Leura Gardens Festival Blue Mountains

Up to 12 stunning Blue Mountains gardens open to the public for the Leura Gardens Festival, 2011

When: Saturday 1 October to Sunday 9 October, 2011.

Where: The leafy streets of Leura, the Blue Mountains, 90 minutes west of Sydney.

Gardens Open: 9.30am to 4.30pm daily.

Cost: $20 pp for multiple entry ticket to all gardens for duration of the Festival, or $5 pp for single garden entry.

Tickets: From the entry of any one of the open gardens during the Festival and Festival Headquarters at 19-21 Fitzroy St, Leura.

For more information visit: www.leuragardensfestival.com.au

A collection of up to 12 private gardens, rarely accessible to the public, will open for the duration of the Festival - including the National Trust property Everglades and the private estate The Braes.

See cool climate conifers and flowering plants including dogwoods, Japanese cherries, rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, tulips and lilacs.

The gardens are all located within the delightful, leafy streets of Leura.

A trolley shuttle will operate from Leura railway station and meet incoming trains up until 1pm daily. The shuttle will circle the gardens on a hop on/hop off basis and return to the station. Cost is $5 for an all day shuttle ticket.

Leura and surrounding villages abound with gourmet cafés and restaurants together with quality shopping and galleries. Visit Scenic World in Katoomba to enjoy spectacular rides on the railway and cable car to the floor of the Jamison Valley or cross the valley to near Echo Point on the new glass bottomed cable car.

The Leura Gardens Festival is a registered charity run by volunteers with the purpose of raising funds for the Blue Mountains District Memorial Hospital, to purchase specialist medical equipment.

Find out more about what to see and do in Leura.