Heronswood
Located on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, Heronswood Gardens, Nursery and Restaurant offer an idyllic location to escape the crowds, relax and shop for a huge range of plants, heirloom seeds and garden hardware.
Heronswood Gardens are the home of The Diggers Club and showcase the best flowers and plants for Australian conditions. The gardens change throughout the year and peak in summer with wonderful planting combinations of summer perennials and heirloom vegetables.
The Diggers Garden Shop has a wide range of plants on offer and specialises in Diggers signature heirloom seeds, cottage flowers and edible plants that are complemented by a range of flowering shrubs and cool climate trees.
Dine at Heronswood restaurant, located within the historic Heronswood House on vegetables and fruits grown in our gardens and local Peninsula produce.
Diggers Garden and Environment Trust
In 2011, Clive and Penny Blazey gifted ownership of The Diggers Club and the gardens of Heronswood and St Erth to the Diggers Garden and Environment Trust.
The Trust strives to convserve historic gardens, buildings and cultural heritage and to protect heirloom seeds using research and education.
Contact Heronswood
Heronswood, 105 Latrobe Parade
Dromana, Victoria, 3936
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Gardens, nursery and shop: 03 5984 7321
Open 7 days a week, 9:00am to 5:00pm.*
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Heronswood Restaurant: 03 5984 7318
Open 7 days a week, 10:00am until 4.00pm.*
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Entry to wander through Heronswood Gardens and Restaurant is free for Diggers members and children under 16, and $10 for visitors. There is no entry charge to visit the shop.
* Anzac Day - Please note the Gardens and Garden Shop will be open from 1.00pm, the Heronswood Restaurant will open as usual from 10.00am-4.00pm
* Heronswood is closed 24-26 December and Good Friday.
Further information
Tour booking information
Gardens
Garden Shop
Workshops
Special Events & Festivals
Restaurant
Workshops at Heronswood
Winter Fruit Tree Care
Heirloom Seed Sowing for Spring
The Art of Espalier
Starting your backyard vegie patch
Beekeeping for beginners - Part 1 Bee Basics
Beekeeping for beginners - Part 2 Bee Basics
Designing with Perennials
Fermenting the Harvest
Subtropical Plants for Southerners
Garden Design Basics
Summer Fruit Tree Pruning
