Tours & Activities
Gardens of the Macedon Ranges Private Day Tour
Get back in touch with nature in the public and private gardens strewn around Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges, home to towering oaks, mysterious eucalypts, and other rare species. Behind the walls of the stately Mount Macedon residences, some of which are listed on the National Trust, lie some of Victoria’s greatest gardens.
Glorious Gardens of Everlasting Beauty
Some of the most stunning gardens include Tieve Tara, Forest Glade, Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens, and The Garden of St Erth. The gardens are a visual feast, announcing the entrance and departure of each season with style. They are likely to dazzle at any time of year, but autumn takes the show with its vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows.
Spend the day here and you may never want to leave!
Tieve Tara is one of the most stunning gardens. The garden is a visual joy, signalling the coming and departure of each season in elegance. In the winter, it turns crispy white beneath ice and snow; in the spring, it bursts alive in a blaze of colour when the cherry blossoms bloom. Summer is a festival of green, with 200 different trees – fir, hornbeam, poplar, birch, pin oak, gingko, linden, and ash – filling out their shadow canopies. And it is these very same trees that steal the show in October, a riot of vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows.
Forest Glade is a historic private garden that is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Australia. It incorporates a variety of landscaping designs drawn from English, Italian, and forest traditions.
There are four distinct themes:
- The large English section with its huge exotic trees
- The delightful Japanese section complete with bonsai house
- The beautiful woodland area displaying masses of shade-loving plants
- The cool fern gully
There is never a poor time to visit Forest Glade Gardens; in the fall, the numerous maples are a riot of colour, and in the spring, the rhododendrons, azaleas, and peonies are stunning. Both summer and winter have their own unique charms for garden enthusiasts.
The Garden of St Erth is a secluded getaway not far from Daylesford and Ballarat.
Each season has something special to offer visitors, including daffodil carpets in the spring, long flowering flower borders in the summer, and spectacular fall garden beauty.
Stroll around the Diggers Garden Shop to find a variety of fantastic foods, hardy perennials and shrubs, as well as seeds for your vegetable and flower gardens.
Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens has long been a site of extraordinary magic. Established in the 1860s by Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller (also in charge of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens), the stunning 10.4 hectares are recognised as one of Victoria’s greatest regional tourist gardens. Many sites provide stunning views of Daylesford and the surrounding countryside. The gardens, known for their beauty and calm, have retained their graceful 19th-century charm.
The botanical garden houses an impressive collection of rare and significant species, several of which are included on the National Trust Register of Significant Trees. During the spring and fall, the Begonia House displays a stunning display of colourful blossoms.
- Tieve Tara trees and colour throughout the garden
- Forest Glade’s different themed gardens
- Wombat Hills’s rare collection of trees and views over Daylesford
- Knowledgeable and passionate gardener as your guide
- Pick up and drop off at the office, hotel, or private location
- Morning or Afternoon tea
- We will endeavour to see all gardens depending on time and fitness levels
- Knowledgeable and passionate gardener as your guide
- Flexible and fully customised itinerary
- Luxury vehicle with free wifi & bottled water
WHAT TO BRING
- Warm jacket, sturdy footwear
