Garden Visit to Pinjarra Heritage Rose Gardens

On 9 November we met at the Pinjarra Heritage Rose Gardens on a rather warm sunny spring morning where Lynne Chapman kindly guided us through the gardens giving us the names of all the roses and also the history, including the plagues hidden under the large trees on the boundary of men and women from the area who were killed in the two World Wars.

Unfortunately we missed the main flowering, but there was still plenty to view with every so often a rose we knew nothing of taking our interest because of its colour, formation and so on – it was a very good learning tour.

Lynne then invited us to her farm that was nearby to view her garden where we wandered through paths boarded by beautiful large roses and large spires of Hollyhocks both enjoying each other’s company. Many roses were supported or climbing up large wooden tripods giving depth and interest to the garden.

Then for some it was back to Pinjarra again to enjoy lunch on the verandah at the Edenvale Café close by (recommend, the food and service were both very good), before either heading back to Perth or going on to overnight in Bunbury before visiting Seamus Johnston’s garden at ‘Mostly Roses’ the next day.