ADELAIDE HILLS
GARDEN AFFAIR
An event for the love of gardening
Following the excitingly successful launch of this new gardening event on
Sunday 5th May 2024
in Stangate House & Gardens in Aldgate, SA
We announce that:
The Adelaide Hills Garden Affair will continue as a biennial gardening event.
Stay tuned for Autumn 2026!
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Adelaide Hills Garden Affair enjoyed a delightful launch with perfect weather. Featuring all things gardening, this special one-day event amongst the historic gardens of Stangate House in Aldgate coincided with spectacular autumn colour of the Adelaide Hills.
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If you love gardening? -- Want to know more? – This event provides gardeners with the opportunity to learn from experts, make connections, feed your curiosity and increase your gardening know-how.
With over 50 stalls, representing Garden Clubs, Plant Societies and Specialist Nursery stalls alongside garden suppliers, garden décor, new gardening techniques, tools and more, the day provided something for everyone. The event provided everything promised including art, food and the popular 'I Spy' detective game for young children, a face painter and a search for bugs.
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Launching in 2024, ticketholders enjoyed the informative Speakers' Program including special guest Angus Stewart, former presenter of Gardening Australia. Read about our speakers and their topics here.
Spence Denny broadcast live from the event with ABC Adelaide Sunday Morning
10 am to 12.with special guests and Talkback Gardening with Sophie Thomson.
Thank you to everyone who made the inaugural event such a fantastic success.
If you would like to be part of the buzz in 2026 JOIN US
This event is a not-for-profit, volunteer run enterprise and cannot happen without our valuable supporters. Find out about our 2024 sponsors and supporters here and support these generous local organisations.
Disability access: Regrettably, reasonable mobility is required at this 3-level garden venue. Stangate House and Gardens are not suitable for disability scooters or self-propelled wheelchairs. Patrons with walking frames would only be able to safely negotiate the paths with direct assistance.
No pets are allowed at this event. Essential assistance dogs excepted.
Adelaide Hills Garden Affair Inc. sincerely thanks our volunteers and supporters, without whom the 2024 event would not be possible:
Major Sponsors:
Elizabeth Dobson
mob: 0400 116 463
OR
Barb Field
mob: 0432 352 569