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Let The Grape Escape take you on a bespoke wine tour and more, experience our beautiful Southern Highlands for yourself and all it has to offer, join us at some of the fantastic cellar doors and vineyards, take advantage of the many special events throughout the year like Tulip Time, Food & Wine Festival, Jazz in the vines, and many many more! Hope to see you on one of our tours soon! Cheers, Scott and Mira

Make the Southern Highlands your next short break destination, and you will find a treasure trove of destinational attractions, like award winning restaurants and wineries, magnificent Gardens,rare antiques, authentic heritage and amazing natural wonders.The Southern Highlands Welcome Centre is a great place to begin your journey. FREE Maps, Fact Sheets, Brochures, WIFI are just the start of your experience.

Welcome to Highlands Food & Wine Tours. We are here to give you a great wine tasting experience in one of Australia's greatest food and wine districts. The NSW Southern Highlands boasts some of Australia's best wine makers who have won accolades for their wine making both throughout Australia and around the world. There are also many food producers who produce premium food products. We have a list of weekend tours on our website and are also available for weekday tours.

With an ambience of rustic Australian elegance, the Artemis cellar door is the perfect environment to enjoy a tasting of our finely crafted wines, ciders, meads and beer. Warm and welcoming by the fire in winter, laid back and casual on our lawn by the vines in summer. Everyone is welcome at our Cellar Door. It doesn't matter how much or how little you know about wine, just sit back and enjoy personalised service from our friendly cellar door staff. We are passionate about wine and look forward to sharing our knowledge with you. Complete your tasting experience with one of our local produce boards. Cheeses, charcuterie, preserves, terrines and pates are served on a locally made recycled timber board. Available at all times. We can also provide other casual dining options upon request for groups and functions. With the emphasis on abundance and the best produce simply prepared, enjoy wood fired pizza, or perhaps spit roasted meats or a BBQ brunch.

We are open 7 days, 10am-5pm from the 1st March 2016

We commenced construction of the garden in 2001. Although we didn’t have a ‘master plan’ we knew we’d be able to create an interesting garden due to the slope of the 1 acre block. There were some existing eucalypts on the property in the lower, bottom corner and also a group to one side at the top of the block. The rest of the property was just paddock. We wanted to minimize the amount of lawn and maximize the garden areas. There was sufficient lawn for the kids to play on while growing up however that has diminished as the kids left the nest! We wanted to create an exceptional conifer area and rockery garden. We also wanted to incorporate as many different types of perennials into the Gardens as possible. Some gorgeous perennials you’ll discover in the garden are Pulmonarias, Campanulas, Salvias, Geums, Penstemons, Filipendulas, Monardas, Lysimachias, francoas, Helianthus, Rudbeckias and many more! We have a lot of hedging which is a very important element in a garden and helps to create atmosphere & mystery throughout the garden.We’ve planted many exotic trees, deciduous and evergreen. The garden includes some really rare trees such as Dacrydium cupressinum (New Zealand Rimu) , Cunninghamiana lanceolata (China Fir); Cedrus atlantica glauca pendula (Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar);Abies lasiocarpa compacta (Dwarf Arizona Fir); Cedrela sinensis (Chinese Cedar); Pseudolarix amabilis (Japanese Larch)and Fagas sylvatica pendula (Weeping Beech) to mention a few standouts. We also have a fairly substantial collection of Sambucus (Elderberry), almost a national collection! The shrub bay has some excellent rare & unusual specimens valued for their various shapes and colours. We have an interesting collection of ‘Cornus’ trees & shrubs including the rare Cornus alternafolia argentea. The sunken garden with a dwarf Mondo ‘lawn’ is nicely enclosed to offer a private and cool place to dwell on a hot summers day. The double Mixed Borders are a delightful area for a summer picnic. The newly created island bed at the front consists of 95% herbaceous perennials and is in full glory at the height of Summer. Some interesting English ‘Hurdles’ can also be seen throughout the garden. The dry-stone walls you’ll see not only perform well as retaining walls but look absolutely beautiful too. Workshops:- Perennial Hill will be running a series of One Day Workshops this year covering various topics such as ‘Learn to Propagate’; ‘Introduction to Perennials’; ‘Gardening in a Cool Climate’ & ‘Creating a Summer Border’. These workshops will only run pending sufficient numbers. Please see the website for further information: Please phone to confirm opening dates prior to your visit.