, 32 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West, opens to the public on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, Some concessions available, Under 18 free entry.

15.01.2022 Alta Mira - 1 Alta Mira Crescent, Belair, open on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October 2020.

14.01.2022 Today we visit a garden in Quebec. We think it's beautiful, and hope you do to! And please enjoy the link in the shared post for more details on this garden.

14.01.2022 Are you ready for another mid week garden tour? This time we visit a beautiful walled garden, Watergate House, in Canterbury, England. While the plantings in some of the overseas gardens we are sharing may not be ideal for our conditions, they can provide inspiration and just the simple joy of viewing a beautiful garden. Please Enjoy!

13.01.2022 For our followers who were unable to visit the open garden, SHERIFFMUIR at Mt Gambier East, which opened recently, we thought you might like to see a few more photographs. We hope you enjoy them!

13.01.2022 Unfortunately, due to the increased COVID-19 restrictions put in place overnight by the Government authorities, it has been decided to CANCEL the open garden, Nick Mount Glass Studio and Garden, in Leabrook, which had been scheduled for this coming weekend Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2020. Apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment this decision may cause. This ends our spring 2020 open garden season, which we trust you have enjoyed, and we hope to bring you a range of summer and autumn gardens in the New Year. In the meantime, stay safe, follow the health guidelines, look after yourselves and each other and enjoy your gardens. Thank you for your support and take care!

12.01.2022 Unfortunately this open garden has been CANCELLED. Nick Mount Glass Studio and Garden, in Leabrook, open on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2020, 10:00AM to 4:30PM both days. Please visit our website for all the garden details, including entry fees: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

12.01.2022 Another peek at the garden activities at Arundel Castle....planting sweet peas.

12.01.2022 Gardening bringing people together and making communities and friends. This is a positive and encouraging insight in times where lives have been impacted in ways that just 6 months ago we would not have imagined.

11.01.2022 The 21st June marks the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. It's been a very wet, wintry couple of days, so stay warm and dry and please enjoy another "virtual" garden visit - this weekend we visit Anna's Garden. Regrettably this garden is NOT open to visit in person. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit provided for your viewing pleasure! Annas Garden last opened to the public in October 2019. This vibrant suburban garden starts on the verge where di...etes, agapanthus and iris grow under the jacaranda street trees. Inside the front fence a thickly planted assortment of roses, salvias, cottage plants and some veggies have replaced the lawn. A beautiful ginkgo tree adds to the ambiance. Behind the house a series of paths divide garden beds crammed with ornamental plants that intermingle with vegetables, herbs and fruit trees. Productive plants are an important part of Annas garden and fruit and vegetables are in plentiful supply. The mainly Mediterranean fruit trees include mandarin, tangelo, lemon, quince and cumquat; also peach, nectarine and damson. Pots are used extensively, particularly along the side of the house where there is shade and under the trees where the soil is dry. A group of potted ferns and a collection of blue and white pots are just some of the charming decorative features. The tall trees provide shade and a sheltered feel. Eight bins are used to convert green waste to compost which keeps the soil healthy and able to sustain the dense planting. A pretty and productive garden with every available space filled with something of interest! We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well.

10.01.2022 A quick early morning stroll through the foggy, misty garden of Paul Bangay. Those hedges are immaculate!

10.01.2022 It's mid week and the next few days are expected to be wet and cold, and we thought you might enjoy seeing these stunning early summer photos of another beautiful garden in Ireland.

10.01.2022 We thought you might enjoy these stunning photographs from a beautiful garden in Ireland.

09.01.2022 The Burra Districts Open Gardens event is on the weekend of the 17 and 18 October 2020. Although this is not part of the Open Gardens SA program, we thought you might be interested in this event. Please visit their Facebook page or website for more details, and enquiries should be directed to Burra Districts Open Gardens organizers. It looks like a great program of activites and gardens to enjoy!

09.01.2022 Welcome to our next virtual garden visit and this time we visit "The Chestnuts", which is located in the Adelaide Hills. Regrettably this garden is Not open to visit in person at this time of the year. (We take a break over winter!) However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit provided for your pleasure, in anticipation of a spring opening! Magnificent mature trees are a dominant feature in this elegant, hills garden. The Chestnuts was built as a Victorian villa... to escape the summer heat of the plains. It boasts not only oaks, birches, liquidambers, laurels and maples but an Atlas cedar, a cork oak, golden elm, copper beech, and of course, a chestnut tree. Beneath these trees grow a happy and varied collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camelias. Among the many features of this property is the rose garden where dramatic rich purple colours have been used and irises bloom in abundance. There are several well designed areas each creating a different mood, including a hot border of strongly coloured shrubs and flowers in vivid oranges, yellows and red. A lower wild area, hidden behind laurel hedges, is towered over by a stately cork oak. From dappled shade a stone edged path sweeps by an arbour wreathed in long scented racemes of wisteria reaching almost to the ground. Curving around a sunny garden of blue and yellow shrubs and perennials, the path comes to a shady seat in a sunken area beneath an English oak where mollis azaleas bloom. Here there is a garden pavilion overlooking the tennis court, where a leisurely cup of tea can be taken. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is Not open for you to visit in person at this time of year. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well. See more

09.01.2022 Another selection of beautiful flower photographs. This garden is in Ireland and shows the stunning summer display. We hope you enjoy this garden!

09.01.2022 Drouin, 12 Mossop Court, Littlehampton, is open to the public TODAY from 10am to 4.30pm, Sunday 8 November 2020. A beautiful garden - don't miss this opportunity to visit! Full details are available on our website, including information on any extra activities, photographs, location map and facilities (if available) https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season - Garden Notes which are written by the garden owner and often tell the story of their garden are also available on the website. We suggest you print the Notes and bring them to the garden. https://www.opengardensa.org.au//Drouin_Garden_Notes_2020.

09.01.2022 Are you ready for another virtual garden visit to one of our beautiful South Australian gardens? This time we visit Spring Court Garden located in the Adelaide Hills. Regrettably this garden is NOT open to visit in person. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit. Two stylish stacked stone pillars stand either side of a long narrow driveway which leads into this very secluded garden. Hardy low growing perennials line the driveway and a row of eucalypts tower above... them. Inside the garden a smoke bush and two golden ash trees with a borrowed backdrop of more eucalypts continue above the fence line which surprisingly is just below the S E Freeway. On the other side a magnificent old river red gum is underplanted with pink Bonica roses. Beside the carport the house almost disappears behind a semi-circular raised garden bed with a central pond surrounded by a mix of shrubs, iris and roses. Stone work features throughout some added when the garden was re-designed a few years ago. Lavenders, roses, salvias, sedums and kangaroo paw in a long perennial border provide year-round colour. Box hedging borders pathways and bottlebrushes trimmed as a hedge form a tall dense screen. A pergola is covered with wisteria and beside this the box hedging continues. Clipped abelia interspersed with nandina add to the formality of this lovely area and a row of ornamental pear trees provide more shade. Fruit trees have been expertly espaliered along the fence. Trees and structures create areas of dense shade and as well there are hot sunny spots. With appropriate plant selection this very pretty garden flourishes and is a wonderful example of how to make the most of micro-climates in a garden. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well.

09.01.2022 The sun is shining, birds are singing, and we thought you might enjoy this pretty English garden.

08.01.2022 We were, unfortunately, unable to open our last open garden for the Spring season, Nick Mount Glass Studio and Garden, due to COVID restrictions. For everyone who was disappointed at being unable to visit, we hope you might enjoy this "virtual" visit instead. International glass artist Nick Mount uses his garden not only as a productive and decorative outdoor room but an integrated part of his artistic practice. The garden seamlessly embraces his studio, workshop and open sid...ed grinding Cabana. There is evidence of hands-on creativity throughout the garden. The garden is a work space, an inspiration and a refuge with a strong emphasis on fruit and vegetable growing. The small lawn area is delineated from the productive area by a pair of faux Roman pillars; there’s an Etruscan style fountain without water and a dovecot without doves. A thick mooring rope links to a productive mound massed with vegetables and herbs. Moored here are three small dinghies carrying a cargo of herbs and strawberries. Examples of Nick’s glassmaking are found adding beauty to the fruit and vegetable garden and a novel mini garden shed displaying garden tools makes another decorative feature. We hope you enjoy these photos! See more

08.01.2022 Congratulations Jamie! Jamie McIlwain is another valued member of the Open Gardens SA Management Committee. Jamie is a landscape gardener based in the Adelaide Hills and won the award for best residential landscape maintenance at the Master Landscapers of SA awards earlier this month. Jamie entered the landscape maintenance category for the first time this year, and won with a garden in Aldgate that his team has spent more than 150 hours a year maintaining. Congratulations!

08.01.2022 The 21st June marks the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Its been a very wet, wintry couple of days, so stay warm and dry and please enjoy another "virtual" garden visit - this weekend we visit Annas Garden. Regrettably this garden is NOT open to visit in person. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit provided for your viewing pleasure! Annas Garden last opened to the public in October 2019. This vibrant suburban garden starts on the verge where di...etes, agapanthus and iris grow under the jacaranda street trees. Inside the front fence a thickly planted assortment of roses, salvias, cottage plants and some veggies have replaced the lawn. A beautiful ginkgo tree adds to the ambiance. Behind the house a series of paths divide garden beds crammed with ornamental plants that intermingle with vegetables, herbs and fruit trees. Productive plants are an important part of Annas garden and fruit and vegetables are in plentiful supply. The mainly Mediterranean fruit trees include mandarin, tangelo, lemon, quince and cumquat; also peach, nectarine and damson. Pots are used extensively, particularly along the side of the house where there is shade and under the trees where the soil is dry. A group of potted ferns and a collection of blue and white pots are just some of the charming decorative features. The tall trees provide shade and a sheltered feel. Eight bins are used to convert green waste to compost which keeps the soil healthy and able to sustain the dense planting. A pretty and productive garden with every available space filled with something of interest! We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well.

08.01.2022 The weather today feels like a return to winter - but the weekend forecast is looking good! So why not plan a visit to an open garden. We have beautiful and interesting gardens to visit and enjoy. The Working Persons' Garden, 11 Ringmer Drive, Burnside, will be open to the public on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, some concessions available, under 18 free entry. This garden ticks many boxes: how to live with eucalypts; how to have a beautiful... garden if you are time poor; gardening on a slope and using a palette of Mediterranean climate compatible plants to best effect. The garden has been transformed from a European aesthetic to an emerging Australian style one with an appreciation of space, Australian native and Mediterranean plants, locally sourced materials and the reintroduction of food production into the everyday workings of the garden. Please visit our website for full details https://www.opengardensa.org.au/ See more

08.01.2022 We hope you are enjoying these beautiful winter days, even if the mornings are very cold. We like the budget veggie garden ideas in this short video from an English garden!

08.01.2022 Iris reticulata ALIDA - a small bulbous iris. The species originates in eastern Turkey and further east into Iraq. Iran and the various Stans Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan etc.

07.01.2022 Today we visit a garden in Quebec. We think its beautiful, and hope you do to! And please enjoy the link in the shared post for more details on this garden.

07.01.2022 Come along for a guided walk in this beautiful rose garden....we have shared this garden before, and hope you will enjoy another visit!

07.01.2022 Planning some time out and about this weekend? Open Gardens SA has beautiful gardens open for you to enjoy. Casuarina, 52 Sheoak Road, Mylor, will be open to the public on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, some concessions available, under 18 free entry. Casuarina is an inspiring, hardy and drought tolerant garden created over more than two decades by its artistic owner. Bold sculptures and installations made from stone, fallen branches and other materials gathered on the property have been carefully placed to provide focal points in an otherwise informal garden which sits peacefully in its rural surroundings. Please visit our webpage for full details: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/

07.01.2022 Another mid week indulgence of stunning photograhs of glorious flowers, flowers, and even more flowers! Summer in the northern hemisphere looks wonderful as we have cold winter weather. We hope you enjoy these photos.

06.01.2022 If you missed our open gardens yesterday - don't worry, they are both open again TODAY, Sunday 11 October 2020. The gates open at 10am and close at 4.30pm. Entry $8, some concessions available, under 18 free entry. The Working Persons' Garden is at 11 Ringmer Drive, Burnside - and they have pizza available and yesterday visitors were lucky to see a Koala in the garden! Casuarina, 52 Sheoak Road, Mylor is also open, and this beautiful garden is one you will not want to miss. Please visit our webpage for full details: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/

06.01.2022 If you enjoyed this virtual visit a few weeks ago, you can now visit in person! The beautiful gardens at Al Ru Farm are being opened to the public by owners Ruth and Alan on SUNDAY 20th and MONDAY 21st September 2020, 10am to 4pm. Funds raised assist in supporting the CFS. Al Ru Farm is located at 1016 One Tree Hill Road, One Tree Hill. Open Gardens SA is not hosting this garden opening, however, we wish Ruth and Alan a very successful event. For more information, pleas...e visit Al Ru Farms webpage alru.com.au Al Ru Farm, located at One Tree Hill, last opened to the public through Open Gardens SA in 2019. Ruth & Alan Irving planted a few trees in 1981. Previously sheep grazed to within 10m of the original small stone cottage and camped under the 10 Ash trees close by. Serious planting commenced in 1985. Ruth has planted more than 16,000 trees and shrubs at Al Ru in 35 years, as well as thousands of bulbs! Before the large lake or the stylish farmhouse come into view, the driveway passes a rusty biplane sculpture mounted on a tall pole in the adjoining paddock, a telling sign that this garden is full of surprises! Talented plants-woman Ruth Irving, inspired by her visits to gardens in every corner of the world has created a series of garden rooms each with its own distinctive style and palette of plants. In spring, the woodland garden feels joyful with vivid pink silene, lime green euphorbia, bluebells, honesty, columbines, campanula, Dutch iris and the blossom of six different varieties of crab apple. There are colour-themed perennial borders, a wisteria and rose covered arch leading into the white garden, a formal rose garden and a delightfully informal wild area where perfumed freesias and tiny white lawn daisies have been left to naturalise. Several thousand tulips and many more ranunculi have been planted and in spring they create spectacular drifts of dazzling colour throughout the garden. As well as being bright and colourful the tulips flowers vary in shape from traditional tulips to star-like singles, ruffled doubles and some with fringed and frilly petals! Other features include an exuberantly planted meadow garden, a silver border, lily pond, lake, garden statues and urns, swimming pool and outbuildings including a charming conservatory, the barn and a garden pavilion. The expansive lawns are sheltered by big old trees and dotted with the occasional wandering Guinea-fowl, chickens, cats, and a very large and friendly dog! Al Ru Farm is a big, boldly planted and beautiful!

06.01.2022 We hope you are enjoying this lovely late winter weather. And we have another virtual garden visit for you to enjoy. This time we travel to Mandalay. Regrettably this garden is not open for you to visit in person at this time of the year through Open Gardens SA. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit! Mandalay, located near Mt Barker Springs, last opened to the public through Open Gardens SA in November 2016. Developed around a central formal axis, this roma...ntic Mediterranean inspired garden is a green oasis in a harsh landscape thanks to access to desalinated water and the careful selection of heat and drought tolerant plants. Strategically placed urns and dramatic sculptures provide focal points inside neatly clipped hedged garden rooms which are sheltered from the hot sun by mature deciduous trees. A sheltered courtyard features a parterre filled with roses. Avenues of pencil pines, white graveled paths, topiary balls, sculptures and urns provide structure which is softened by the looser forms of lavender, rosemary and salvias. Peaceful and romantic the garden has become a favoured venue for weddings providing intimate spaces and long views to the borrowed landscape featuring evergreen oaks and olives reminiscent of Italy. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is not open for you to visit in person at this time of the year through Open Gardens SA. See more

06.01.2022 It's almost the weekend following another week of rather wet, cold weather....so it's time for another beautiful virtual garden visit! Unfortunately this garden is not open to visit in person, but we hope you enjoy this virtual visit. Heatherby, located in the Adelaide Hills, last opened to the public through Open Gardens SA in 2016. Heatherby, originally owned by the Birks family from the early 1890s, is sited to overlook a near level two acres of land. Heatherbys majesti...c old trees tower over and create a leafy green setting for the charming white weatherboard cottage that was once the childhood home of renowned nursery man, Quentin Wollaston of Raywood Nursery. Many of the trees are rare and unusual and were planted by the Wollaston family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Species include a heritage listed weeping elm, oaks, maples, lindens, magnolias, conifers and the beautiful claret ash, Fraxinus Raywoodii. (Tullie Wollaston planted the first ever of the now popular claret ash trees as a chance seedling at his Bridgewater property). The gravel drive is edged with the pretty pink Bonica roses, cerise pink Princess Maude azaleas and a formal box hedge. In front of the house beds of hydrangeas open onto the central oval lawn and from here a walkway leads to a formal seating area enclosed by a circular hedge. Nearby a rocky waterfall trickles into an informal pond, its edges softened with an assortment of plants including a profusion of dainty seaside daisy. Shade provided by the canopy of tall trees creates the perfect microclimate for Daphne Eternal Fragrance, hydrangeas, camellias, rhododendrons, fuchsias, arthropodiums, clivia, gardenias, azaleas and hellebores. Children love to explore the wild woods that are beyond the formal gardens and tennis court and with the railway line at the bottom of the garden, there are ideal vantage points for train spotting! A delightful, cool and shady Hills garden. See more

05.01.2022 The highly popular Theatre in the Garden returns this January! In January 2021 Open Gardens SA and Blue Sky Theatre are presenting an outdoor performance of one of the most successful comedy adaptations ever One Man, Two Guvnors. Richard Bean’s madcap adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 18th-century comedy, A Servant of Two Masters, is set in Brighton England in 1963. It tells the story of Francis Henshall, a failed skiffle player, who finds himself working for two guvnors. One,... Rachel Crabbe, is disguised as her dead gangland twin; the other is a snooty toff, Stanley Stubbers, who not only killed Rachel’s brother but is also her secret lover. Neither boss is aware the other is in Brighton, as Francis bounces like a shuttlecock between his two bosses trying to please them both. But how long can he keep them apart? As performances are outdoors, there’s plenty of room to enjoy a picnic and a drink from the bar. It’ll be another colourful and energetic experience under the stars. The play will be performed at three fabulous garden venues: Victor Harbor on January 8, 9 and 10. The Cedars in Hahndorf on January 15, 16, and 17. Wittunga Botanic Garden in Blackwood on January 22, 23 and 24. All shows start at 6.30pm. Visit our website for more information and to book your tickets - which are selling fast! https://www.opengardensa.org.au/events See more

05.01.2022 We hope you are enjoying these beautiful winter days, even if the morning's are very cold. We like the budget veggie garden ideas in this short video from an English garden!

05.01.2022 The weekend has arrived, the weather is going to be perfect all weekend and Open Gardens SA is delighted to be able to open the first two gardens of our spring program. These gardens open on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm. Entry $8, some concessions available, under 18 free entry. The Working Persons' Garden, 11 Ringmer Drive, Burnside, will be open and this garden ticks many boxes: how to live with eucalypts; how to have a beautiful garden if you are... time poor; gardening on a slope and using a palette of Mediterranean climate compatible plants to best effect. The garden has been transformed from a European aesthetic to an emerging Australian style one with an appreciation of space, Australian native and Mediterranean plants, locally sourced materials and the reintroduction of food production into the everyday workings of the garden. Casuarina, 52 Sheoak Road, Mylor, will also be open to the public on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020. Casuarina is an inspiring, hardy and drought tolerant garden created over more than two decades by its artistic owner. Bold sculptures and installations made from stone, fallen branches and other materials gathered on the property have been carefully placed to provide focal points in an otherwise informal garden which sits peacefully in its rural surroundings. Please visit our webpage for full details: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/ See more

05.01.2022 A quick mid week visit to a very resourceful lady's garden in France!

05.01.2022 Working Persons' Garden, 1 Ringmer Drive, Burnside, is open to the public on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2020. Entry $8, under 18 free and some concessions available.

05.01.2022 The beautiful gardens at Al Ru Farm are being opened to the public by owners Ruth and Alan on SUNDAY 20th and MONDAY 21st September 2020, 10am to 4pm. Funds raised assist in supporting the CFS. Al Ru Farm is located at 1016 One Tree Hill Road, One Tree Hill. Open Gardens SA is not hosting this garden opening, however, we wish Ruth and Alan a very successful event.

05.01.2022 If you live in the Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Council area you might be interested in their Sustainable Garden Awards. There are several categories: Residential - Recognising gardens or landscaped areas in residential properties from small balcony gardens to large suburban gardens. Commercial - Recognising commercial gardens and landscaped areas in internal or external commercial settings, including car parking areas, atriums and living green walls. Community - Recognising... any form of communal space which is accessible to the public or individual community groups or organisations, including schools, churches, community gardens and public areas tended to by community groups. Mayors Award - Best overall garden or landscaped area https://www.npsp.sa.gov.au///sustainable_garden_awards_sga

04.01.2022 This Sunday 20th and Monday 21st September the beautiful gardens at Al Ru Farm, 1016 One Tree Hill Road, One Tree Hill, are being opened to the public by the owners, Ruth and Alan. The garden will be open from 10am to 4pm both days. Entry is $8 and funds raised support the CFS. Although this garden opening is not hosted by Open Gardens SA this year, we hope you will visit and enjoy this amazing garden!

04.01.2022 Open Gardens SA has three gardens open for you to visit TODAY, Sunday 25 October, 2020. Two are in Crafers West and one is in Coffin Bay! The gates open at 10am and close at 4.30pm - so don't miss this opportunity to visit some amazing gardens! The Chestnuts is at 46 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West, and Seaview is at 32 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West. These gardens are both large, beautiful, old established Hills gardens. Fiddlestix, is on the Eyre Peninsula at 58 Holly Rise, Coffin Bay, approx., 37 km west of Port Lincoln. Fiddlestix is filled with quirky collectables, found objects and mosaics .. as well as plants! Please visit our webpage for all the details, https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

03.01.2022 Welcome to our next virtual garden visit - Pomona Cottage. Located in the Adelaide Hills, this garden is delightful. Pomona Cottage opened to the public as part of Open Gardens SA in April 2016. This beautiful garden has previously been a part of the former Open Gardens Australia program, opening on 5 occasions. These photographs were taken in Autumn 2016. English box hedges, stone walls and steps lend definition to an award-winning formal garden hosting a dazzling array o...f flowers and beautiful autumn foliage. Landscaped on five levels, themes include a secret garden, rose parterre, rotunda and Japanese water garden with cascades and pools. Another feature is a Debutante camellia hedge. This stunning Adelaide Hills garden is set on of an acre. The planting of many English box hedges has created rooms in the garden which are very quiet, secluded areas. A pergola over steps near the Japanese Water garden was erected in 1997. A pink wisteria now covers this structure. Nearby the rotunda was constructed in 1999 to camouflage the rainwater tank and to give a wonderful view of the many beautiful garden areas. Bird baths and feeders amongst the garden have attracted many birds throughout the years. A large amount of seating gives full advantage of the views and the birds. Regular visitors include Firetail Finches, Blue Wrens, rosellas, lorikeets, corellas, Major Mitchells, kookaburras and many others. Occasionally a koala will appear on a path or up in a tree! And there are frogs and goldfish breeding in the ponds. We hope you enjoy this virtual garden visit. Please note this garden is not currently open to the public. See more

03.01.2022 SHERIFFMUIR, 166 Hawkins Road, Mt Gambier East (Cnr Wireless Road East and Hawkins Road), is open TODAY Sunday 15 November 2020, 10am to 4:30pm. An exceptionally lovely garden full of features and bursting with spring beauty! Please visit our website for all the details https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

02.01.2022 The SA Landscape Festival is back....10 and 11 April 2021....put the date in your diary as this is an event you will not want to miss!

02.01.2022 How inviting is this garden entrance! Berkeley Vale, 30 Sturt Valley Road, Stirling, will be open on the weekend of the 17 and 18 October 2020, 10am to 4.30pm.

02.01.2022 We have two more open gardens for you this coming weekend, October 17-18 - Alta Mira, 1 Alta Mira Crescent, Belair, and Berkeley Vale 30 Sturt Valley Road, Stirling - the first is a productive garden offering a talk on water harvesting, while Berkeley Vale is a lovely old rambling Hills garden. Full details on our webpage https://www.opengardensa.org.au/

02.01.2022 Have you planted bulbs for flowering in spring? A garden providing amazing bulb inspiration each year is Avondale near Rhynie. Regrettably this garden is NOT open to visit in person at this time of year. However, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit in anticipation of a spring opening. Avondale is an informal country garden transformed each year in spring when masses of beautiful bulbs burst into flower creating a patch of colour on the surrounding green woodland. T...he bulbs were planted decades ago by the mother of the current owner and since then have been encouraged to multiply and naturalise within and beyond the confines of the garden, their sheer mass making a spectacular spring show. The blue flowers of muscari, hyacinths and bluebells blend with drifts of perfumed freesias, snowflakes and several varieties of daffodils against a backdrop of mature ornamental trees. Vivid carpets of tiny cyclamen, dainty tulips, orchids and rockery plants add yet more colour beneath flowering shrubs and trees; several May bushes, a bright blue native hibiscus, purple toned perennial wallflowers, several white flowering Manchurian pears and a pale pink prunus. Four weeks later there are still thousands of flowering bulbs giving a stunning late spring display of colour. On the hill among the trees and grass there are now drifts of deep red, pink, orange and white sparaxis contrasting with the softer more muted tones of hundreds of cream, gold, and purple pink freesias. The silver birches have their delicate new leaves and under some of the cut-leaved variety, several pink azaleas are flowering. A line of Manchurian pears along a slate path is underplanted with scattered clumps of Spanish bluebells. Beyond are a group of big old pears planted in 1945, a large pink flowered Rugosa rubra rose and masses of bluebells that have colonised and now appear as a sea of beautiful blue. There are potted Cymbidium orchids in the sundial garden and weather permitting, hopefully a dozen clumps of the frilly edged Lemon Lace tulips will also be in flower. Under silver birches, slate and grassy paths link areas and lead to a series of rocky pools with little waterfalls - the largest pond is home to a family of goldfish. Rustic seats crafted from logs and slate are placed to enjoy views of the garden and the rural landscape beyond. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person at the moment. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well. See more

01.01.2022 OPEN GARDEN TO VISIT AT MT GAMBIER EAST ON THE 14th AND 15th NOVEMBER 2020 The weekend is almost here - and so is our next open garden! SHERIFFMUIR, 166 Hawkins Road, Mt Gambier East (Cnr Wireless Rd East and Hawkins Rd), opening to the public on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2020, 10am to 4:30pm. A fine collection of mature deciduous trees and conifers surrounds expansive lawns and create a park like effect. Meandering borders are filled with flowering shrubs and perennials, but the stars of the garden are the roses - there are climbers, weepers, standards, shrub roses and minis with varieties including hybrid teas, David Austin’s and exquisite old heritage roses. Full details available on our website: https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season

01.01.2022 There is still time to vist The Chestnuts this afternoon. The garden, at 46 Waverley Ridge Road, Crafers West is open until 4.30pm today, 25 October 2020.

01.01.2022 Chez Nous, 12 Talunga Street, Birdwood is also open to the public TODAY from 10am to 4.30pm, Sunday 8 November 2020. Open Gardens SA is delighted to be opening this garden in Birdwood NEW to our program of open gardens, this charming garden is a welcome addition to our spring calendar. Full details are available on our website, including information on any extra activities, photographs, location map and facilities (if available) https://www.opengardensa.org.au/current-season - Garden Notes which are written by the garden owner and often tell the story of their garden, are also available on the website. https://www.opengardensa.org.au//Chez_Nous_Garden_Notes_20

01.01.2022 A mid week tour of June Blakes garden in Ireland. So much colour in this summer garden! "The very best gardens intrigue and restore us, and so it is with June Blakes garden which is a rare fusion of inspired design and painterly planting. Situated in the townland of Tinode in west Wicklow, and spread over three rural acres, it wraps itself around Junes home, a handsome Victorian farm-stewards cottage surrounded by a huddle of austerely beautiful, granite-stone farm buildings."

01.01.2022 Another quick view of The Chestnuts, open today 25 October, until 4.30pm at 46 Waverley Ridge Road Crafers West.

01.01.2022 It is a rather damp and dreary winters day today - a good time for a virtual garden visit from the comfort of your own home. This weekend we visit Walnut Hill, located in the Adelaide Hills. This garden is NOT open to visit in person, however, we hope you will enjoy this virtual visit. Walnut Hill last opened to the public in November 2016. Well known author, garden historian, traveler and plant collector, Trevor Nottles own garden reflects his commitment to climate comp...atible gardening. But if you think that his garden would then be a rather run of the mill display of well-known drought tolerant common or garden plants then you would be wrong. An incorrigible plant collector Trevor seeks out and grows a huge range of very rarely seen bulbs and perennials mostly from the other Mediterranean climate regions around the world. To visit is always an education as well as a delight. The century old trees surrounding the cottage provide shelter for the more delicate or hard to grow species and a large collection of pots and urns provide superior drainage for those plants which would not enjoy the cold wet Hills winter soils. Galanthus - small, early bulbs from Europe, Turkey, Georgia and beyond, are a delight to see during mid-Winter and quite hardy here. They flower abundantly and increase well, demonstrating that they like our climate well enough. While there are several thousand named cultivars in the UK and Europe, Trevor manages with about twenty kinds which are scattered around the place under shrubs and in borders. Depending on how the season develops there could also be other small, early bulbs in flower - tiny daffodils and wild tulips, dwarf irises, crocus and cyclamen. In November the garden is full of the abundant flowers and fragrance of early summer with Clematis texensis clambering through the trees and heritage roses in full flush. We hope you enjoyed this virtual garden visit, and remember, this garden is NOT open for you to visit in person. Please listen to the advice from official, reliable resources in regard to COVID-19 and may you and your loved ones stay safe and well.