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  • Attractions
    • About Attractions
    • Gardens
    • Shopping Village
    • Rides
  • What’s On
    • Mega Creatures Night Safari
    • Mega Creatures
    • Mother’s Day
    • Wedding Fair
    • Easter Celebrations
    • Snow Time in the Garden
    • Christmas Lights Spectacular
    • Rose Spectacular
  • Visitor Information
    • About Visitor Information
    • About
    • Dining
    • Accommodation
    • History of the Gardens
    • Group Packages
  • Weddings
    • About Weddings
    • Receptions
    • Ceremonies
    • Specials
    • Photography
  • Buy Tickets
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About Hunter Valley Gardens

10 Display Gardens

Spread across 14 hectares encompassing 10 internationally themed gardens to explore, there is something for everyone, including the ever-popular Storybook Garden. 8km of pathways will lead you to spectacular vistas including a 10m high waterfall, topiary displays, man-made ponds, statues, murals, beautiful architectural structures and much more. In the Gardens there are 6,000 trees, 600,000 shrubs and over 1 million ground covers to discover from Australia and around the world.

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5 Amazing Rides

Open during school holidays and event periods our 5 permanent rides add an air of excitement and fun to the Gardens for the young and young at heart. The rides include the Swing Chair, Giant Ferris Wheel, Carousel, Superslide and NEW Tea Cup. Rides are only available during event periods. Rides passes can be purchased at from the rides booth.

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Multiple Awards

Hunter Valley Gardens have been the recipients of many awards since opening including the prestigious Hunter Valley Legends award from Hunter Valley Wine Tourism Association in 2019 awarded to Bill and Imelda Roche and Destination Sydney’s Gold Award in the Major Festival/Events Sydney North Regional category for Christmas Lights Spectacular in 2019.

Garden Map

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

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Shopping Village

Located just outside the entrance to Hunter Valley Gardens, Hunter Valley Gardens Shopping Village is a unique collection of bespoke shops offering everything from a general store for all the basic essentials, delicious meals, lunchtime treats, coffee and wine to stunning jewellery, a chemist, hairdressing and beauty salon, unique.

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Accommodation

Hunter Valley Gardens offers a range of accommodation options. Harrigan’s Hunter Valley offers a range of options from studio rooms to 2 bedroom suites and are within a short walk of the Gardens through a dedicated path beside the vineyards. Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Gardens offers 4 ½ star accommodation including studios, deluxe spa rooms, family rooms and suites and is perfectly situated next to the Gardens and across the road from the Roche Estate complex and concert venue.

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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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Interesting facts about Hunter Valley Gardens

40 Landscape Gardeners

Construction of the Gardens began in 1999 and was completed in 2003 by a dedicated team of over 40 landscape gardeners, architects and engineers.

Officially Opened

Hunter Valley Gardens was officially opened on 10 October 2003 by the Premier of New South Wales, The Honourable Mr. Bob Carr.

900,000 Cubic Metres

More than 900,000 cubic metres of soil and clay was moved across the site to shape and form the Gardens. An additional 300,000 cubic metres of quality top soil was added.

Walking Paths

The 8km of walking paths are covered with ryhlite, a local crushed sandstone product and are wheelchair accessible.

Trees and Shrubs

The Gardens includes 6,000 trees, 600,000 shrubs and 1,000,000 ground covers.

Underground Irrigation

100km of underground irrigation piping is required to water the plants.

500,000 Annual Plants

More than 500,000 annuals are planted each year, 150,000 in Summer and 350,000 in Winter.

Paddocks

The site was originally horse paddocks and vineyards.

14 Hectares

The Gardens encompass 14 hectares or the equivalent of 32 football fields.

Ferris Wheel

Our Ferris Wheel was constructed in Italy, and stands an impressive 25m tall.

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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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