I will be playing some background garden tinkles and tunes at Carolyn Robinson's Eagles Bluff Open Garden weekend.

Let my favourite spring time piano pieces sprinkle your path as you explore Carolyn's magical garden.

I'll be on both afternoons, depending on weather.

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More information on the weekend and Eagle Bluff Garden:

Carolyn Robinson has created two nationally significant gardens near the NSW country town of Tenterfield. The first, Glenrock, grew from eight bare acres into "perhaps the finest recent example of a traditional Australian country garden" according to an exhibition by the State Library of NSW, brimming with hedges, terraced garden beds, woodlands and drystone walls.

The second she began at 58, from nothing, on a granite rise above the Bluff River.

Eagles Bluff is now a magnificent contemporary garden of five acres, bounded by river on two sides and backed by wilderness. It's where Carolyn has been able to express, in garden form, all that she has learned over decades of gardening with the rare benefit of hindsight. For one weekend only, she's opening Eagles Bluff to the public.

Come and see the garden

Entry has sold out online. Garden club members and local residents of Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Stanthorpe can still pay at the gate – $20 a head, cash only. Children under 16 are free. Both days, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.

If you have already booked, your ticket has been emailed to you. There is no phone reception at the garden, so screenshot or print it before you leave home.

Practical details

• Where – 707 Bluff River Road, Sandy Flat NSW · Directions on Google Maps
• When – Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October 2026, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
• Entry – sold out online. Gate entry $20 a head, cash only, for garden club members and local residents of Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Stanthorpe. Children under 16 free
• Getting there – the last 7km is dirt, with seven cattle grids that take one car at a time and two one-way causeways with traffic control. Please drive slowly, carpool if you can, and watch for stock and wildlife
• Phone reception – there is none at the garden. Sort out directions and tickets before you turn off the highway
• Parking – on grass in a paddock near the garden gate, with volunteers guiding you. A drop-off zone and accessible spaces are available
• Plants – plant drive orders have closed. David Johnstone will be selling plants on the day, cash only
• Food and drink – Red Cross volunteers will run tea, coffee and light lunches. The Grazing Caterer will have charcuterie and cheese platters from $23. Cash only, and there is no ATM on site
• Bring – a folding chair or picnic blanket, and cash

This event has been organised by Annabelle Hickson (Galah Media), Sarah Caldwell (Mole River Native Nursery), Janet White (Tenterfield Naturalists) and Carolyn Robinson. More information is available at Galah Press.