An exclusive exhibition of Australian Arts & Crafts Jewellery and Decorative Arts brought together from private and public collections will coincide with the Castlemaine State Festival this year.

Discover the 'Secret' delights of the garden with a pot-pourri of exhibitions and site specific artworks, a treasury of literary talks and a cornucopia of hands on workshops and kids activities.

Fairy Tales and Secret Gardens is an exhibition of Lorena Carrington's ethereal and magical photographic illustrations in the Buda Historic House.

Andrea Mckeywill create a series of ‘peek into’ mixed media ‘Secret Garden’ vignettes, discoverable through the front bay windows of the Historic home.

Nancye Canobie is creating large works on drafting film referencing the trees of the Buda Garden and exhibiting etchings in the Garden room.

Lorena Carrington is a photographic illustrator and artist who has worked with some of Australia’s best-loved authors. Her cyanotype workshop is much loved by artists and writers, children and adults.

Lorena Carrington is a photographic illustrator and artist who has worked with some of Australia’s best-loved authors. Her cyanotype workshop is much loved by artists and writers, children and adults.

Susannah Fullerton is Sydney’s best-known speaker on well-known authors and their works.
Including wine and cheese in the Garden Room at Buda, Susannah will present a captivating insight into Vita-Sackville-West and the Sissinghurst garden.

Susannah Fullerton is a leading authority on 19th and 20th century writers with a special interest in Jane Austen.
Including a picnic on the lawn under the Buda shade trees, Susannah will give a fascinating insight into the gardens of Jane Austen.

Join photographic artist and illustrator Lorena Carrington as she takes you on a tour of her artworks via her books in the Garden Room at Buda, and also on a tour of the landscapes within them.

Join photographic artist and illustrator Lorena Carrington as she takes you on a tour of her artworks via her books in the Garden Room at Buda, and also on a tour of the landscapes within them.

Lorena Carrington is a photographic illustrator and artist who has worked with some of Australia’s best-loved authors. Her cyanotype workshop is much loved by artists and writers, children and adults.

Growing herbs for the kitchen: Everything you need to become confident growing a range of culinary herbs at home. Learn the best herbs for sunny or shady spots, which grow well pots and what to grow when. Discover rules of thumb to know which herbs you can take cuttings from and which grow best from seed, and enjoy tasting herbal tea made with fresh leaves from the Buda garden.

Gardening in small spaces: Create an abundance of vegetables, fruit and herbs in even the smallest of patches. This hands on workshop covers everything you need to get your garden pumping, including growing in pots. Suitable for beginner gardeners or those who are new to growing food.

Mastering cuttings: Make new plants from old ones in this hands on workshop. Learn the theory and put it into practice by propagating some of Buda’s historic plants to take home. Suitable for beginners as well as those who want to take their propagation skills to the next level.

Cyanotype workshop for kids with Lorena Carrington. Kids explore their local surroundings and use found objects, and the cyanotype process (one of the earliest forms of photographic printing), to create their own montaged creatures and landscapes

Cyanotype workshop for adults with Lorena Carrington. Lorena's cyanotype workshops are much loved by artists and writers, children and adults. using found objects, and the cyanotype process, participants will create their own montaged creatures and landscapes.

Embossed Foil for kids and families. Learn the simple techniques of repousse and chasing used by Dorothy Leviny to create some of her wonderful metalwork creations. You will create your own embossed decorations, ready to hang or give as gifts.

Cuttings for kids: Learn how to make new plants for free from plants in the Buda garden.