About Rydal
Rydal is a pretty village set in rolling rural countryside. It was named after a village in England where the poet William Wordsworth lived. His poem “The Daffodils” has helped make these lovely flowers popular throughout the world.
Rydal won a 2006 Tidy Towns Award. It has some wonderful heritage buildings dating from the time
Rydal was the terminus of the Western Railway.

Opening Details
Gardens and village attractions are open from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays 13, 14 September and 20, 21 September. Midweek group visits are also possible by arrangement.

Entry Fee
An entry fee of $10 will give you admission to all the gardens and other attractions. Proceeds from the garden entries support aged care in the Lithgow District. You can pay the entry fee at the Information Centre in Rydal or at any of the
country gardens.

Information
Call at the Information Centre at the Railway Station in the centre of the village. Obtain information about the various displays and attractions that make Daffodils at Rydal a very special event. You can pay your entry fee of $10 here.

Country Gardens
Wander through our country gardens and enjoy the large plantings of daffodils and other flowers of early Spring.

Chapel House Mike and Jo Maxwell invite you to enjoy a stroll around their award winning 9 acre garden where daffodils abound. Chapel House garden recently featured in Country Style magazine. Enjoy an art exhibition in John Olsen’s former studio.

Karingal New owners, Lyn and Paul Mahoney invite you to enjoy this country garden with its impressive old trees and thousands of daffodils set around an 1860s cottage.

Bark Ridge Lindsay and Laurie Green have daffodils– you can easily see ten thousand at a glance. Other bulbs enrich the display. Enjoy the fire in the Bark Ridge barn.

Garden Village
In the village follow the marked walking trail to see a delight of private and public gardens featuring daffodils. Start at the Information Centre near the Railway Station where you can pick up a village map with information about the heritage village of Rydal and the Daffodil Gardens. The tour will start in the Railway Garden and other gardens that you can visit include:

Rydal Cottage is on two acres of land and owned by Carol de Rosse- Lyons. This is a fairly new garden around a recently restored lovely old cottage. It has been extensively and creatively planted with daffodils and many other bulbs.

Sculpture Garden Antony Symons is well known for his stunning Marjorie Jackson Bronze sculpture set in Lithgow’s Main Street. His garden in Rydal contains a mixture of bronze, wooden and metal sculptures. He recently finished a traditional timber Japanese tea-house.

Rose Cottage Rosie Wynter’s lovely cottage garden has been very creatively planted and is a delight to visit. Enjoy the lovingly restored atmospheric shed.

Rydal Mount (The old school – 1869) Take time to explore the two acres of Rydal Mount with new plantings of daffodils, interlocking ponds, picnic seating and display of heritage machinery.

Other Visits Among other gardens for you to see are the new garden of Linsey and Elen Featherstone, a Japanese style garden and the new plantings of daffodils in Pioneer Park. The two Rydal heritage churches are open with special displays for Daffodils at Rydal.

Special Events
The Lithgow City Band will be playing on Sunday 21st September in the Gazebo in the main street. There is no extra charge and you are invited to enjoy this musical event.

Visit Chapel House, enjoy the gardens and visit an art exhibition by local artists.

Yvonne Jenkins OAM, local historian will have a display of books and paintings which will be
available for purchase.

Check your Village Guide for the complete list of interesting events taking place during Daffodils at Rydal.

Things to Eat and Buy
Enjoy morning and afternoon teas, warming soups and a range of delicious cooked lunches at the food pavilion in the Railway Garden. You may like to take a picnic to the park or to the open gardens.

The Railway Garden Shop
Eleanor and Sarah, both now eighteen, have been running the Railway Garden shop for five years. An interesting range of local goods, including homemade whisky marmalade, quince and fig jams, mustards and chutneys, delicious fudge,
lemon butter, locally grown olive oil, aprons, cards, gifts and souvenirs, will all be available for sale in the Railway Garden Shop.

Contact:
Anne 6355 6368 or
Lindsay 6359 3237 or 9416 1153
for more information.
email: rydalmount@bigpond.com

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