A day of roses, food and music together with the opportunity to purchase rare heritage plants. Situated on the site of Parramatta's convict powered lumber yard, roses now bloom where convicts once sweated.
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| Rumsey Rose Garden, photo by Kath Fries |
Sunday 14 October is Parramatta Park's annual Heritage Garden and Rose Open Day to celebrate the peak flowering of the Rumsey heritage rose collection. The Heritage Rose Society will be on hand to identify mystery roses and solve your rose and other gardening problems. The Garden History Society and the National Trust will have stalls with interesting old fashioned garden plants and second hand books for sale. Camden Park Nursery who specialise in plants grown and distributed by the Macarthurs of Camden Park in the 1850s and 60s will have rare stock for sale as will GreeneNursey who specialise in heritage roses. You can also quiz the Parramatta Amateur Bee Keepers Association about back yard bee keeping.
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| Sheet music folded rose, etsy image |
Chill to the smooth sound of the Trevor Brown Jazz Trio playing traditional pre ‘50s jazz. Bring the kids for fun planting activities with take home plants and enjoy delicious food and drinks, or bring a picnic and just enjoy the music and the flowers in the Rumsey Rose Garden.
