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    • Shopping Village
    • Rides
  • What’s On
    • Amaze and Play in the Garden
    • Christmas Lights Spectacular
    • Mega Creatures
    • Easter Celebrations
    • Snow Time in the Garden
    • Wedding Fair
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Hunter Valley Gardens Hunter Valley Gardens
  • Attractions
    • About Attractions
    • Gardens
    • Shopping Village
    • Rides
  • What’s On
    • Amaze and Play in the Garden
    • Christmas Lights Spectacular
    • Mega Creatures
    • Easter Celebrations
    • Snow Time in the Garden
    • Wedding Fair
  • Visitor Information
    • About Visitor Information
    • About
    • Dining
    • Accommodation
    • History of the Gardens
    • Group Packages
    • Contact us
  • Weddings
    • About Weddings
    • Receptions
    • Ceremonies
    • Specials
    • Photography
  • Buy Tickets
  • 02 4998 4000

Visitor Information

Opening Hours

The gardens are open 7 days a week from 9am – 4:30pm

Closed Christmas Day 25 December.

How to get here

By Road: An easy 2-hour drive North of Sydney via the M1, turning off at the Cessnock/Vineyards Exit, following the signs through to Cessnock and then on to Pokolbin.

By Air: Newcastle Airport is a 50-minute drive from the Gardens.

Garden Map

Plan your day at our beautiful gardens using the Garden map.

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Accommodation

Situated in the heart of Hunter Valley Wine Country, Harrigan’s Hunter Valley and the Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens are the perfect base from which to explore the Hunter Valley, catch up with friends or take in a concert.

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Dining

Hunter Valley Gardens is located at Pokolbin, in the heart of the Hunter Valley Wine Country, and offers a great selection of casual dining and fine dining options just minutes from Garden entry.

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About

Hunter Valley Gardens is a beautiful, nature based, experience for local, national and international visitors.

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History of the Gardens

Hunter Valley Gardens was created by Bill Roche over a period of four years, with a dedicated team of over 40 landscape gardeners, architects, and engineers. The completion of the Gardens realised a long-held ambition to build a garden that would be enjoyed…

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Group Packages

If you are visiting Hunter Valley Gardens (including our spectacular events) with a group of 10 adults or more, we can offer you excellent rates for social groups, schools, after-school care and more.

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Christmas Lights Spectacular 2020

Would you like to see both day and evening sessions?

Guests wishing to visit both in the day and evening sessions can receive special rates by contacting our bookings team.

Wedding Fair Map 2020

COVID-19 Special Venue Restrictions

At Hunter Valley Gardens the health and safety of our customers and staff is our top priority. We wish to reassure everyone that we follow strict health and safety regulations and are adopting the recommendations of the NSW Government.

  1. If you are feeling unwell, please stay at home.
  2. As per Government COVID guidelines, Hunter Valley Gardens must adhere to capacity restrictions. Please don’t bring additional guests that do not have a pre-purchased ticket, we don’t like disappointing anyone by not allowing them entry.
  3. Sanitiser stations will be available at entry points, rides and at various points throughout the Gardens.
  4. All guests, including children with free under 3 passes must have a valid ticket.

As the situation keeps evolving we will update our terms and conditions in line with the advice provided by the NSW Government.

Thank you for your patience at this time.

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Hunter Valley Gardens has been temporarily closed.

For the latest news and details on our re-opening, please register here.

Easy Weddings Certificate of Excellence

Hunter Valley Gardens is a COVID safe venue and the below conditions apply to all guests:

  • HVG is open to all guests in line with NSW Government guidelines.
  • Proof of vaccination is no longer required at entry.
  • Guests will be required to sign in via a QR code prior to entry.

Hunter Valley Gardens will be operating as per the NSW Government guidelines, for information about all the guidelines visit the Service NSW website click here.

How to redeem your Dine & Discover voucher

  1. Using either your Service NSW app or voucher confirmation email, enter the Voucher Code provided along with your name, email address and voucher type you are redeeming
  2. Click ‘Redeem my Voucher’
  3. A confirmation message will appear, once you approve we will redeem your voucher and you agree that Hunter Valley Gardens cannot refund the voucher amount for any reason.
  4. You will then receive a confirmation message and email with your unique single-use discount code to use on your ticket order with Hunter Valley Gardens
  5. Enter your unique discount code to the ‘Apply discount code’ on the details page of our online checkout. Only one discount code can be used per order.

Itinerary

11am – Harrigan’s Hunter Valley

Chef’s selection of canapes

12 noon – Harrigan’s Hunter Valley

Entrée
Pumpkin and speck tortelloni served with pine nut, red grape, crisp sage, and beurre noisette

1pm – Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens

Main
Confit duck Maryland served with celeriac remoulade, broccolini, and orange reduction

2pm – Hunter Valley Gardens

Dessert
Passionfruit tart served with popcorn praline and whipped vanilla ricotta

Spring Talks

10:30 am Koi feeding – Oriental pagoda
11:00 am History of the Gardens – Amphitheatre
12:00 pm Rose talk – Rose Garden Pavilion
1:45 pm Mosaic/Moongate – start at Garsy, centre of Mosaic Garden.

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