Montacute Pavilion and Gardens – Luxury Holiday Accommodation in Daylesford Victoria Australia
Description: Gardens, architecture, sculpture and fabriques, especially of the baroque kind. By David R. Marshall of Montacute Pavilion, Daylesford: the ultimate romantic getaway. https://www.dayget.com.au/montacute-pavilion-and-gardens
Part 2. The Picturesque Garden
The Enclosed Gardens in Hamilton, New Zealand, are one of the most exciting creations I have seen in Australia and New Zealand. There seems to be nothing quite like it anywhere else. Unlike the Chaumont garden festival or the Chelsea Garden Show, it is concerned with garden history rather than original invention; indeed, in structure it is like the garden history subject I taught at Melbourne University.
That it came about seems remarkable. It is owned by the Hamilton Council, and is the brainchild of a Council employee, Dr Peter Sergel, from 1979. He was made director of the Gardens in 1995 and retired in 2019, but is still actively involved with several gardens designed by him and currently under construction. It has strong local support, strongly backed by the council as it is the biggest tourist attraction in the Waikato region. It is run by council staff, but the individual gardens had their own commi
Montacute Pavilion and Gardens – Luxury Holiday Accommodation in Daylesford Victoria Australia