UPCOMING GARDEN OPENINGS
Our garden is open to the public at various times throughout the year. Children are more than welcome but must be supervised at all times. For more information please contact Jennifer on 0404 531 555. Address: 49 Sunray Avenue Little Hartley NSW 2790.
Hartley Valley Garden
Festival and Plant Fair
24-25 October 2026
10 am - 4 pm
Entry $15 per person. Children under 16 free.
Pay at the gate.
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Children must be supervised at all times.
Visit MyOpenGarden and search for Hartley Valley Garden Festival for details.
HARTLEY VALLEY GARDEN FESTIVAL AND PLANT FAIR
Hartvale Gardens is one of four fabulous and diverse gardens featured as part of the bi-annual Hartley Valley Garden Festival. This diverse collection offers everything from historic buildings to Japanese influences, cottage gardens filled with a riot of colour, rare plants and gorgeous water features, huge perennial borders, loads of garden ideas and magnificent escarpment and valley views.
All gardens are located within an easy drive from Sydney. Come and enjoy the unique garden collective of Highfields, Hartvale, Wild Meadows and Gory'u Japanese gardens.
Entry fee: $15 per garden.
Bus groups. picnics and dogs on leads are welcome. Private group tours are welcome by prior arrangement
Open garden
31 Oct - 1 Nov 2026
10 am - 4 pm
Entry $15 per person. Children under 16 free.
Pay at the gate.
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Children must be supervised at all times.
SPECIAL EVENT - PLEIN AIR PAINTING
'Painting Hartvale'
An invitation to connect with a vibrant living canvas to create something truly unique...
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When spring reaches its breath-taking peak, Hartvale's gardens explode into a magnificent palette of vibrant flowers and rich textures, offering an absolute paradise for oil painters, water colourists, photographers and art groups alike.
The gardens, buildings and views have already captured the national spotlight having been featured on Gardening Australia and Better Homes & Gardens TV shows.
The co-owner of Hartvale, Jennifer Edwards is an oil painter who, as a gardener, treats the property as her canvas filling the garden with poppies of all kinds - dotted amongst all the cottage garden favourites to create an abundance of colour, light and movement for artists to capture.
Hartvale boasts sweeping, dramatic views of the surrounding valley and mountain landscape allowing artists to track the shifting dynamics of natural light throughout the day, culminating in the wonderful amber glow of late afternoon.
Whether you are looking to inspire a class of students or spend a relaxing day with yourself painting plein air in a truly inspiring location, Hartvale in springtime is the place you have been searching for.
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Details​
DATES: Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1st, 2026
TIME: 10am – 5pm
COST: $15 per person
BRING: Own art materials including easels, paints, brushes, etc canvases, folding chair/table, sunscreen, water, picnic lunch/morning tea.
FREE: Complimentary tea and coffee (best to bring your own cup)
ADDRESS: 49 Sunray Avenue Little Hartley NSW
CONTACT: Jennifer Edwards – 0404 531 555 for further information