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Trevenna gardens open to the public this weekend

November 03, 2005

Stone sundial in Trevenna's gardens Trevenna, the historic residence of Professor Ingrid Moses, the Vice-Chancellor of UNE, will be opened to the public this weekend, as part of the annual St Peter's Garden Weekend.

This will be the second time Trevenna's gardens have been showcased this year; the grounds were opened in March, as part of the Australian Open Gardens Scheme.

Before this year Trevenna's gardens, which were the feature of a Woman's Weekly special in 1971, had not been opened since 1996.

Speaking on the occasion of the garden's opening in March, Professor Moses said she found the garden's beauty refreshing.

“The view from our upstairs sitting room, across the garden and towards Mount Duval, is worth painting,” she said.

“Every morning I enjoy the views across the lawns, the sporting fields towards the colleges. In winter the fog floats on the fields and creates images of lakes. It is magic. I walk through the gardens daily, they restore my equanimity after long days at work.”

The homestead and its grounds were bequeathed to UNE as the Vice-Chancellor's residence in 1960. Designed by the Boston-trained 19th Century architect Horbury Hunt, Trevenna was originally the home of the Wright family. Some of the trees in the garden date back to the 1890s, when Trevenna was built.

The grounds feature a tennis court, fish pond and small sunken garden with stone sundial (pictured). They also include a herb garden and orchard, and numerous dry-stone walls, some of which have been overplanted with ivy hedges.

The gardens will be open from 10am-5pm on November 5 and 6. Members of the public are welcome.

For more information contact Rosemary Johnson on (02) 6772 2276.

Posted by Leon Braun at November 3, 2005 03:56 PM