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Seasons

Seasons

Although you are in the Sunshine State of Queensland, on Tamborine Mountain you can enjoy plenty of sunshine without the humidity of the more northerly areas of the State. The temperature on the mountain is regularly four degrees cooler than on the Gold Coast or in...

What’s Cooking?

What’s Cooking?

Tamborine Mountain Rhubarb Cake - always served at 'Springtime on the Mountain' Nola's Remarkable Rhubarb and Coconut Cake From - 'The Mount Tamborine Gardener' - available from The Garden Club   Combine the following 1.1/2 cups self raising flour 1.1/4 cups...

12 of the best

  Keeping chickens by Garden Club member - Glenda Sullivan A dozen of Glenda's lovely eggs - Don't you love how the date is written on each egg.  they are a delight to cook with and have  lovely rich coloured yolks. Ed. Keeping chickens in your backyard is fun...

LATEST NEWS & ARTICLES

Endangered Ormeau bottle tree added to Gardens collection

The Gardens team has added a critically endangered Ormeau bottle tree to the Upper Hillside Walk collection of indigenous plant species. The tree was kindly donated by David Cuschieri from Koalas on the Green with assistance from Judith Roland, President of Tamborine...

Gardens team embraces technology for donations

Visitors to the Gardens now have a high tech way of donating funds to assist the volunteer team in our maintenance and development work. The volunteers have added QR code technology to allow willing visitors to use their smart phones to make online donations. The code...

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