page_title: Mount Macedon, Victoria
section_title: Private gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Macedon, Victoria / Attractions / Private gardens
caption_attribution_description: English: Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia - 7th of July, 2016
context_page_description: Mount Macedon is a small town 64 kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is located below the mountain of the same name, which rises to 1,001 metres AHD. At the 2016 census, Mount Macedon had a population of 1,335 and is best known for its collection of 19th-century gardens and associated extravagant large homes, which is considered to be one of the most important such collections in Australia.
context_section_description: The garden Alton –  across Alton Road from Hascombe, is one of the locations for the setting of the 2006 Australian film adaptation of Macbeth, mainly due to its historic residence surrounded by an English garden. The 11-hectare (26-acre) hill station property includes a 4.0 hectares (10 acres) botanical garden, a large Venetian-Gothic house built in the 1870s and a small farm, all of which is being carefully restored by the owners, the Eshuys family.
  Ard Rudah –  the heritage listed 140-year-old garden is one of 25 gardens at Mount Macedon recognised by the National Trust for its historic significance.
  Bolobek House & Garden 370 Mount Macedon Road, Macedon –  heritage-listed location is one of the most outstanding gardens in Australia, and participates in the Open Gardens scheme. It was developed by Joan Law-Smith, and visited by royalty and many overseas dignitaries. Joan Law-Smith described her garden design for Bolobek in the book The Garden Within and authored many other garden design books.
  Cameron Lodge Garden, 767 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon.
  Dreamthorpe Garden, 445 Mount Macedon Rd (cnr Turritable Rd), Mount Macedon –  the current owners, Jan and Peter Clark, say the influence of two major English garden designers, William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll, is clearly evident.
  Duneira Estate, Officer Lane, Mount Macedon –  heritage-listed location. Duneira is regularly open to the public and is run by a private foundation.
  Forest Glade Gardens dates back 100 years, and is open every day in season.
  Glen Rannoch Garden 84 Devonshire Lane, Mount Macedon –  listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and visited by the ABC TV Gardening Australia television program.
  Gresford, 27 Taylors Road, Mount Macedon.
  Hascombe is a large garden owned by Linfox. It has an annual open day where all money received goes to charity. It only has two gardeners working for the whole 28-acre (11 ha) property. It has one of only two Himalayan Fir (Abies pindrow) trees in Australia, the other being located in Adelaide. It is the highest private property on Mount Macedon by altitude.
  Huntly Burn 707 Mount Macedon Road Mount Macedon Macedon Ranges Shire –  also listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and is recognised by the National Trust as one of the top historic gardens in Victoria.
  Karori, 106 Devonshire Lane Mount Macedon –  dates from 1888 and was the summer retreat of Charles William Chapman.
  Lewisham, a modern garden at 305 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon.
  Marnanie, 53 Devonshire Lane Mount Macedon –  was home to the first Australian-born Governor General, Sir Issac Issacs
  Penola, 222 Alton Road, Mount Macedon –  a garden estate of 4.5 hectares (11 acres), established by the sister of William Guilfoyle, creator of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.
  Sefton, 864 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon –  built by the Baillieu family. The eight-hectare (20-acre) English garden was laid out by Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens directors Baron von Mueller and William Guilfoyle. The Federation Arts and Crafts mansion was designed by the architects Sydney Smith and Ogg.
  Shepherd's Bush, 982 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon, a 140-year-old, 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) garden known for its spring and autumn display. Full of rare European and North American plants. Situated at 865 metres (2,838 ft) above sea level (highest main residence on Mount Macedon)
  Tieve Tara, 751 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon.
caption: Mists of Macedon, Mount Macedon
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