Learn more about the colonial landscapes and what makes them so special. This lecture will be presented by architect, historian, and author Dr James Broadbent.

The cottage is rarely open to the public. Owner and Historian Dr James Broadbent has agreed to open the gardens for a public viewing. There will be an entry fee at the gate which will be put towards the Friends of Fernhill and Mulgoa Valley Inc.

Five lectures on ‘Colonial Gardens and Their Conservation’

Five lectures on the geology, landscape, flora and fauna of Mulgoa Valley hosted by Friends of Fernhill and Mulgoa Valley Inc and Mulgoa Landcare. Speakers are Dr. Ross Crates, Dr. John Martyn, Alan Leishman, Peter Mobbs and Henry Cook.

Walk the grounds of historic Fairlight, a substantial Victorian house and impressive barn surrounded by old fig trees, and The Cottage, home to Edward Cox before he built Fernhill, creating a landscape between The Cottage, Fernhill and St. Thomas Church virtually unaltered since the 1850s.

“Fernhill and the wider context of early colonial society”