About Crookwell Garden Festival 2026
This year's garden festival is shaping up to be an exceptional showcase for 9 of our region's finest local gardens. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting above average temperatures as we head into spring, including warmer than average nights. If they are right it could be a sensational spring blossom season to remember for decades to come!
We have several gardens on show this year that have never previously been opened to the public, and some old favourites that have undergone significant development and maturity since they were featured a few years ago.
As always, there is a great variety of gardens featured in the festival, including a couple of stunning town gardens that show how careful planning, preparation and creative design can maximise use of smaller blocks to create vibrant and exciting horticultural spaces.
At the other end of the spectrum, you can explore some larger gardens on working rural properties. These are not only beautiful in their own right, but they also blend into the wider landscape and give you the opportunity enjoy some of the stunning vistas and landscapes offered by the Southern Tablelands.
Trees feature strongly in many of the gardens in this year's festival, including many very fine and mature examples. But there’s also going to be a wonderful range of colourful annuals, bulbs, perennials, shrubs and roses on display. Every garden has an interesting back story. Every garden presents a great opportunity to see plants at their best and also to pick up some top gardening tips from their passionate owners.
The Garden Lovers Market will be held on Saturday 7 November and will offer all sorts of interesting cool climate plants and garden related products including tools, garden sculptures, garden art and furniture.
We look forward to welcoming you to this year's Crookwell Garden Festival.
Tickets
Gardens will be open from 9:30am to 4:00pm on 7 and 8 November 2026. Just $30 per person will give you entry into all 9 gardens for the weekend (under 18 free). You can buy tickets:
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online at 123tix
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at the Garden Lovers Market at Crookwell Public School on the Saturday
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at Ensemble & Co and Cake Me Up cafes located in the main street
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at the Visitor Information Centre, Goulburn Street, Crookwell.
Ticket price for groups of 10 or more is $25 online purchase only from 123tix
About Crookwell
Crookwell is located in the Upper Lachlan Shire which is a region that borders the Southern Highlands at the northern end of the Southern Tablelands. Its close proximity to Canberra (1.5 hours) and Sydney (3 hours) has added a new dimension to the travels of garden lovers from these major cities. This area is renowned for its magnificent long vistas, rolling hills and its four very distinct seasons.
It is a cool climate region with deep, fertile soils situated at 700 to 1100 metres above sea level that, while sometimes challenging, makes for superb garden development when the right cool climate plants are combined.
Our host gardens are a wonderful representation of what can be achieved in any garden, large or small, with vision, creative expression and a desire to connect with nature.
Crookwell town and the villages of the Upper Lachlan Shire welcome visitors. From Collector to Tuena, and Bigga to Taralga, come any time of the year to meet our friendly locals and enjoy our many delights, including great food, stunning landscapes and comfy accommodation.
