Donnybrook Gardens

03/05/2024

The Running Tree….
Maui, Hawaii.

03/05/2024

29/04/2020

Unfortunately, this garden is no longer open - it was sold and the new owners let it fall into rack and ruin.
I will shortly be taking this site down

24/09/2019

Here's a little trippiness for your Sunday evening...

26/04/2018

12/03/2018

A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago. It was raining, though not excessively when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the Police Officer what had happened, he told her something that every driver should know -

NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON..

She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain....
But the Police Officer told her that if the cruise control is on, your car will begin to hydro-plane when the tires lose contact with the road, and your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane. She told the Officer that was exactly what had occurred. The Officer said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor -

NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD IS WET OR ICY,
Along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed – but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the road is dry.

The only person the accident victim found who knew this, (besides the Officer), was a man who'd had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries..

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.

Even if you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about it, it's still worth it. You may have saved a life.
http://www.thisblewmymind.com
This Blew My Mind

17/08/2017

From the day we are born, all of us are taught to do the same thing. While we go to school, get a job and spend our weekends partying, the world is suffers. Or attention needs to shift to what's important, and all of us are going to have to change on the inside if we want to see our world change on the outside.

12/08/2017

12/06/2017

Unfortunately, Donnybrook has been sold and I do not think the new buyers will be carrying on as an open garden. My thanks to all who have supported the garden over the past few years (especially those from the various Garden Clubs). Happy gardening. I will leave this page open for a while longer

31/05/2017

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28/02/2017

There are so many Cinnamon Uses in the kitchen but did you know it is so useful in the garden that it can transform your garden into lush and healthy place.

22/12/2016

Merry Xmas and a happy and healthy 2017 to all garden lovers (and friends)

22/10/2016

First lupin, iris & peony flowering + lotsa pics of others (have a close look ((zoom in on end of upper branches)) at Wolli the Wollemi - it is showing off its new first cones!)
Roses are very early (for Maydena) this year and should be blooming well within the next few weeks. Looks like liliums are way ahead of normal, too)

21/10/2016

Here are a couple of shots of the brook (as in 'Donnybrook') which bisects the garden and has been raging most of the winter/spring. In fact, has broken its banks a couple of times.
Am very worried about the fate of my dahlia tuber/bulbs as I don't lift any bulbs ( I already know that I have lost at least 8-10)

21/10/2016

At last, great to see some colour (thanks to thousands of blooming bulbs. Here are a few

22/07/2016

Since the drought ended (May 1st), we have had in excess of 680mls (17"). Just returned from a couple of weeks up north to find garden saturated from floods, Creek has broken its banks a couple of times and done a bit of damage (very worried about dahlias as I don't lift the tubers - or any corms or bulbs either).
Thank goodness for hellebores who at last have added some colour to the place (however, why can't some breeder come up with a hellebore whose flowers stand up instead of drooping?)
And, of course, the 1st daffodils and jonquils have made their appearance

22/07/2016

Sorry about delays. Some more Autumn colours from Donnybrook & Derwent Valley + our first snow of season+lewisias just keep flowering - have not stopped since Spring!

20/04/2016

Indian summer continues and early autumn colours and dahlias have excelled - but still no rain!

09/03/2016

Perhaps the $600 water bill was worth it!!

09/03/2016

Dahlias, roses, sunflowers & more to share

20/01/2016

Thank you to the 50 odd members of the Lenah Valley & Derwent Valley Garden Clubs who visited Donnybrook for a couple of hours on Sunday last arvo. Hope you enjoyed the visit
Just a few of what they saw ...

20/01/2016

A few more from Nov-Dec

20/01/2016

Slack me again! Here's a few from Nov-Dec - great to see roses and liliums come to the party!

17/11/2015

And a couple more!

17/11/2015

And just a few more ... clematis, iris, peonies, ixias (they are my favourite late bulb ... so colourful),wisteria and a few early roses

17/11/2015

A sad,sad gardening story ...after waiting six years (I raised it from seed) my echium simplex got uprooted and destroyed by gale force winds 3 weeks ago, just as it was coming into bloom!!

17/11/2015

A few more spring beauties

25/10/2015

At last spring .. and colour!