WHEN you come to Rydal you can see thousands of daffodils at just a glance and the village’s golden glow will again be attracting hundreds of visitors for the hugely successful daffodil festival that begins on Saturday week.
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The gardens of Rydal will be open on successive weekends, September 12 and 13 and 19 and 20 from 10am to 4pm.
The $10 entry takes in all of the gardens and music programs which range from pipe bands to choirs and folk and Celtic music.
This year the Rydal Village has planted another 5000 bulbs in Pioneers Park.
The path around the park makes a delightful walk with wonderful views over the village.
Most of the other gardens that open have all planted some more bulbs so it is really going to be a very colourful display.
This year a new garden has been added to the tour, Zelda’s Garden in Market Street at Rydal.
All the gardens are different, some small, some large but all beautiful, all with a story, like starting life as a police station, or as a school, or even being a seminary at one stage, while several gardens surround the very early houses of the district.
Garden entry this year is supporting the Lithgow Kids Breakfast Program and the Lithgow Uniting Care Respite Care Program.
Since 2002 Daffodils at Rydal has donated $133,660 to charities in the Lithgow district.
The Rydal cooks have been very busy making jams and chutneys including such treats as whisky marmalade and chutneys made from home grown tomatoes.
There will be interesting bric a brac for sale, beautiful china mugs and the unique tea towels that have a map of the whole village.
These items all make great presents as well, which means you can do some early Christmas shopping.
There will be a barbecue in the village, light lunches and morning and afternoon tea.
At the country garden of Chapel House with its nine glorious acres there will be a barbecue and lots of picnic spots and stalls.
The Bark Ridge garden with its field of daffodils has the barbecue going all day, a big open fire in the shed and a range of homemade jams and chutneys and mustards for sale.
You can download this year’s brochure at www.rydal.com.au or ring Lindsay 6359 3237 or Helen 6355 6360.
The official opening of the 2015 festival will take place in Greg Featherstone Park at midday on Tuesday.
Guest speaker will be Robin Powell, well known garden writer and columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
