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Painting Hartvale

Sun 1 November
Event Series (See All)
$15

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 & rich textures, offering an absolute paradise for oil painters, water colourists, photographers & art groups alike. The gardens, buildings and views have already captured the national spotlight having been featured on Gardening Australia and Better Homes & Gardens TV shows. The co-owner of Hartvale, Jennifer Edwards is an oil painter who, as a gardener, treats the property as her canvass 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.

DATES: Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1st, 2026

TIME: 10am – 5pm

COST: $15 per person

BRING: Own art materials including easels, paints, brushes, etc canvasses, folding chair/table, sunscreen, water, picnic lunch/morning tea

FREE: Complimentary tea and coffee (best to bring your own cup)

ADDRESS: 49 Sunray Avenue Little Hartley NSW

CONTACT: Jennifer Edwards – 0404 531 555 for further information

www.hartvalecottage.com.au

e: jen.emotionalsurvivalkit@gmail.com

Instagram: hart_vale_gardens

Details

Venue

Other

Local government area
Lithgow
Source of information
Submitted online
Event contact details (phone/ email)
0404531555
EVENT IMAGE credits (artist and/or photographer).
Jennifer Edwards

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Where: The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.

What: Content is managed by Arts OutWest. Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.

It’s free to submit your local events.

The best way to include your event is to use our Submit an Event form.

‘Featured events’ are those submitted directly online by presenters.

Terms of use for presenters:

1. Event listings must be for the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Weddin

2. Events must be directly arts, creative or heritage related.

3. Images submitted are owned by the organisers or the organisers have express permission to use these images. Please include artist and artwork credits (if relevant) and photographer credit. see our fact sheet USING IMAGES FOR PROMOTING EVENTS. 

3. All submissions will go to Arts OutWest for approval before publishing and may be edited.  Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes – or if you are having difficulty with the form – just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au

4. Organisers must let Arts OutWest know of any event changes or cancellations. Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au