The lifestyle and treasures of village life are often not apparent to outsiders and need a local to help you discover them.
The Summer, Autumn&Winter and Spring Garden Festival are a chance for visitors to rediscover these simple pleasures, sharing the lifestyle, history, culture, produce, secrets, stories and hospitality of the Oberon Circle of Villages, a part of The Tablelands Way experience.
Summer in the tablelands is the season of bounty. Fruits are in season, trout are in the streams, and adventure is in the air. Village life brings its own flavour to summer, with the pleasures of the home made and home grown with a ‘Fair’ display of history on ‘Show’.
Autumn in the tablelands brings the first promise of change. Mushrooms can be discovered in the forests, nights are becoming cool with days perfect for walking or mountain biking. Winter brings occasional snow with comfort food around cosy fires and the chance to hunt for truffles - black gold or be part of Yulefest at Jenolan Caves.
Spring is the season to visit our wonderful country gardens. Different from urban gardens these have often been developed from virgin bush or lush farmland. Many gardens are under active development. This is the time to see nature bursting forth after a long winter.
Check out the full range and detail of the Festivals by clicking on the logo of the festival you would most like to visit ... then find out below what else Oberon has to offer.
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Oberon reveals its best kept secret...
one of the largest private gardens in the world
Mayfield Garden is one of the largest privately owned cool climate gardens in the world and this spring and autumn you will have the chance to see it.
It is located within a 5000 acre working farm near Oberon in the Central West Tablelands of New South Wales.
Initially, work on Mayfield Garden was quite modest in scale but as tends to happen with gardens, it grew...and grew...and grew. Still very much a work in progress, there is nonetheless a maze, an oak forest, a walled potager, an 80 metre cascade that tumbles down the hillside, extensive parterre gardens...you really have to see it to believe it.
36 acres have now been set aside next to the existing garden and we have embarked on a whole new phase of the garden’s evolution that will include a garden shop and nursery, a design centre, a children’s discovery centre and cafe.
After four years of construction the heart of this exciting new project is about to be revealed – a 6 acre water garden inspired by Longstock Park Water Garden in England. The water garden – with its winding paths, waterfalls, mass plantings and gold tipped obelisk – will be the centrepiece of future developments at Mayfield Garden and a major tourism drawcard for the region.
What makes our spring and autumn open weekends so special is that you will have the opportunity to wander through the entire garden which has rarely been opened in the past.
Come and enjoy the Mayfield Garden journey.
Mayfield Garden will be open from 9am - Central West Tablelands, New South Wales
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For the comfort of all visitors no animals are allowed in the garden.
Not wheel chair friendly.
Temporary toilet facilities on site.
Bus and car parking available.
Remember this is a huge garden - so wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a hat and water. more >>
