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Country Gardens
Wander through our country gardens and enjoy the large
plantings of daffodils and other flowers of early Spring.
Chapel House
A garden that is extensive, enchanting and everevolving – nine park-like acres, with plantings too
numerous to mention. Ornamental lakes with resident
geese and mass plantings of daffodils. Mike and Jo
Maxwell invite you to stroll around this beautiful
garden. Picnickers are welcome.
2006, 2009 & 2010 Tidy Towns Awards
Karingal
Lyn and Paul Mahoney invite you to enjoy this country
garden with its impressive old trees and thousands of
daffodils set around an 1860s cottage.
Bark Ridge
Lindsay and Laurie Green have daffodils – you can
easily see ten thousand at a glance. Other bulbs enrich
the display. Enjoy the fire in the Bark Ridge barn.
Picknickers welcome.
Pendari
A very old homestead set high on the hills along Anarel
Road. The owners, Gavan and Leslie Schneider, invite
you to visit their interesting and varied garden plantings.
Proceeds from garden entries support the Lithgow Cancer Support group
and the Lithgow Uniting Care group.
The Railway Garden Shop
Local homemade jams, mustards, chutneys, fudge and
lemon butter. Gifts, daffodil mugs, cards and locally
grown olive oil and wine. Search the preloved book
stall for your favourite author.
Cover photograph, “Bush Daffodils” by B Hanson
Brochure design by Alphabet Soup Australia Pty Ltd – 0413 058 754
Printed by CW Print, Lithgow – 02 6351 4806
Our thanks for support to:
Lithgow City Council
Delta Electricity
Coates Mitre 10
Zig Zag Motel
Woolworths, Coles
Contact
Lindsay 6359 3237 or 9416 1153
Helen 6355 6360
For more information.
email: [email protected]
www.rydal.com.au
A full music program ranging from a Big Brass Band to
a Highland Pipe Band with venues and performance
times will be available with your entry ribbon. There is
no extra cost.
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Where to Eat
Greg Featherstone Park, Rydal. The Rydal cooks
have morning and afternoon tea – Devonshire
tea or slices. There will be sausage sandwiches,
steak sandwiches, bacon and egg rolls and
warming soups. Tea, coffee and lunches will be
available at the Bark Ridge garden on the Rydal/
Hampton Road. Great picnic spots are the Greg
Featherstone Park, Pioneers Park and the country
gardens of Chapel House and Bark Ridge.
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11 & 12 / 18 & 19 September 2010
Enjoy the Village Experience
Gardens | Music | History | Food
About Rydal
Entry Fee & Information
Rydal is a pretty village set in rolling rural countryside.
It was named after a village in England where the poet
William Wordsworth lived. His poem “The Daffodils”
has helped make these lovely flowers popular
throughout the world. Rydal won 2006, 2009 and
2010 Tidy Towns Awards. It has some wonderful heritage
buildings dating from the time Rydal was the terminus of
the Western Railway.
An entry fee of $10 will give you admission to all the
gardens, the music and other attractions. Proceeds from
the garden entries support Lithgow Cancer Support and
Lithgow Uniting Care groups. You can pay the entry fee
at the Information Centre in the Rydal Village or at any
of the country gardens.
The Information Centre is located at the Railway Station,
on the main street.
Opening Details
Garden Village
Gardens and village attractions are open from 10 am
to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays 11, 12 September and
18, 19 September. Midweek group visits are also possible
by arrangement on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Start at the Information Centre near the Railway Station
and follow the marked walking trail to see the public
gardens and historic buildings with displays.
The private gardens you can visit include:
Rose Cottage
A cottage garden which wraps around the oldest
remaining cottage in the village c1860. Featuring many
bulbs and early perennials. Roses romp later in Spring.
Features include a beautiful dovecote.
Rydal Cottage
A restored lovely old cottage on two acres of land and
owned by Carol Lyons. The garden has been extensively
and creatively planted with daffodils and many other bulbs.
Other gardens include Rydal Mount (the old school – 1869)
where there is a new daffodil pathway through the property.
You can visit Elen and Linsey Featherstone’s garden with its
rustic charm. Both the churches in the village will be open
with displays.