Which of these 'behind the scenes' tours is for you?

Botanists and Explorers’ Experience Guided Tour

With an expert guide, take a two hour journey around Inverawe Native Gardens to connect with an important and neglected part of Australian history.  The French explorers were here, over 200 years ago, and so too were the people who laid the foundations of Australian scientific botany – the Frenchman Labillardiere and the Scot Robert Brown.  D’Entrecasteaux’s 1792 expedition was the first to map North West Bay, which Inverawe overlooks.   Baudin’s French expedition of 1803 anchored just off the point. 

• See some of the 1000 species of Australian plants that Robert Brown and Labillardiere named.
• Imagine for a moment that you are one of those early explorers.
• You'll not only see the vibrant colours, you'll be encouraged to feel the texture of native plants, scent the fragrances and taste the flavours of the Tasmanian landscape that so excited those first European visitors. 
• Pot up one of the rare plants named by an early botanist, to take home or add to the Inverawe collection.
• Have tea on the terrace as you listen to the chatter of some of our 92 bird species, and imagine a French ship coming down the Bay.

The Head Gardener's Tour

The Head Gardener’s tour is a two hour journey around Inverawe Native Gardens, with the Head Gardener.  If you want to create your own piece of paradise, or find out how we created ours, this is for you.  You will get the inside stories as you tour this special 22 acre garden with one of its creators.  Find out what worked and why, and what values drive the development of this extensive garden.  Learn how Inverawe Native Gardens was rejuvenated. Acres of intractable weeds were transformed into a stunning Tasmanian landscaped garden.

• Enjoy unlimited access to the Head Gardener for two hours
• See the vibrant colours, feel the texture of native plants, smell the delicate
• fragrances, taste the flavours of the Tasmanian landscape
• Have tea on the terrace as you listen to the chatter of some of our 90 bird species
• Pot up a rare plant and take it home for your garden or add it to the Inverawe collection

You will find out the secrets of:

• Plant selection
• Low maintenance, waterwise, sustainable gardening
• Simple, no fuss landscape design
• Working with the environment, wherever your garden happens to be. 

For either tour, bookings are essential – for further information phone 03 6267 2020 or email gardens@inverawe.com.au    

Two hours,guided tour, tea and light refreshments included. $60 adults, $30 children.  Limousine transfers can be arranged. City to Margate and return, $115. Minibus is available. Inverawe is just 15 minutes from Hobart.

"Australia is on the frontier of climate change - heat and lack of rainfall. You can't go on making European gardens. It's not sustainable...working with the environment, not against it...and the best gardens are those that overlook the sea." Monty Don