Specialising in southern hemisphere wildflowers

Sited in the Adelaide hills town of Blackwood the park was originally the property of Edwin Ashby and his family. Edwin and his son Keith developed a garden that included many Australian & South African plants e.g., heathland plants (erica, protea, leucadendrons & leucospermum) the majority coming from the Cape Province district in South Africa which has a climate similar to Adelaide (Australia). Eucalypts and their close relatives and other closely related genera are also grown including agonis, callistemon, kunzea, calothamnus, leptospermum & melaleuca.

Best times for flowers - Erica in September, Banksia June to October & Melaleuca September to October.

Birdlife at the billabong includes purple swamphen, wood duck and black duck.

The eucalypt collection is an ideal habitat for honeyeaters, rosella, lorikeet and other parrots.