Your invitation to connect with a vibrant living canvass to create something truly unique.

When spring reaches its breath-taking peak, Hartvale Gardens explode into a magnificent palette of vibrant flowers and rich textures, offering an absolute paradise for oil painters, water colourists, photographers and art groups alike.

The gardens, buildings and views have already captured the national spotlight having been featured on Gardening Australia and Better Homes & Gardens television shows. The co-owner of Hartvale, Jennifer Edwards is an oil painter who, as a gardener, treats the property as her canvas filling the garden with poppies of all kinds dotted amongst all the cottage garden favourites to create an abundance of colour, light and movement for artists to capture.

Hartvale boasts sweeping, dramatic views of the surrounding valley and mountain landscape allowing artists to track the shifting dynamics of natural light throughout the day, culminating in the wonderful amber glow of late afternoon.

Whether you are looking to inspire a class of students or spend a relaxing day with yourself painting plein air in a truly inspiring location, Hartvale in springtime is the place you have been searching for.


What to bring:
Own art materials including easels, paints, brushes, canvases, folding chair/table, sunscreen, water, picnic lunch/morning tea.

Complimentary tea and coffee

No booking required.