NGVWA Garden Day 2026
Past event
Thu 22 Oct, 10am–4pm
You are warmly invited to attend one of the most beloved events on Melbourne’s annual social calendar, the NGVWA Garden Day. Join us for a rare opportunity to step inside six of Toorak and Armadale’s most beautiful private gardens, open for one day only.
This year’s gardens include a meandering English-style design originally by Edna Walling, tended for more than thirty years by the owners and their gardener Donna Somerville; a sweeping sculpture-filled garden that unfolds across three distinct levels; a garden centred around a magnificent Magnolia grandiflora; a grand 19th-century estate with a new hidden garden by Paul Bangay; a restrained, low-maintenance garden and a thoughtful contemporary design by Myles Baldwin.
A floral demonstration will be led by celebrated florist, Cherrie Miriklis of Flowers Vasette. Garden guides, including experts from Botanica World Discoveries, will be on hand throughout the day to answer questions. The Garden Day stall will offer artisanal baked goods, custom floral linens, potted plants, seasonal blooms and garden-themed books from Thames & Hudson and others, alongside a raffle with a selection of coveted prizes.
RAFFLE RESULTS
The NGVWA thanks and congratulates the winners:
First prize: Nan Allen
Second prize: Helen Stevens
Third prize: Maria Ryan
Fourth prize: Penny Inge
Fifth prize: Anna Le Deux
Sixth prize: Sarah Murphy
Seventh prize: Fiona Austin
Eighth prize: Flick Pope
Ninth prize: Adie Dawes-Birch
The NGVWA is extremely grateful to their Garden Day Raffle Sponsors for donating prizes:
Botanica World Discoveries, McPherson’s Cottage, Trentham East, Mitchelton Estate, RB Sellars, Cumulus Inc., Lucy Green Landscape Design and Floral Arrangements and Frankel Hair Salon.
The NGVWA thanks everyone who purchased tickets to the NGVWA Garden Day raffle.
The NGVWA is a group of volunteers who fundraise through events to support the NGV Collection.
ENQUIRIES
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